Dr Marian Quigley (PhD Monash University; BA Chisholm Institute of Technology; HDTS (Art &Craft) Melbourne State College) is an artist, writer and former researcher & editor.  

Formerly a Senior Lecturer at Monash University, an animation curator for australianscreen online and a secondary art teacher, she returned to painting in 2008.

A finalist in a number of national award exhibitions, including the Portia Geach Memorial Award and the Maritime Art Award, she has received many Gippsland awards; has held three solo exhibitions and participated in a number of joint and group exhibitions. Marian has exhibited in Sol Gallery, Fitzroy, AGRA Gallery, Camberwell, WHO Gallery, East Malvern, Quadrant Gallery Hawthorn; Cambridge Studio Gallery, Collingwood; Town & Country Gallery, Yarragon; Muse Gallery, Beechworth/Milawa; Meeniyan Art Gallery; Mingara Gallery, Cowes and ArtSpace, Wonthaggi. She has also participated in annual exhibitions at Pan Pacific Hotel, South Wharf, Melbourne.

Marian is represented by Sol Gallery.  Her paintings are also available via the online galleries Bluethumb Art , Art Lovers Australia and ColourSpace.  She is a life member of the Artists' Society of Phillip Island Region and ArtSpace Wonthaggi; a member of Melbourne and Victorian Artists Collective (MAVA) and a founding member of Ibis Writers.