Kaye Brown

Kaye Brown is a respected senior Tiwi woman and a retired teacher with extensive knowledge of the old ways, ancestral stories, and the 'hard' Tiwi language. She uses a carved ironwood comb (Kayimwagakimi) to create her Jilamara (body paint design) and pwoja (body) styles, using natural ochres on canvas, linen, paper, and locally sourced stringybark. After retiring, Kaye joined the Jilamara Arts Centre and held her first solo exhibition in 2020. She has twice been selected as a finalist in the Telstra NATSIA Awards. Additionally, her work was featured in the TIWI Exhibition, a major show held at the National Gallery of Victoria from 2020 to 2021.