Mary was born at Ilyara (Punmu) and lived there throughout her childhood. She traveled around her country with her family. Until the early 1970s, she lived a traditional life and says, "We been walk 'em, no clothes, nothing. We proper bush people, no English." Mary is a part of the Yulparija people who walked out of the desert to the coastal town of Bidyadanga in search of water after severe drought had plagued their land. Mary now lives at Bidyadanga with her husband, the artist Donald Moko.

Exhibitions
2008
Desert stories, Chapman Galleries, Canberra, NT
Yulparija, AP Bond, Adelaide, SA
2007
Winpa, Raft Art Space, Darwin, NT
From the Bungalow I: Yulparija Artists, Johnston Gallery, Perth, WA
2006
23rd Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards, Darwin, NT
2005
The return of our land, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
Big Country, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
2004
Desert Ocean, Short st. Gallery @ Kidogo Gallery, Fremantle, WA
Divas of the Desert, Gallery Gondwana, Alice Springs, NT
Bidyadanga Artists, William Mora Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Bidyadanga Art, Art House Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Culture Now, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Bidyadanga Artists, Raft Art Space, Darwin, NT
Desert to Saltwater, Short st. Gallery @ Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2003
Manjyiljara, Short st. Gallery, Broome, WA

Collections
Canning Stock Route Project Collection
Notre Dame University
Laverty collection
Sam Barry collection

Bibliography
Dynasties, Series:4, Ep:8, The Mora Family, January 2006
"In Living Colour", Julianne Dowling, Notebook, January 2006
The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art, 2006
Desert Heart, Rebel Film, ABC March 28th 2008