Marina Strocchi (born 28 December 1961) is an internationally-exhibited Australian painter and printmaker whose work is held in many national collections.
[1] Strocchi was born on 28 December 1961 to an Italian father and Australian mother in Melbourne and was interested in art from a young age.
After finishing school, Strocchi studied a Bachelor of Art at Swinburne Technical College, where she completed a graphic design degree (1979–1982).
[4] In August 1992 Strocchi returned to Haasts Bluff where she and her partner Wayne Eager established what became known as Ikuntji Art Centre,[3] where she worked from 1992 to 1997.
[3] Strocchi has a distinctive style and Professor Sasha Grishin says: "You can recognise a painting, print, or drawing by Marina Strocchi at twenty paces, the style is unconventional—something naive in its demarcation, generally warm in its colour palette, finely worked in its detail and frequently tinged with a sense of humour—yet there are no close lookalikes, her work does not remind yourself of someone else's art.