Maringka Tunkin was born and raised in Amata. She is the daughter of the late Kunmanara (Paniny) Mick and Mick Wikilyiri, both senior and highly regarded painters at Tjala Arts. After attending high school at Yurara, Maringka returned to Amata to paint at the Tjurma Homelands Art and Craft Centre, where she painted on canvas and created pieces of batik. Maringka returned to painting in 2007 when she joined the other artists at Tjala Arts. Maringka likes to transfer her stories onto Walka Boards as well as painting on canvas, taking after her mother who carved Punu (wood carvings) growing up using fencing wire heated by the camp fire to etch designs and stories onto wood carvings or now as Maringka does, on Plywood. Maringka is known for her detailed paintings which tell stories of the Seven Sisters and Honey Ant dreaming which has connections to her father who is the traditional owner of the Tjala (Honey Ant) Country.In addition to her own successful painting career, Maringka also paints on impressive large-scale collaborative canvases with her four sisters - Yaritji Young, Tjungkara Ken, Freda Brady and Sandra Ken - who together form the acclaimed Ken Sisters' Collaborative. She is represented by the APY Art Centre Collective.