2002 Graduate Dip. In Education, Melbourne University.
Graduate Degree (Honours) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (R.M.I.T.).
1993-5 Bachelor of Fine Art (Printmaking) Victorian College of the Arts (V.C.A.).
Solo Shows
2005 Pouncing, Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
2003 Sensing 172 Years, Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
2001 To Feel One’s Way, Mass Gallery, Melb., Vic.
2000 Documenting Space, Exhibit Gallery, Melb. Vic.
1997 Lunch Lounge, Kirkcaldy Davies Gallery, Melb., Vic.
Selected Group Exhibitions from 2002 onwards
2005 Seven Stories, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Seven, Qudos Gallery. Lorne, Vic.
Reveal, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne., Vic.
2004 Practice in Process, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
Art, Northern Metro. Institute of Tafe Gallery, Melb., Vic.
2003 Comfia Designex, Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre, Vic.
Art, Motorworks Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.
38A Wall to Wall, Ovens Street Studios, Melb., Vic.
A Group Show, Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melb., Vic.
A4 Art, West Space Gallery, Melb., Vic.
Something For the Ladies, Penthouse and Pavement Gallery, Melb., Vic.
Korea – Australia Exchange Exhibition of Prints, Storey Hall Gallery, Melb., Vic.
Cutting Comments – Contemporary Linocuts 1995–1998, Mc Clelland Gallery, Melb., Vic.
Proof Positive, Gold Treasury Museum, Melb., Vic.
Selected Competitions and Invited Awards from 1999 onwards
2004 Fleming Muntz Albury Art Prize, Albury Regional Gallery, N.S.W.
Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Gallery, Vic. Linocut Today VI, Stadtische Galerie, Germany.
M.L.C. Acquisitive Art Award, M.L.C., Melbourne, Vic.
2003 Works on Paper by Australian Artists, Exhibition Centre Auhui University, Hefei, China.
National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Regional Gallery, Vic.
2002 Toowoomba Biennial Acquisitive Art Award, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Qld.
Silk Cut Award for Linocuts, Glen Eira Arts Centre, Melbourne, Vic.
Fleming Muntz Albury Art Prize, Albury Regional Gallery, N.S.W.
27th Annual Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, W.A.
2000 Silk Cut Award for Linocuts, Glen Eira Arts Centre, Melb., Vic.
1999 Kandinsky to Corneille: Linoleum in Twentieth Century Art, Cobra Museum, Holland.
24th Annual Shell Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, W.A.
Trio Show for Collie Trust Recipients, Australian Print Workshop Gallery, Melb., Vic.
Selected Awards
2002 Silk Cut Award for Linocuts, Grand Prize.
Toowoomba Acquisitive Art Award, Works on Paper Acquisition Award.
Fleming Muntz Albury Art Prize, Acquisition Prize.
1999 CPM. Print Acquisition Awards, Highly Commended.
23rd Annual Shell Fremantle National Print Award, Non Acquisitive Prize.
Silk Cut Award for Linocuts, Highly Commended.
Canson National Print Award, Honourable Mention.
Scholarships and Commissions
2003 Crown Promenade Hotel, Melbourne, Vic.
1991 Martins Place, Sydney, N.S.W.
The Sebal on St Kilda, Melb., Vic.
1998 Collie Trust Scholarship for Printmakers, Australian Print Workshop, Melb., Vic.
Selected Collections
The National Gallery of Aust. ACT.
Albury Regional Gallery, N.S.W
Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Qld
Fremantle Arts Centre, W.A.
Mackay City Library, Qld.
Silk Cut Foundation, Aust.
Australian Print Workshop, Vic.
South Korea Hanseo University, Korea.
R.M.I.T. Printmaking Dept., Vic.
V.C.A. Printmaking Dept., Vic.
Private Collections
Publications
“Crowning Artists”, Design, Melbourne, Issue 014 Dec. 03- Jan .04, p.26.
Makin, J. “Sensing 172 Years” The Herald Sun, Critic’s Choice Monday 1st September 2003, p 91.
Backhouse, M. “Putting art on the map” The Age, Review Saturday 30th August 2003, p 7.
Johnstone, R. “Silken Purses – the 2002 Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints” Imprint, Quarterly Journal of the Print Council of Australia, Volume 37, Number 4, Summer 2002.
Waite, D.(ed) (2002) Silk Cut Award for Linocuts Catalogue, Duroloid and Forbo, Melbourne, Aust.
Cass, N. “Great Prizes” Artnotes Vic, Art Monthly Australia, Number 154, October 2002.
Backhouse, M. “Silk Cut Finalists at Glen Eira” The Age, The Culture Wednesday 25th September 2002, p. 25.
Mc Donald, K. “Braille for the Sighted Traveller: The Recent Relief Works of Marieke Dench” Imprint, Quarterly Journal of the Print Council of Australia, Volume 36, Number 13, Spring 2001.
Zimmer, J., Teuma, C. (ed.) (2000) Korea – Australia Exchange, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, Aust.
Florence, N. “Marieke Dench: Occupied and Engaged” Imprint, Quarterly Journal of the Print Council of Australia, Volume 34, Number 1, Autumn 1999.
Hodgkins, N. “The humble loo gets a public hanging” Melbourne Yarra Leader, Monday 15th February 1999, p. 3.
Stone, D. “The Proof of the Print is in the Plate” The Age, Living Arts, Tuesday 9th February 1999, p.16
Related Employment
2004-present Arts worker, Arts Project Austra;ia, Vic.
2003-present Lecturer: N.M.I.T., Printmaking Dept. Vic.
2002-present Freelance Custom Printer ‘Marieke Dench Studio’.
2002-present Co-Director of ‘Lexicon House’ with G. Matoulas. 2002-present Guest lecturer, USQ, Printmaking Dept, Qld.
2001 Lecturer R.M.I.T., Printmaking Dept., Vic.
1999-02 Custom Printer: Chrysalis Publishing, Vic.
1999-04 Lecturer: V.C.A., Printmaking Dept. Vic.
1999 Custom Printer: Port Jackson Press, Vic.
Assistant Printer: Lancaster Press, Vic.
1992-present Arts Education Victoria (AEV): Seminar and Workshop presenter.
Freelance seminar presenter, workshop presenter and teacher for the Arts in Tertiary Institutions and Victorian schools and Community organisations.
Travel
1999-00 Extensive travels throughout Europe, Scandinavia and the United States with regular visits to Print Studios in Sweden, Italy, France and the United States.
2003 Extensive travels to Aboriginal Communities around Alice Springs, Darwin and the Kimberley regions of Australia.
2003-04 Extensive travels throughout Central South America.
