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Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) is a contemporary visual arts organisation that supports and promotes the work of artists, curators and scholars from diverse cultural backgrounds, making their artistic practice and ideas accessible to new and diverse audiences. Iniva creates exhibitions, publications, digital projects, education and research projects. The organisation invests in artists who deserve wider recognition for their talents; takes art into unexpected places as well as the more traditional venues; and engages new audiences, young and old, in contemporary art.

Iniva was established in 1994 to address an imbalance in the representation of culturally diverse artists, curators and writers. Iniva is a registered charity, funded by Arts Council England and governed by a Board of Trustees. The Chair of the Board is Paula Kahn.

In October 2007 Iniva and Autograph ABP moved into Rivington Place, the first new-build public gallery in London since the Hayward Gallery opened in 1968. Designed by architect David Adjaye OBE, it won a RIBA award in 2008. This new and iconic cultural landmark for London and the UK, Rivington Place celebrates the 20 year vision of two organisations: Iniva (the Institute of International Visual Arts) and Autograph ABP by establishing a permanent home to profile international perspectives in contemporary visual arts and exploring the diversity of visual culture.