Marilyn Arsem is an American contemporary artist. She creates live events, performances, makes installations, site-specific, interactive art. Her works were presented throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America, and in the Middle East.[1]
Life and art
editIn 1973 she graduated from the Boston University (BFA). She has performed live since 1975.[2] In 1977 Arsem founded the Mobius Artists Group, an interdisciplinary collaborative of artists.[3] She was also Head and Graduate Advisor of the Performance Art Department at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, where she taught performance art.[4]
Since the beginning of the twenty-first century she has focused on site-specific art, responding to the history or politics of the country, engaging with the immediate landscape and materiality of the location. Sites have included a former Cold War missile base in the United States, a 15th-century Turkish bath in Macedonia, an aluminum factory in Argentina, and the site of the Spanish landing in the Philippines.[5][6]
She took part in many festivals, and performed in different cities on over the world.[7]
She was awarded the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s Maud Morgan Prize 2015. The award, a $10,000 cash prize plus an exhibition at the museum, is given every other year to a Massachusetts woman artist active for a decade or more.[8]
2005
- 1st International Congress of Performance Art, in Valparaiso (Chile),
- 4th Philippine International Performance Art Festival, in Manila (Philippines),
- the 7th International Multimedial Art Festival in Odzaci (Serbia)
- the 13th Performance Art Konferenz: Die Kunst der Handlung 3: Kooperation in Berlin Germany.
2006
- International Festival “In the Context of Art/The Difference” in Warsaw (Poland),
- The 14th Performance Art Conference, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam),
- The Acción!06MAD Festival in Madrid (Spain),
- Là-bas: Peak Performance International Festival in Helsinki (Finland) and in the Trace Gallery in Cardiff (Wales).
2007
- National Review of Live Art in Glasgow (Scotland)
- DaDao Festival in Beijing and Hong Kong (China)
- The Ensemble of Women in Santiago (Chile)
- LIVE Biennial in Vancouver (Canada)
2008
- Asiatopia 10th Performance Art Festival (Thailand)
- Festival of Performance Art (Canada)
- ZAZ 08 International Performance Art Festival (Israel)
- National Review of Live Art in Glasgow (Scotland)
2009
- On the Way: ArTrend International Performance Art Meeting (Taiwan)
2010
- Live Action (New York)
- Chile, Uruguay Alumni Festival Internacional de Arte de Performance (Chile, Uruguay)
- France, Infr’Action Festiwal International d’Arte in Sète (France)
- Montreal Canada, Articule Galery in Montreal (Canada)
References
edit- ^ Boston, School of the Museum of Fine Arts. "Marilyn Arsem". Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ "Bio". MarilynArsem.net. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
- ^ Todd, Rebecca (1 January 1998). "Liquor Amnii 2 (exhibition)". Parachute. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2013 – via HighBeam Research.
- ^ Montanez Ortiz, Raphael (22 March 2013). "Making a show of it ; Several new events prove that performance art is thriving in the Boston scene". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2013 – via HighBeam Research.
- ^ Total Art Journal. "About". Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ Aspect Mag. "Marilyn Arsem". Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ 2013-05-07 Temple of Messages
- ^ McQuaid, Cate (8 December 2004). "Marilyn Arsem awarded MFA's Maud Morgan Prize". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 12 February 2015.