Born in Honolulu, Hawai`i, native Hawaiian artist, Harinani Orme, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa and a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Pratt Institute in New York.

Currently, her works focus on the myths, legends and traditions of old Hawai`i. For these works, Harinani calls upon her printmaker and painter skills. She believes this combination infuses certain graphic characteristics into her images and allows for a fuller expression of the narrative style she desires. She sees her works as an ongoing process of experimentation, harvestation and assemblage until the emerging images takes a life form of its own.

Although Harinani is known primarily as a fine arts painter and a book illustrator, she also creates artwork in mixed media and other mediums. She is a printmaker, a ceramicist and a jeweler. In addition, she is a trained kumu (teacher) who has taught – and continues to teach – various art forms to students of all ages in formal and informal educational settings in Hawai`i and on the mainland.