Nyukana Baker b. 1943

Also known as Baker Nyukana, Daisy Baker
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Designer ,
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Pitjantjatjara artist from Ernabella who began painting, designing and weaving in 1963 and producing batik in 1971. Her work is widely exhibited in Australia and overseas and is represented within a number of major art collections.
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Citations

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’94/260/1 Textile length, silk batik, Nyukana (Daisy) Baker, Ernabella, South Australia, Australia, 1994’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/141124

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Textle length by Nyukana (Daisy) Baker’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/147768

  • Powerhouse Museum, 'Jar made by Nyukana Baker, Australia’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/357127

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’95/319/3 Textile length, 'Puti’ (Bush), cotton, designed by Nyukana (Daisy) Baker and Nyuwara (Kanngitja) Tapaya, printed by Marie Warren, Ernabella, South Australia, 1989-1995’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/147773

  • Information sourced from Race, Kate.

  • Information sourced from Dudley, Jenny.

Initial data sources

  • Aboriginal Artists of the Western Desert: A Biographical Dictionary

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  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer
  • Artist (Ceramist)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Designer