Betty Muffler - Kalaya Tjina Tjuta – Emu Tracks

Jan Murphy Gallery is excited to present Kalaya Tjina Tjuta – Emu Tracks by acclaimed senior Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara artist and traditional healer, Betty Muffler.

"My name is Betty Muffler. My birthplace is Yalungu. Yalungu is my real place. There are emus there. A group of emus. Those emus are alive in the site. It's rocky. It's in rockhill country. I am a ngangkari  healer. And it is as a Ngangkari that I paint. The eagle is my father's spirit. The eagle itself is not a ngangkari but has a special vision which I can use. And also, I am a painter of emus. They are a significant part of my birthplace, the walking emus. I paint their tracks, belonging to the site, Yalungu." – Betty Muffler

Betty Muffler is a regular finalist in several major awards including the Wynne Prize and the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Award, having won the Emerging Artist Award (2017) and the General Painting Award (2022). Her work has been included in numerous major institutional exhibitions including the 14th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea, The National: New Australian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales(2021), Tarnanthi at the Art Gallery of South Australia (2017, 2020, 2022), Kulata Tjuta at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes (2020) and Before Time Began at Fondation Opale, Switzerland.