From the sunny shores of Cape Town, South Africa, Ms_Kitten_ is a fetish artist, kink educator and performer whose work explores the intersections of art, sexuality and embodied power.

As a fetish content creator, her artistry thrives in the raw, unapologetic spaces of erotic expression. Her pornographic collaborations and fetish films explore not just sexuality, but the darker, more ritualistic layers of desire.

As an educator, Ms_Kitten_ brings that same intensity and honesty into her classes. Her teaching focuses on kink safety, scene dynamics, consent culture and the often-overlooked skills of the bottom. From play piercing and sharps handling to scene preparation, aftercare and self-regulation, she teaches both Tops and bottoms to approach kink as a craft that demands presence, artistry and respect.

She co-curates community education spaces through Reign of Blood and Let It Reign, offering workshops, live events and educational content. Her work is grounded in the belief that fetish is art and play is a dance — both requiring skill, vulnerability and creativity.

Nawashi Supaku is a long-standing presence at Oz Kink Fest, known for his intricate technique, focused precision and deeply connected approach to rope.

Beginning his rope journey in 2015, Supaku immersed himself in Shibari through local training, interstate workshops, performance and mentorship. In 2020 he was formally accepted as a deshi of Nawashi Kanna Sensei and earned his teaching certificate in the Kanna Ryu style, with its emphasis on structure, flow and connection.

Supaku approaches rope from a BDSM perspective, seeing it first and foremost as a means of play. Joined by his model and co-teacher Anna Kidd, their exploration leans into the sadistic nature of rope — where pain meets care, and intention meets intensity. Together they explore the communication, trust and energy exchanged between tying partners, adapting rope to the body and the people within it.

Mistress Danielle is an independent professional Dominatrix passionate about teaching and helping people explore their sexuality in a safe, shame-free and playful space. She previously worked at Melbourne’s oldest BDSM dungeon and has taken her kink practice internationally, working and performing in Hong Kong, Thailand, Canada, San Francisco and London.

In Australia, Danielle has worked with ASSfest in Melbourne and Sydney, hosted the spanking station at Unicorns, and appeared as a panellist at the Demasque Magazine Fetish Forum discussing sadism and masochism. Her writing has been featured in Demasque, Red Pocket Press and Intro Room.

Her professional scuba dive-master and rescue diver training informs her risk-aware approach to BDSM and the safety principles she incorporates into her teaching. As a kinky, queer, poly person of colour, Danielle is committed to creating ethical and inclusive spaces for people of all gender expressions.

Alex is a medical professional with a particular interest in bringing evidence-based medicine into kink education. A proud trans and non-binary advocate, he is always happy to share his medical knowledge and help people better understand the health and safety considerations surrounding kink.

His personal interests include pain, impact, sharps, blood and bondage, bringing both lived experience and a medical perspective to his approach. Alex is also involved in research around trans health and is passionate about creating informed, inclusive spaces for people of all gender expressions.

Alongside Mistress Danielle, Alex brings a practical and risk-aware perspective to workshops, combining medical knowledge with real-world kink experience

Mistress Zoe Demure is a captivating and sought-after presence in the Australian kink scene, known for her charisma, creativity and deep psychological insight. With over a decade of professional experience, she brings a unique blend of artistry, intellect and erotic energy to her sessions, performances and workshops.

Holding an Honours Degree in Sociology and a Graduate Diploma in Counselling, Zoe’s practice is grounded in academic knowledge and emotional intelligence. Her approach to BDSM explores connection and transformation alongside power and sensation, with a genuine focus on the wellbeing of her play partners.

Whether working with impact, sensory experiences or bondage, Zoe creates immersive experiences exploring the interplay between pleasure and pain, control and surrender, tension and release.

As an educator, she brings extensive lived experience to her teaching, with an emphasis on safety, creativity and the transformative potential of kink

Mistress Tokyo has been part of Oz Kink Fest since its inception, a foundational presence whose commanding style, experience and strong ethics have helped shape the festival.

With over 25 years of experience as a Professional Dominatrix, based on unceded Gadigal land in Sydney, Mistress Tokyo brings together performance, education, psychology and decades of lived BDSM experience.

A seasoned aerialist and Shibari performer, she is known for combining strength, sensuality and discipline in her work. As a BDSM educator, she is also the creator of the Mindful Consent model, exploring consent through awareness, embodiment and active emotional presence within power exchange.

Mistress Tokyo continues to deepen her practice through studies in Psychology and Counselling, alongside training in martial arts and aerials. A cornerstone of Oz Kink Fest and the Australian kink community, her teaching combines extensive experience with a strong commitment to thoughtful, sustainable and informed BDSM practice.

Sasori_D is best described as a “reaction fetishist” and sadomasochistic switch. A self-proclaimed chaotic gremlin of the kink scene since 2013, he has been sharing his particular brand of chaos through teaching since 2017.

