Dreaming the Land

About the Author

Marie Geissler is a cultural historian who has worked in the field of Indigenous art for over thirty years. She has a particular interest in Arnhem Land bark painting and the ways Indigenous Australian art has been critical in promoting the self-determination histories of Indigenous Australians. Marie is currently at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, where she is researching its bark painting collection. She is also a Visiting Research Associate at the University of Wollongong, and an Investigation Team Member to the Garuwanga Project Research Roundtable of the Indigenous Knowledge Forum, Law Faculty of the University of Technology, Sydney.

Marie is the author of The Making of Indigenous Australian Contemporary Art: Arnhem Land Bark Painting, 1970-1990(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020). She has written academic articles relating to Indigenous Australian art, including the use of Aboriginal art in cultural diplomacy, native title land claim and the critical role played by the Aboriginal Arts Board and cultural historian Ulli Beier in Indigenous art history. She has also published on urban Indigenous artist Helen S. Tiernan and the Renshaw Indigenous Collection at the New England Regional Arts Museum.