Carolanne Ken is from Fregon on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara/ Yankunytjatjara Lands, 350km SE of ULURU. Her father’s country is Mulya Ulpa, near Pilkinga, on the road from Makari to Iltur and her mother’s country is Walytjitjata, west of Kanypi.
Carolanne paints Minyma Maluli, which was passed down from her maternal grandmother.
Born in 1971, Carolanne went to school in Fregon and Woodville High in Adelaide, graduating in 1986. She has worked at Fregon Anangu School, ANTEP and Kaltjiti Arts.
Carolanne has spent much time in the studio and her work has a contemporary edge and she shows great promise and diligence in her work.
She has one son Clive Ken, who is married to Molly Frank and one granddaughter, Carlena. Her mother, Kunmanara Ken, was a long time artist at the Kaltjiti Art centre.
bio courtesy Kaltjiti Art Centre