Marie Geissler is a cultural historian who has worked in the field of Indigenous art for over thirty years. She 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.