Rhoda was born in Ernabella and raised between here and Fregon. She went to primary school in Ernabella and high school in Adelaide. Rhoda has two grown-up sons, a daughter and a grandson. She first started painting at Kaltjiti Arts in Fregon and later returned to Ernabella and the art centre working in both the painting and ceramics studios. Rhoda also works on the Women’s Project for APY Land Management.
Rhoda’s two sisters Umatji Tjitayi and Katrina Tjitayi are also both artists. Their mother, Angkuna, was the first Pitjantjatjara teacher at the Ernabella Mission in the 1950s.
