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Australia • 1957

Biography

Makinti Minutjukur is an Australian Aboriginal artist from the Pitjantjatjara people, born in 1957 and living in the Pukatja desert community of South Australia. Makinti is related to renowned Ernabella artist Tjunkaya Tapaya OAM. In addition to being an artist, Makinti wears many hats within the community: respected leader, translator, health worker, and director of the Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Education Committee (PYEC). Makinti played a key role in the translation of the Bible into Pitjantjatjara.

Makinti Minutjukur began working with the historic Ernabella Aboriginal Artists' Cooperative in Pukatja as a young girl, when it was still a craft room. She started as an artist, making batik and painting. In 2022, she became the cooperative's president.

Makinti is also a talented singer, a member of the Ernabella Choir with whom she has performed at numerous events, including WOMAdelaide.

His works are included in major Australian public collections such as the Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide), the National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne) and the Queensland Art Gallery (Brisbane).

Nationality

Australian

Themes

Aboriginal art