With more than a decade of lived experience and a flair for the unconventional, Sasori brings a dynamic, reaction-based approach to kink education. He has taught at events and conventions across the US, UK, Germany and Australia, from local workshops through to international conventions and multiple appearances at Oz Kink Fest. His interactive teaching style combines sensation, creativity, technical understanding and plenty of playfulness.

SemenawaPrincess (Bee) (they/she) is an active member of the Melbourne kink community with experience across a range of sadomasochistic practices, including impact play, needle play and kinbaku. With a passion for kink education and community building, Bee brings the bottom’s perspective into demonstrations and workshops.

Their focus is on accessible, inclusive learning and the physical and emotional experience of bottoming. Alongside Sasori_D, Bee offers insight into pain processing, bracing, communication, safety and self-care, giving participants perspectives from both sides of the play

Serotonins is a kink educator with experience in service submission, total power exchange, emotional masochism, spiritual kink and submission beyond the bedroom. A mental health professional in a former life, she brings a trauma-informed lens to her teaching on submission, service and psychologically safe practice.

She understands kink as a vehicle for profound processing, transformation and recovery, and takes seriously the intergenerational sharing of knowledge within queer and kink communities. Her teaching explores psychological safety for submissives, altered states, trauma processing through kink, parental figure dynamics, service, and somatic approaches to play and healing.

Serotonins is a proud queer woman with over ten years’ experience in the sex industry and a founding member of The Garden Cooperative, Australia’s first sex worker-owned cooperative. She is also a writer exploring the alchemy of kink through scene diaries, teachings and more on her Substack, Softness of the Brutal.

Bella Valkyrie is a long-standing presence within both kink and spiritual communities, bringing a unique blend of experience to her work. She integrates body, mind and sex therapy into her approach to BDSM.

For the past decade, Bella has presented workshops and worked as a Professional Dominatrix in an educational space. Her passion lies in cultivating approaches to kink that encourage people to explore and push their boundaries without the pressure to impress, guided instead by introspection and self-awareness.

As an educator, Bella’s teaching spans communication, safer kink practices, fire, impact, wax, performance and the nuanced dynamics of consent, particularly in contexts involving substances. Her work is grounded in fostering understanding, empowerment and greater awareness for people across all roles in kink.

Paradax is a passionate needle play enthusiast with a particular focus on decorative sharps and stencil work. Since discovering her love for needle play in 2017, she has honed her craft with a keen eye for detail and a steady hand — especially over the past 18 months, where her dedication to precision and artistic expression has flourished.
In late 2024, Paradax and her partner launched TheStencil Lab, a creative project aimed at sharing unique stencil designs and igniting inspiration within the global needle play community. Their mission: to bring more beauty, creativity, and confidence into the world of decorative sharps.
Paradax has taught needle play techniques both in local kink spaces and through online forums, where she creates welcoming, educational environments for newcomers and experienced players alike. Her workshops focus on building confidence, safety, and creativity — encouraging others to explore the expressive potential of sharps play.

The Carnie (Tom Hill) is a kink educator specialising in needles, play piercing, blood play, body modification and the practical skills and safety protocols that surround them. His teaching combines technical knowledge with a hands-on, engaging approach to some of kink’s sharper and more confronting forms of play.

From blood-borne pathogens, cross-contamination and biohazard management to needle placement, imagery and design, scarification, body modification and suturing, The Carnie explores both the creative possibilities and real-world risks involved in breaking the skin.

His workshops encourage participants to develop practical skills alongside critical thinking, with an emphasis on informed, risk-aware practice, clean environments and understanding the responsibilities that come with medical and blood-based play.

At Oz Kink Fest 2026, The Carnie presents a six-workshop program ranging from BioHazard Bootcamp and Safety & How to Engage in Play Piercing through to Imagery & Design with Needles, The Cutting Edge: Body Modification and Shut Up, Stitch It Up!

Kai Silver is a sex educator, sexological bodyworker, intimacy coach, facilitator, creator, and lifelong kinkster with a strong foundation in BDSM, consent, embodiment, and erotic exploration.

Kai has a lifetime of lived experience in kink and BDSM, alongside professional dungeon training and five years working in a Melbourne dungeon from 2017. Their experience includes consent, negotiation, boundaries, client care, power exchange, sensation play, impact, restraint, role play, aftercare, and risk-aware play.

Kai has completed two years of sexological bodywork training and also brings experience in traditional Swedish massage, intimacy coaching, somatic regulation, communication, and embodied learning.

Their facilitation is practical, trauma-aware, playful, inclusive, and grounded in helping people explore kink and BDSM with more skill, confidence, care, and curiosity.

