Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering Australian/British composer, musician, radio presenter, human rights advocate—and an unapologetically zany creative force. Twice shortlisted for the Australian Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence (APRA AMCOS, 2018 and 2021), she is renowned for fearless, genre-defying music that fuses imagination with virtuosity. The Sydney Morning Herald describes her work as "arresting, genre-blurring...disquieting music with massive breadth and high drama," while Limelight Magazine calls it "Debussy, Miles Davis and flamenco in equal parts...an irresistible mix." Jazz in Europe praises her for "creating soundtracks for the biggest issues in our time."Wilkins has composed more than 60 art music works performed internationally and published by Wirripang, with broadcasts on ABC and commissions spanning television, film and theatre. She has released 16 albums of original music and performs worldwide as an innovative soloist, improviser and leader of cutting-edge ensembles. Hailed by Jazz Journal UK as "a powerhouse player," she is represented by the Australian Music Centre, and six of her compositions are included in the Australian Jazz Realbook.

Stylistically broad, her music embarks on a journey of impressionistic dream-like sequences alongside astronomical landscape depictions, existential spiritual quests, and whimsical gestures alongside driving rhythms, often with a strong improvisational aspect. In 2021 -23 Wilkins collaborated on albums and compositions with six refugees detained on Nauru and Manus for nine years by the Australian government via zoom from their prison cells. Since 2024 Wilkins has used poems from Gazan poets such as Refaat Alareer for her compositions (with permission).