Marion Borgelt b. 1954

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Painter, mixed media and installation artist. In 1996 Marion Borgelt became the first Australian artist to be awarded the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award. In 2001-2003 she was awarded a highly significant two-year Australia Council Fellowship and since 2007 Borgelt has been a member of the board of the well-known Blake Prize for Religious Art.
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Name
Marion Borgelt
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Other Occupation
  • Art teacher (ANZSIC code: 8022) (Art teacher 1979; 1985/1989)
Birth date
1954
Birth place
Nhill, Vic.
Active Period
  • 1973-
Residence
  • c.1954 - c.1970 Nhill, Vic.
  • c.1970 - c.1978 Adelaide, SA
  • 1999- Sydney, NSW
  • 1979 - 1980 New York, USA
  • c.1980 - c.1989 Sydney, NSW
  • 1989 - 1999 Paris, France
Training
  • 1979 - 1980 New York Studio School, NY, USA
  • Diploma of Fine Art, 1973 - 1976 South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, SA
  • Diploma of Education, 1977 Torrens College, Adelaide, SA
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Twenty: Sherman Galleries 1986 - 2006
Copyright
  • Borgelt, Marion

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Related recognitions
  • Art Angels Residency, Perth, WA (received)
  • New Work Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Site-specific sculptural installation "Round Up Maze" (received)
  • "Liquid Light: Double Wave Trilogy and Lunar Warp" created for Boardroom, Goldman Sachs, Sydney (received)
  • Site-specific commemorative installation "Man's Destiny Resides in the Sole", created for the Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Canada (received)
  • Australia Council Fellowship (two years) (received)
  • "Mirror Matter Trilogy" - Commission for a Conference Centre, Cyprus Lakes, Hunter Valley (received)
  • 1999/2000 - "55 Ring Maze" - Commission to design a 1.5-hectare cornfield maze, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria (received)
  • 1998/1999 - "Primordial Alphabet and Rhythm" - Commission for the foyer of the News Limited Building, Surry Hills, Sydney (received)
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award (received)
  • French Government Art Fellowship (received)
  • Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Art (received)
  • Muswellbrook Open Prize (received)
  • University of Technology Purchase Prize (received)
  • Faber Castel Art Award (received)
  • Special Projects Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Art (received)
  • 1978 - Peter Brown Memorial Travelling Art Scholarship (received)
  • South Australian School of Art (received)
  • Channel 10 Young Artist Award (received)
  • Time and tide (wait for no man), for JP Morgan Chase (received)
  • Pulse 2001, commissioned by the Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, in collaboration with Catherine Donnelley (received)
  • Art Angels Residency, Perth, WA (received)
  • New Work Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Arts (received)
  • Site-specific sculptural installation "Round Up Maze" (received)
  • "Liquid Light: Double Wave Trilogy and Lunar Warp" created for Boardroom, Goldman Sachs, Sydney (received)
  • Site-specific commemorative installation "Man's Destiny Resides in the Sole", created for the Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Canada (received)
  • Australia Council Fellowship (two years) (received)
  • "Mirror Matter Trilogy" - Commission for a Conference Centre, Cyprus Lakes, Hunter Valley (received)
  • 1999/2000 - "55 Ring Maze" - Commission to design a 1.5-hectare cornfield maze, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria (received)
  • 1998/1999 - "Primordial Alphabet and Rhythm" - Commission for the foyer of the News Limited Building, Surry Hills, Sydney (received)
  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award (received)
  • French Government Art Fellowship (received)
  • Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Art (received)
  • Muswellbrook Open Prize (received)
  • University of Technology Purchase Prize (received)
  • Faber Castel Art Award (received)
  • Special Projects Grant, Visual Arts Board, Australia Council for the Art (received)
  • 1978 - Peter Brown Memorial Travelling Art Scholarship (received)
  • South Australian School of Art (received)
  • Channel 10 Young Artist Award (received)
  • Time and tide (wait for no man), for JP Morgan Chase (received)