Eden Ariston (she/her) is a Naarm/Melbourne based painter, artist, musician & writer. Active in a vast array of creative practices, her current focus is murals.

Eden's mural practice has developed through residencies, festival live-painting, and years spent assisting and observing some of Australia's most established muralists. Her curious and observant nature have built an intuitive knowledge of how to respond to the scale and surroundings of a wall with intention. This experience shows in confident line work and a process that is patient, present and deeply responsive to environment.

Travelling nationally & internationally for commissioned work since 2023, Eden's mural practice has taken her to places as contrasting in nature as the colours in her palette; from dense bush & arid paddocks to sleepy suburbs, industrial estates & concrete jungles. Her work has lived in her hometown of Katherine, N.T., regional VIC (Djilang/Geelong, Torquay, Hamilton, The Grampians, South Gippsland), Eora/Sydney, Adelaide, Mongolia & India.

Her work is developed between loose sketches, digital design and hand painting. Every mural starts as an investigation of the space itself; its light, its history, the people who'll walk past it every day. What goes up is never generic. It's carefully imagined for that wall, and nowhere else.

Eden’s work offers an invitation to slow down, reflect on the spirit of the past, and engage with the present moment.