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2007 - Art Angels Residency Program, Perth
2006-07 - Collaboration with Adriano Berengo Glass, Murano, Italy
1995 - Collaboration with master printer Fred Genis for Sherman Genis Graphics, Sydney
1990 - Collaboration with René Tazé etching atelier, Paris
1989–98 - Lived and worked in Paris, France
1989 - French Government Artist Residency, Paris
1979–80 - New York Studio School, Postgraduate studies, New York
1977 - Torrens College of Advanced Education, Adelaide, Graduate Diploma Secondary Art Teaching
1973–76 - South Australian School of Art, Diploma of Fine Art, Painting
1954 - Born Nhill, Victoria

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Solo Exhibitions           

2010
Marion Borgelt: Mind & Matter, A 15 Year Survey, Drill Hall Gallery, The Australian National University,
Canberra

2009
Exotic Particles, Turner Galleries, