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Biography

Alec Baker is a senior artist from Indulkana in the Eastern APY Lands, who began his painting career around 2006. Alec Baker spent his early life as a stockman on Granite Downs station, working cattle and travelling the country. Eventually Granite Downs was acquired by Indulkana community. Then in his 70s, Alec Baker along with other senior men Whiskey Tjukangku and Peter Mingkuri joined the Iwantja Artists group in Indulkana, and began painting and exhibiting consistently with the group from 2007.

Alec Baker has a distinctive style developed to avoid revealing any sacred knowledge of Country, he paints expansive general images of the desert, interspersed with symbols of animals, waterholes and traditional sites. Alec Baker has exhibited at Japingka Gallery with fellow artists from Iwantja in 2013 and 2014.