Benita EVERETT was born in 1980 in Derby. She attended Holy Rosary Primary School in Derby as a child, then went on to Derby District High School for her secondary education. In 1997, Everett met her husband Barry MALGIL and moved to the Warmun Community. They now have five children.
Everett paints the traditional country of her own family around Derby. Since moving to Warmun, her husband's grandmother has shared with her stories from Gija country. 'She tells us to draw that one,' Everett says. The traditional land of her husband's family is the subject of much of her work. In 2011 Everett was a finalist in Revealed, an exhibition in Perth that featured emerging Indigenous artists from Western Australia.
Benita EVERETT was born in 1980 in Derby. She attended Holy Rosary Primary School in Derby as a child, then went on to Derby District High School for her secondary education. In 1997, Everett met her husband Barry MALGIL and moved to the Warmun Community. They now have five children.
Everett paints the traditional country of her own family around Derby. Since moving to Warmun, her husband's grandmother has shared with her stories from Gija country. 'She tells us to draw that one,' Everett says. The traditional land of her husband's family is the subject of much of her work. In 2011 Everett was a finalist in Revealed, an exhibition in Perth that featured emerging Indigenous artists from Western Australia.