Ruth Bates Profile & Artworks

Ruth Bates is Yarnangu, a Ngaanyatjarra woman from the Central and Western Desert area of Australia. Ruth is also an artist with Tjanpi Desert Weavers and Warakurna Artists. Her skills have been passed on through the Tjukurpa, the Law and way of life governing her country.

Born: 1951
Community: Warrakurna
Language: Ngaanyatjarra