Elizabeth is part of the art centre Ernabella Arts.
Elizabeth was born in Ernabella in 1973. She went to high school in Adelaide before returning home. She spent her childhood watching her elders paint and now depicts her grandmother’s country, a place named Pilta near Nyapari, on canvas. She also depicts stories relang to Kampurara – Bush Tomatoes. She is also a talented tjanpi weaver and jeweler. She first began painting at Papunya Tjupi Arts in Papunya community.
Elizabeth is a rising star of the Ernabella ceramics studio. In August 2016 her ceramic work was exhibited alongside six other Ernabella women in a collaborative ceramics installation as part of the Indigenous Ceramics Art Award at the Shepparton Art Museum and subsequently acquired by the National Museum of Australia.
In 2017 Elizabeth had her ceramics exhibited in major exhibions at Talapi Gallery, Sturt Gallery, Alcaston Gallery, Harvey Arts (USA) and Araluen Art Centre as part of Desert Mob.
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National Museum of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Expositions, florilège / Selected exhibitions
2021 Painting Now – Peindre aujourd’hui en terres aborigènes, IDAIA, Le Havre, France.