Aineki Traverso (b. 1991) is a painter based in Atlanta and a current resident in the Studio Artist Program at Atlanta Contemporary. Her work has most recently been exhibited in spaces such as Swan Coach House Gallery, Johnson Lowe, and Whitespace Gallery. Aineki has attended residencies at R&F Handmade Paints, Vermont Studio Center, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts, and VCCA. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2013 with a concentration in film theory. She has received support from the Nexus Fund (2024), Idea Capital (2024), and the Forward Arts Foundation (2023). She runs a zine, Iterance, that aims to publish artist books using accessible arts writing to engage the discourse of painting.