Margaret Donegan Australian, Pitjantjatjara, b. 1971

Margaret Donegan was born in Alice Springs in 1971 to renowned artist Jimmy Donegan. As a very young girl she lived at the Adelaide Children's Hospital, before moving to Amata where her father worked as a stockman. During the late 1970s and the "Homeland Movement" she and her family moved to Pipalyatjara to be closer to traditional homelands. She attended the Spinifex School, a small school for the local Pipalyatjara children.

As an adult, she moved to Blackstone, a remote community in Western Australia. It was in Blackstone where she began her career as a painter and arts worker. Both Margaret and her mother were involved in crafting the 'Tjanpi Toyota'; a lifesize replica of a Toyota Landcruiser made from woven grass. The Tjanpi Toyota won the Telstra Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in 2005.

Today Margaret lives with her family in Kalka where she continues to build her art practice in painting, 'punu' (wood carving), and 'tjanpi' (grass weaving). Her crafts are inspired by 'jukurpa' (tradiational stories), including those associated with 'Minyma Kutjarra', 'Wati Ngintaka' and 'Kungkarrakalpa'.