Josephine Mick b. 1955

  • Artist (Painter)
A Pitjantjatjara speaker, Mick paints Kungka Kutjara and Water Snake dreamings.

Born at Ernabella in 1955, Josephine moved to Alice Springs in 1983. A Pitjantjatjara speaker, she started painting her father’s Dreamings Kungka Kutjara (Two Women) and Water Snake in 1986. She has sold her work to Alice Springs galleries and, with the help of her husband Ushma Sales, to galleries overseas too. Josephine’s sister Tjulkiwa Atira-Atira is also a painter.

Writers:
Johnson, Vivien Note: primary biographer
Date written:
1994
Last updated:
2011