Juniper (she/they) is the host of Trans Sexual Podcast, works in mental health, and has been a BDSM practitioner privately for 20 years. Facilitating private play parties as well as community sex education workshops, they’re passionate about helping people pursue their desires in safe and effective ways. She has been exploring the possibilities of spikes over the last few years and is excited to share her joy and knowledge.

Eve X & Sai Jaiden Lillith
Eve X is a sexuality educator, pleasure activist and erotic artist, and founder of the Australian School of Sexuality and Sacred Primal Arts. She has held and hosted hundreds of sex education spaces and is curator of the Australian School of Sexuality Festival (ASSFest) and its affiliated Erotic Arts Festival. An established aerial shibari artist, Eve creates multimodal ritual theatre with her life partner Sai Jaiden Lillith as Infernal Desire Machine. Together they are also artporn directors through Canto V Films, with their work screening at film festivals internationally.
Sai Jaiden Lillith is a Melbourne-based gender-fluid prodom/me, escort, activist, educator, visual erotica creator, artist, event organiser and Shibari witch. Sai has taught at Oz Kink Fest, Sexpo/LoveX, within sex worker communities and through private training. Known for connective rope work, intense performance and a deeply reflective approach to kink, Sai’s work spans Infernal Desire Machine, Sacred Primal Arts, The Soft Machine, Canto V Films, The Coven and the Australian School of Sexuality.
Together, Eve and Sai bring extensive experience across sexuality education, kink, rope, ritual, performance and erotic arts.

Lee Harrington (he/they) is an authenticity instigator, gender explorer, eclectic artist, and award-winning author and editor on erotic and sacred experience. His books include Playing Well With Others: Your Guide to Discovering, Exploring and Negotiating the Kink, Leather and BDSM Communities (with Mollena Williams), Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond, Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé, and Traversing Gender: Understanding Transgender Realities, amongst many others.

Lee has been a passion instigator, academic, adult film performer, outspoken philosopher, polytheist priest/ess, kink/bondage coach, and has been blogging about sex and spirit since 1998.

Mistress Electra Amore is a Professional Dominatrix, Somatic Educator and Kink Presenter with over 30 years of experience across Australia, the UK and Europe. Merging the psychological depth of kink with advanced somatic practices, she transforms BDSM into an accessible, joyful and deeply empowering journey.

Her multidisciplinary training includes Urban Tantra, Somatic Sexology, the Wheel of Consent and Emotional Release. Her teaching goes beyond hands-on technique, exploring the neurobiology, psychology and subtle nuances connecting mind, body and soul, with an emphasis on safety.

A cornerstone presenter at Oz Kink Fest since its inception, Electra is known for immersive, playful and deeply interactive learning experiences designed to sharpen skills and reshape perspectives.

DK Blackfish (they/them) is a prominent non-binary Shibari rope artist, performer and instructor based in Los Angeles. For over a decade, DK Blackfish has synthesised global influences and direct teachings from Japanese, European and U.S. artists into an individualistic style.

Their work blends visceral, energetic power-play dynamics with the intricate beauty of traditional Japanese rope bondage aesthetics. Their credits include choreographing the opera Unbound, music videos and photography, performing in art galleries, and holding a teaching residency at Devil Mask Studio in Los Angeles.

Recently, DK Blackfish developed a unique intensity-scaled approach that leverages the body’s homeostatic neurochemical response to rope suspensions and floor work. With 25 years of experience in kink and a decade practising Shibari, DK Blackfish brings their transformative vision of suspensions and floor ties to Australia and the international stage

Dr Pine and SparklyBulbasaur are a lifestyle D/s couple with a particular passion for edgeplay. Dr Pine's medical background combines with a love of sadism and intense play to underpin a comprehensive educational approach to risk aware play.

An active kinkster since 2021, Beeg (she/they) believes education should be a priority for any person that engages in kink.
Beeg has interests in a broad range of activities, and is a regular practitioner of impact play, sharps play and bondage - especially shibari.
As a regular assistant to Sasori D in his Melbourne classes, Beeg loves learning alongside students while helping learners elevate their skills and safety practices.

Mercy May describes themselves as a professional pervert, switchy bisexual enchantrix and deceptively sweet-faced monster, with a strong passion for queering expectations, destigmatising switchy sexuality and getting deeply nerdy about the many ways people pursue pleasure.

Mercy has a long history of facilitating skillshares and workshops, with particular interests in sexuality, body knowledge and practical kink education. At Oz Kink Fest 2026 they join Serotonins and Ellie Quartz as part of the Submissive Stream, bringing a switch perspective and Dominant experience to discussions around service, power and communication.

In Service Submission 101, Mercy works alongside Serotonins to explore what high-quality service looks like from both sides of the D/s dynamic, helping participants move beyond simply completing tasks toward understanding attention, communication, competence and meaningful service