Mary Dixon Nungarrayi comes from the Yamunturrugu (Mt Liebig) region located in Central Australia, Northern Territory, and belongs to the Warlpiri language group. Mary was born near Town Bore Creek east of Papunya and commenced painting in the mid 1980s for Papunya Tula Artists.
She and her former husband, Colin Dixon Tjapanangka, often collaborated on each other’s paintings. Mary Dixon and Goodwin Kingsley Tjapaltjarri (now deceased) lived and produced art in Alice Springs. She paints various Dreamtime stories.