Maureen Baker b. 1962

Biography
Language: Ngaanyatjarra
Region: Warakurna, W.A.

Maureen Baker lives in Warakurna, an Indigenous community nestled in the Rawlinson Ranges, approximately 330km west of Uluru. 

 

Maureen is a creative and extremely talented artist, weaver, and administrator. Maureen was appointed the Director of NPY Women’s Council, and has recently had her work in the Hunting animation displayed in Canberra. Maureen has participated in numerous exhibitions across Australia, and her paintings are highly collectable. She has had her works exhibited both nationally and internationally.

 

Maureen paints the stories of her father's and grandmother's country. Her paintings depict the travels of Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) across Country, changing into animal forms to pass through certain areas, creating features of the land as they did so. The waterholes and sites where the women camped on their travels are depicted, as well as other topographic details of the country. Maureen’s paints with deep cultural knowledge and authority, successfully blending traditional and contemporary aesthetics.

 

 

 

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