Marilyn Arsem
{{Short description|American contemporary artist}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2013}}
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.{{cite web|last=Boston|first=School of the Museum of Fine Arts|title=Marilyn Arsem|url=http://www.smfa.edu/facultymodule/view/id/42/|accessdate=7 May 2013}}
Life and art
In 1973 she graduated from the Boston University (BFA). She has performed live since 1975.{{cite web|title=Bio|url=http://marilynarsem.net/ma.html|website=MarilynArsem.net|accessdate=March 7, 2015}} In 1977 Arsem founded the Mobius Artists Group, an interdisciplinary collaborative of artists.{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-30480145.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110024/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-30480145.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 April 2015|title=Liquor Amnii 2 (exhibition)|last=Todd|first=Rebecca|date=1 January 1998|work=Parachute |via=HighBeam Research|accessdate=27 May 2013}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-34425607.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112457/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-34425607.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 April 2015|title=Making a show of it; Several new events prove that performance art is thriving in the Boston scene|last=Montanez Ortiz|first=Raphael|date=22 March 2013|work=Boston Globe |via=HighBeam Research|accessdate=27 May 2013}}
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.{{cite web|last=Total Art Journal|title=About|url=http://totalartjournal.com/marilyn-arsem/|accessdate=7 May 2013}}{{cite web|last=Aspect Mag|title=Marilyn Arsem|url=https://www.aspectmag.org/people/marilyn-arsem|accessdate=7 May 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026040322/http://www.aspectmag.org/people/marilyn-arsem|archivedate=26 October 2012}}
She took part in many festivals, and performed in different cities on over the world.[http://templeofmessages.com/NEARdeath/Ma.html 2013-05-07 Temple of Messages]
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.{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2014/12/08/marilyn-arsem-awarded-mfa-maud-morgan-prize/UjD6JhFuwb1MV4lK0xo1VN/story.html?event=event25|title=Marilyn Arsem awarded MFA's Maud Morgan Prize|last=McQuaid|first=Cate|date=8 December 2004|work=The Boston Globe|accessdate=12 February 2015}}
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)
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Category:American contemporary artists
Category:21st-century American artists
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