Kathy Ramsay Australian, Gija, b. 1965

Kathy Ramsay is one ofWarmunArt Centre's most prolific emerging artists carrying on the legacy of herartistic family. The daughter of artistsRammeyand Mona Ramsay, and the granddaughterof the late Timmy Timms, Kathy began painting in 2013, yet has already been included innumerous group exhibitions and private collections across Australia and internationally. Most recently she has been selected for Revealed, a biennial art event celebrating emerging Aboriginalartists in Western Australia.Of her work Kathy says, "I only started painting in 2013. I like to join in and to be sharing a part ofmy Country. My mother and my grandfather always told us what this place means, what the names are, and all thoseNgarranggarni( Dreaming) stories. Now, with all this painting, I'll be the one to tell them to my kids. I'm the mother of three sons, but I lost my oldest son in 2008. Hewas really strong incorroborreeand culture, but my other sons, they carry it on too. They went toschool inWarmun, and I worked in the childcare centre and cleaning and bits like that. Now I'mpainting all the time. I just paint what my old people told me about our Country–because they are the ones who know the history of our Country, the Country we’re still connected to today. Our Country really knows us, and it owns us.”In 2017, Kathy was a finalist in the John Fries Art Award, where she flew to Sydney to attend theopening night and celebrations. In her interview with the national broadcaster, the ABC, Kathy said"Everything is rolling in my mind, I can’t stop painting, I like to do it and bring it out through myheart, with the stories." Later on in 2018, Kathy was a finalist in the regional Hedland Art Award forher prominent painting depicting an in depth story about Juwulinji, often the subject in herpaintings. Her ancestral Country is also known as Bow River, incorporating rich Ngarranggarni stories with recent histories of station life