Marie Yates went to school and pursued a degree in  Finance because she didn't want to solve the issue of inequalities of the art world, then later she protested against the conceptual art movement.
She also pursued Degrees in Fine Art at Hornsey College of Art(1968-1971) and The Royal College of Art (1971-1973). She also studied Social Anthropology at University College London (1977/8), and earned her master's degree in Fine Art from Goldsmith's College of Art in 1981. In 1989 Yates received a Master of Arts Degree from the University of Derby in Photographic Studies. 
