Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa | 86h x 58w | RK957
Not stretched or framed | Acrylic on primed canvas
Maringka (c.1952) is a senior Pitjantjatjara woman living in the remote community settlement of Kanpi, 100kms east of the tri-state borders of WA, SA, and the NT. She was born at Kaliumpil rock hole, a traditional camp site in Western Australia. Maringka's parents died when she was young and she was raised by Anmanari Brown and other members of her extended family. She went to the mission schools of Warburton in WA and Ernabella in SA. Maringka married a man from Papulankatja and they had two children. Their younger daughter passed away in childhood. Elaine Woods, the elder daughter, married a Docker River man and they had four daughters, Julie Woods, Janice Woods, Venita Woods and Casseyanne Woods, all of who continue the painting tradition.
Maringka remarried Douglas Baker (the late great Jimmy Baker’s cousin) later in life and settled in her husband’s community of Kanpi. She has a deep connection to country and a spiritual connection with the land. These powerful links to the desert are expressed with beauty and integrity in her paintings, many of which depict aspects of the Minyma Kutjara Tjukurpa (the Two Sisters creation story).
Maringka was selected as one of thirty one artists from every state and territory in Australia to participate in the 'National Indigenous Art Triennial 07 - Culture Warriors'. Maringka continues to paint powerful and alluring prize-winning paintings through which she has gained notoriety nationally and internationally.
