Maureen Dixon

Artist: Maureen Dixon
Skin name: Kemarre 
Language group: Anmatyerre
Country: Ankerrapw
Area: Utopia Region, Central Australia

Maureen comes from a large family of artists where she is the daughter of artist Elsie Dixon Penangke and senior Ankerrapw man, Walter Dixon Pwerle.  She has four sisters; Thelma Dixon, Elizabeth Dixon, Dianne and Jilly, and one brother, Henry Dixon.

Maureen has had both an Aboriginal education as well as a western education, and has worked as a teachers aid at Mulga Bore School in Utopia.  

Maureen’s artistic style is more commonly influenced by the designs of her Awelye – women’s ceremony and body paint, for the stories belonging to her father’s country, Ankerrapw.