Ruby Morton

Ruby Morton Kngwarreye was born in 1968, north-east of Alice Springs at Utopia in central Australia. She was part of the original group of Aboriginal women to be taught batik. Her work is included in the ‘Robert Holmes a Court’ collection.

Ruby has established herself as a painter in the same tradition as her mother, Mary Morton, her sisters and aunties. Her Dreamtime stories belong to her countries Ngkwarlerlanem and Arnkawenyerr. Ruby has painted designs that represent all of her Dreamtime stories.