Marli Milyika Macumba
Anangu, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara People.
June 4 – July 26
Born Iwantja (Indulkana), South Australia 1978 and now based in Port Augusta, Marli is from Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara, Arrernte, Gurindji and Warlpiri peoples.
Marli shares her culture and family stories through her art, with knowledge and skills passed on through Tjukurpa, the law and way of life governing her Country.
Marli uses traditional storytelling techniques to create new ways of sharing her cultural knowledge. Her unique style brings elements of nature into imaginative, vibrant, contemporary work.
She depicts the women in her family – aunties and daughters – stories of her Country good and bad, and the desert flowers that she has grown up with.