Kaye was born in Ernabella about 1955. Her early years were spent at the mission until her family relocated to the Fregon village. Kaye worked in the craft area at Fregon. In the 1980s, she relocated to Kanpi, her father Jimmy Baker’s native area, and assisted in the establishment of a modest art and crafts room.
She worked, lived, and worked closely with her father until his death in 2010, caring for him in his latter years of illness. She describes their discussions on how artists transform their homeland’s history into works on canvas and the need of preserving the practice of painting as cultural upkeep.
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Kaye is the proud grandma of 15 grandkids who live all around Australia. She is deeply committed to educating the next generation about culture.
Kaye Brown is a Jilamara senior artist who began painting in 2012. Kaye worked at the library and taught at the local elementary school before joining Jilamara.
Since 2015, her art has been included in major group exhibits around the country. Kaye was nominated for the 35th NATSIAA Telstra Awards as well as the first King and Wood Mallesons Contemporary ATSI Art Prize in 2018.
Kaye paints using the Kayimwagakimi, a traditional Tiwi ironwood painting comb. Her art explores topics such as being on Tiwi Island nation, the sun, stars, sky, and bush tucker.
