Raelene Inkamala was born in Alice Springs. She is the daughter of Clifford Inkamala and Phyllis Inkamala and is a Western Aranda woman. Her father painted with water colour and oil paints and her mother worked at various crafts including making music sticks, bracelets, necklaces, place mats, crochet and handbags. When Raelene was young she would help her mother making these things.
Raelene was born in Alice Springs and spent a lot of time in Hermannsburg growing up. When her parents passed away she lived with her aunties, her father’s sisters. She learnt how to do screen printing and would make t-shirts in the women’s centre at Hermannsburg to sell to tourists. She also did a bit of dot painting there. Now she is learning watercolour painting at Iltja Ntjarra Art Centre and is working alongside her daughter Dellina Inkamala and her sister Kathy Inkamala who are also both artists.