Marlene Rubuntja

Marlene was born in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) in 1960, and grew up at Amoonguna community, east of Alice Springs where she went to school. Rubuntja is the daughter of Wenton Rubuntja the well-known painter and activist. It was her father who fought for the rights of people to settle Town Camps in Alice Springs.

She says she draws inspiration for her soft sculptures, her films and her works on paper from what she sees around her in her daily life at Yarrenyty Arltere Town Camp; “some things are good for people and other things make people really mad”. She also draws inspiration from her father’s country and from her husband’s country at Wave Hill. Rubuntja is interested in telling proudly the stories of her people; her art is helping her to do this.