Faith Jina'emi Papua New Guinean, b. 1957

Faith Jina’emi began painting for Ömie Artists in 2012. She learnt to paint as a young woman from her mother Filma Rumuno, Chief of Sahuoté clan women. Faith is now a leading elder and cultural authority of the central region of Ömie territory. She paints her ever-increasingly complex and diverse ancestral designs with vitality and integrity. Her exquisite work and its recent developments are a very exciting and surprising addition to the unfolding Ömie art movement.