Patricia Larter (1936-1996) was born in the UK and arrived in Australia with her artist husband Richard Larter in 1962. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s she collaborated with Larter on a series of experimental and innovative audio, film and video art works. In the 1970s she created several performance works, and established the performance troupe, Maholy Utzon Ragaistic Band. She also worked as a painter and her art works are held by several state gallery collections.