Nancy Wilmot Borlase b. 24 March 1914

Also known as Nancy Borlase
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
New Zealand-born Nancy Wilmot Borlase arrived in Sydney in 1937, studying sculpture under Lyndon Dadswell under space restrictions in her small bed-sit forced a change to painting. Increasingly inspired by the Abstract Expressionist movements in Europe and New York, Borlase won the Portia Geach Memorial Prize in 2000 for her portrait of Marie and Vida Breckenridge.
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exhibited at
Nancy Borlanse Retrospective
Date
1994
Place
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
(solo exhibition)
Date
1960
Place
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition

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  • Art critic (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Journalist
  • House cleaner
  • Life model
  • Waitress
  • Fortune teller
  • Lamp-shade maker