BIOGRAPHY

Amy is a Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara woman. Amy’s mother was from Yalata, a small Anangu-community by the ocean of the Great Australian Bight in South Australia. Her father was from the land that is today known as Mimili Community. Amy married a man from Warakurna Community in Western Australia, where she lived for many years and commenced her painting. She recently returned to Mimili, where her children and siblings live, and is painting her father’s Country – the Maku (witchetty grub) songline.

Amy is also a talented basketweaver and very knowledgeable for traditional medicines and bushfoods. She recalls learning these skills from her sister Julie and her mother and is passionate about passing it on to her three children today.