Betty Campbell
Artwork title: Minymaku Inma
Medium: synthetic polymer on linen
Size: 152 × 122 cm
Year: 2026
$5,900
About the Artwork
Inma inkapai ngayulu. I sing ceremony. I practice inma all the time, and I paint it on canvas. This work comes from women’s ceremony—song, dancing, and rhythm in the body. I am a cultural woman. I carry this knowledge and keep it strong. My painting follows the movement of inma. This is my practice. Uwa, palyo. This inma is about Mimili, the place I grew up. When we sing maku inma, we make the country strong. The land listens and responds. This painting holds that song, keeping Mimili stories alive and well.
About the Artist
Betty Campbell is a Pitjantjatjara artist and senior cultural leader from Mimili on the APY Lands, South Australia. Working out of Mimili Maku Arts, Campbell paints women’s inma — ceremony, song and movement — translating embodied cultural knowledge into rhythmic, expressive works that assert women’s stories, presence and connection to Country.
Photo: Meg Hansen