Emily Kam Kngwarray
Australian · b. 1910
Painting, Batik
DESCRIPTION
Emily Kam Kngwarray was a celebrated Aboriginal Australian artist from the Utopia region who began her career as a commercial artist in her late 70s. She transitioned from batik-making to canvas painting, producing a prolific body of work that documented her deep spiritual connection to her ancestral land and the pencil yam plant.