Dr Marian Quigley - Artist & Writer
Phone: 043027466
Email: marianquig@gmail.com Website: http://sites.google.com/site/marianquig/
A former art teacher and Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications, I returned to painting following myretirement and began exhibiting my work in 2009.
My distinctive painting style incorporates vibrant colour, minimalism and hard edge abstraction. Formative influences include the Post Impressionists such as Gauguin; the simplicity and bold design of Japanese woodcuts and the organic, flowing line of Art Nouveau. My subject matter includes portraits, seascapes and more recently, iconic Melbourne landmarks including the Skipping Girl Vinegar sign and Luna Park. The migration series which I began in 2015, was inspired by my parents' stories concerning our migration by sea in the 1950s and was developed in response to the ANL Maritime Award theme 'Humanity's Relationship with the Sea'.
Professional Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Monash University (1996)
Bachelor of Arts, Chisholm Institute of Technology (1988)
Higher Diploma of Teaching Secondary (Art & Crafts), Melbourne State College (1970)
I have exhibited at Brunswick Street Gallery, Richmond; Quadrant Gallery Hawthorn; Cambridge Studio Gallery, Collingwood; AGRA Gallery, Camberwell; Who Gallery, Malvern; Southern Buoy Studios, Mornington; Town & Country Gallery, Yarragon; Muse Gallery, Beechworth/Milawa; Meeniyan Art Gallery; Mingara Gallery, Cowes and ArtSpace Wonthaggi.
I have recently completed a commission by Bass Coast Shire Council to create a temporary mural for the Cowes Cultural Centre site.
Exhibitions by Selection
Victorian Government Essential Services Commission, Bourke St. Melbourne, 2021 (6 leased works)
Finalist, Art Lovers Australia Prize, 2020, 2021
Marvellous Melbourne, Pan Pacific Hotel, South Wharf, Melbourne, 2019
SBS Portrait Prize, Southern Buoy Studios, Mornington, 2019
Hidden Faces – The Victorian Salon des Refuses, Pan Pacific Melbourne Hotel, South Wharf, 2018, 2019, 2020
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, 2017
Annual Maritime Art Award & Exhibition, Mission to Seafarers Victoria, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Who is Looking at You? Portrait Exhibition, Cambridge Studio Gallery, Collingwood, 2015, 2018
NAB Flanagan Art Exhibition, St Patricks College, Ballarat, 2016, 2017
Semi-finalist, Bluethumb Art Prize 2018
Camberwell Art Show, Hawthorn, 2015, 2018
Hobsons Bay Art Show, Williamstown, 2016
Bayside Art Show, Sandringham 2014, 2015
CamART, Camberwell Girls Grammar School, 2013
Melton Art Show, 2011
Solo Exhibitions
Mr Perceval Cafe, East Malvern, 2014; LiTTLE ArtSpace, Milawa, 2011
Group Exhibitions
PICES Pop UP Exhibition, Cowes, 2021
At Sea, Melbourne & Victorian Artists Collective, Southern Buoy Studio, Mornington, 2021
Melbourne & Victorian Artists Collective, AGRA Gallery, Camberwell, 2020
Crossing the Bridge: recent work by 6 Phillip Island artists, Meeniyan Art Gallery, 2017
Form & Rhythm (with Helen Hill), Blue Pig Gallery, Wonthaggi, 2013
Figure(ing) Landscape (with Helen Hill), Flour Mill Gallery, Euroa, 2012
Reflections (with Heather Carroll), Community Hub Gallery, Inverloch, 2011
Awards
Best Contemporary, Artists’ Society of Phillip Island Cup Weekend Exhibition, 2019
First Prize, Open Section, ‘Winter Solstice Exhibition, ArtSpace Wonthaggi, 2019
Best Oil/Acrylic, Inverloch Art Show, 2019
Best Portrait, Artists’ Society of Phillip Island Easter Exhibition, 2018
2nd Prize Contemporary Section, Yakkerboo Art Show, Pakenham, 2018
Best Contemporary, Artists’ Society of Phillip Island Cup Weekend Exhibition, 2016
Best Contemporary, Rotary Club of Leongatha Art and Photography Show, 2016
2nd Prize Pakenham Portraits, Yakkerboo Art Show, Pakenham, 2016
Silver Medal, Yakkerboo Art Show, Pakenham, 2015
Joint Winner, ‘A Sense of Place’, Artists’ Society of Phillip Island Easter Art Exhibition, 2015
Figure-It-Now Visual Arts Award for Best Human Figure, Artists’ Society of Phillip Island Easter Art Exhibition, 2014
Best Contemporary/Abstract Award, Bass Coast Artists’ Society Easter Exhibition, 2013
Blue Pig Gallery PurpleX Gate/Space Award, Blue Pig Gallery, Wonthaggi 2013
Highly Commended (2009-2018) Hobsons Bay, Ficifolia, ASPI, San Remo Rotary, BCAS, Korumburra Art Shows.
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