Niki Read has been at the forefront of the death literacy movement for over 15 years. Her work in the sector has spanned research, arts and health, funeral services, community development and education, and includes social and arts-based approaches to death, dying, memorialisation and bereavement.

Niki’s creative practice has included the visual arts, installation, writing, theatre design, arts management, community arts and a few forays into performance. Niki graduated from WSU with a Visual Arts degree in the 1990’s. Common themes in her work include loss and grief, social justice, climate and feminist issues, her love of nature, and birds, lots of birds.