Mukayi Baker is part of the art center Ernabella Arts.
Mukayi Baker was an Ernabella Anangu School teacher for many years. She retired in 2012 in order to look after family and paint at the Art Centre. Mukayi is now a full time painter and tjanpi weaver. She paints the important Piltati story from the western APY lands.
Mukayi’s paintings have been exhibited many times across Australia, including in Tjungu Warkarintja: Fifteen Years at Sabbia Gallery, Sydney, and in Family at Signal Point Regional Gallery, South Australia. Her art has been acquired for the collections at City of Melville, WA and University of Newcastle, NSW.
Mukayi is also a Ngangkari or traditional Anangu healer.
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Collections:
- City of Melville, 2016
- University of Newcastle, 2013
Selected Group Exhibitions:
- 2023 – Songlines. Centres d’art du désert australien., IDAIA, Ambassade d’Australie, Paris, France
- 2023 – Aboriginal Signature, Bruxelles, Belgium – Caress the Earth II : Manta Ngura Atuntju Kanyini II
- 2022 – Aboriginal Signature, Brussels, Belgium – Profundity – Art from the APY Lands
- 2021 – Aboriginal Signature, Bruxelles, Belgium – Caress the Earth : Manta Ngura Atuntju Kanyini
- 2020 – Aboriginal Signature, Brussels, Belguim – Nganampa ngura-nguru nyurampa ngurakutu (From our place to
your place)
SOURCE: Ernabella Arts