Marieke Dench holds a Fine Arts Degree from the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) and a 1st Class Honours Degree in Fine Arts from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (R.M.I.T). Dench has been exhibiting nationally and internationally for over 20 years. The breadth of her practice includes painting, encaustic painting, printmaking, drawing, sculpture and architectural installation. Dench has been the recipient of a Collie Trust Scholarship as well as winning a number of awards, including the Silk Cut Award and the Shell Fremantle Non-Acquisitive Print Award. Her work is held in numerous Australian public and private collections and has undertaken major commissions in both of these sectors.