Michelle Lewis was born in Ernabella in 1983, where she went to school and later worked at the Ernabella Clinic.

Michelle is a rising star of the Ernabella painting studio and is rapidly becoming one of its most accomplished younger

generation artists. She is a daughter to senior painter Atipalku Intjalki and master punu (wood) maker Adrian Intjalki. Her

sisters are Langaliki and Lynette Lewis, both accomplished artists. Michelle began painting in 2017 and quickly

developed an individual style based around her father's country at Makiri, east of Ernabella. Her art has been shown across Australia and internationally, including at the annual Desert Mob exhibition in at Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs and is the collection of a major public institution. Michelle is mother to three children.