Teresa Baker
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About the Artist
Teresa Baker is a Pitjantjatjara artist born in Alice Springs in 1977. She spent much of her childhood at Kanpi in the APY Lands with her grandparents, the late senior law man and renowned artist Jimmy Baker and his wife, before later moving to Fregon to live with her mother, artist Kay Baker.
Growing up surrounded by strong family, culture and Country, Teresa was taught important stories and cultural knowledge by her elders. She later worked in education, including teaching Pitjantjatjara language and sharing knowledge with younger generations.
Teresa began painting in the mid-2000s, learning alongside members of her family and drawing on the strong cultural and artistic knowledge passed down through her mother and grandfather. While this family tradition remains an important foundation of her work, Teresa has developed a distinctive painting style of her own.
Her compositions are often bold, energetic and highly intuitive, using areas of intense colour, repeated marks, circles and open space to create a strong sense of movement across the canvas. Her works can appear both highly detailed and wonderfully spontaneous, with layers of colour and form coming together to express Country, journey and story.
At the heart of Teresa’s painting practice is the story of Minyma Malilu, an important ancestral woman whose Tjukurpa is connected to Country around Kanpi. For Teresa, painting is also a way of continuing the knowledge passed to her and carrying these stories forward for future generations.
Over the course of her career, Teresa has become a highly regarded contemporary Pitjantjatjara artist. Her work has been exhibited widely in Australia and internationally, and she has been selected as a finalist in several major Australian art prizes. Her powerful use of colour, form and movement gives her work a distinctive presence, while remaining deeply grounded in family, Country and Tjukurpa.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
• 2017 - Minyma Malilunya, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
• 2015 - Minyma Malilinya, Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
• 2023 - Wiru Tjukurpa: Beautiful Law Story, Short St Gallery, Broome
• 2019 - Resonance, Aboriginal Signature Gallery, Brussels
• 2017 - Territoire du Rêve, Fondation Pierre Arnaud, Switzerland
• 2017 - Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
• 2016 - Painting. More Painting, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
• 2007 - Desert Mob, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
Selected Collections
• Artbank
• University of Queensland Art Museum
• Monash University Collection
• Levi and Kaplan Collection, Seattle, USA
• Thomas Vroom Collection, Netherlands
Selected Achievements
• 2017 - Finalist, Wynne Prize
• 2013 - Finalist, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards
• 2013 - Finalist, Kate Challis RAKA Award
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Sunday: Closed
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Saturday: 9:00AM - 12:00PM
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1300 362 551
+61 8 9168 1881
10 Papuana St, Kununurra,
Western Australia, 6743 Australia
