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MARINGKA BAKER
Minyma Kutjara
![Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MARINGKA BAKER of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Walu. [08451] (Acrylic on Canvas)](https://media.redotgallery.com/stockroom/gallery/w/walu-413-SMALL.jpg)
MARINGKA BAKER
Walu
![Australian Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) artwork by MARINGKA BAKER of Tjungu Palya Artists. The title is Kalinpil. [PB4-39/40] (Silkscreen Print - Edition of 40)](https://media.redotgallery.com/stockroom/gallery/k/kalinpil-4465-SMALL.jpg)
MARINGKA BAKER
Kalinpil
Maringka Baker is a senior Pitjantjatjara artist living in the remote community settlement of Kanpi, 100kms east of the tri-state borders of Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory. She was born circa 1952 at Kaliumpil rock hole, a traditional camping area in Western Australia. Maringka's parents passed away when she was young and she was raised by Anmanari Brown and other members of her extended family. Growing up, Maringka continued to observe and participate in traditional cultural practices. She went to the mission schools of Warburton in Western Australia and Ernabella in South Australia.
Maringka married a man from Papulankatja and they had two children. Their younger daughter passed away during childhood. Elaine Woods, her elder daughter, married a Docker River man and they had four daughters, Julie Woods, Janice Woods, Venita Woods and Casseyanne Woods. Maringka has three great-grandchildren. Maringka remarried Douglas Baker (Jimmy Baker's cousin) later in life and settled in Kanpi community, Douglas's country.
Maringka has been painting with Tjungu Palya Arts since 2005 and has since then emerged as a highly sought-after painter. With 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 canvas paintings. In her paintings, often you can find interlaced grid patterns, and sometimes Indigenous symbols representing emu tracks or people.
Clark & Jenkins (2009) describes Maringka Baker’s paintings “are rich in colour and cultural significance, and grounded in country and ceremony… Where some see the desert as barren, Baker paints it green: testament to her perspective of seeing life and soul beyond the merely obvious.”
Her works are represented in public and private collections throughout Australia and internationally. 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 Baker is a senior Pitjantjatjara artist living in the remote community settlement of Kanpi, 100kms east of the tri-state borders of Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory. She was born circa 1952 at Kaliumpil rock hole, a traditional camping area in Western Australia. Maringka's parents passed away when she was young and she was raised by Anmanari Brown and other members of her extended family. Growing up, Maringka continued to observe and participate in traditional cultural practices. She went to the mission schools of Warburton in Western Australia and Ernabella in South Australia.
Maringka married a man from Papulankatja and they had two children. Their younger daughter passed away during childhood. Elaine Woods, her elder daughter, married a Docker River man and they had four daughters, Julie Woods, Janice Woods, Venita Woods and Casseyanne Woods. Maringka has three great-grandchildren. Maringka remarried Douglas Baker (Jimmy Baker's cousin) later in life and settled in Kanpi community, Douglas's country.
Maringka has been painting with Tjungu Palya Arts since 2005 and has since then emerged as a highly sought-after painter. With 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 canvas paintings. In her paintings, often you can find interlaced grid patterns, and sometimes Indigenous symbols representing emu tracks or people.
Clark & Jenkins (2009) describes Maringka Baker’s paintings “are rich in colour and cultural significance, and grounded in country and ceremony… Where some see the desert as barren, Baker paints it green: testament to her perspective of seeing life and soul beyond the merely obvious.”
Her works are represented in public and private collections throughout Australia and internationally. 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'.
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