Australian Tapestry Workshop

Hayley Millar-Baker

Australia

Hayley Millar Baker is a distinguished lens-based artist based in Melbourne, Australia. Her identity is deeply rooted in her Aboriginality, belonging to the Gunditjmara, Djabwurrung, and Nira-Bulok Taungurung peoples through her maternal lineage, with Anglo-Indian and luso-Brasileiro ancestry on her paternal side. This unique blend of cultural influences shapes her worldview and artistic vision, infusing her work with a rich sense of history, identity, and spirituality. Her diverse cultural heritage is central to her sense of self, driving her creative exploration and offering a tapestry of perspectives that deeply inform and enhance the themes in her art.

In 2021, support for Weaving Futures from Creative Victoria and the Playking Foundation brought tapestry designs by artists Atong Atem, Troy Emery, Eugenia Lim and Hayley Millar Baker onto our looms. ATW weavers Pamela Joyce, Emma Sulzer, Tim Gresham, and Amy Cornall collaborated with these artists, working at the forefront.