Marianne Muggeridge specialised in life drawing and painting at Elam School of Fine Art, where she gained her BFA in 1973. Traveled in Europe throughout the 1970's returning to N Z in 1979. In 2000 Marianne won the NZ Portrait Gallery’s inaugural National Portrait Competition, and in 2002 won the Adam/NZ Portrait Competition. Her work is held in numerous private and public collections throughout New Zealand: Te Papa, Massey University, The Royal Society and The Reserve bank. Marianne is a full-time working artist whose creative impetus is to always work from life in a variety of media. Currently living in South Taranaki with partner/artist Roger Morris.