Clarise Tunkin / Minma Marlimu

A Pitjantjatjara artist from a major Kanpi painting family descended from Jimmy Baker. Her wider practice is grounded in Country and sacred narratives learned directly from her mother and senior family members. Like her mother and grandmother before her, Clarise’s artworks are highly sought after and have cemented her reputation as a rising talent in the Indigenous art sector. Born in 1993 in Alice Springs hospital, Clarise Tunkin is a Pitjantjatjara artist from a highly recognised lineage of artists.

Her great-grandfather was Jimmy Baker (c. 1915–2010), a foundation artist at Kanpi where his family were the cultural owners for the outstation and its lands. Clarise remembers visiting Malilu’s Cave with Teresa Baker at age fifteen, learning from her mother about country and the sacred narratives associated with it just as Teresa learnt from her mother. Clarise’s grandmother Kay Baker and mother Teresa Baker have continued the very strong artistic tradition of the lineage.