Kathy Dodd is minyma Anangu, an Aboriginal woman, born at Imanpa near Mount Ebenezer in the Northern Territory. After marrying, she moved to Fregon and Mimili on the APY Lands of northern South Australia. She has been carving with Maruku since 2003 and is also an artist with Tjanpi Desert Weavers and Mimili Maku Arts.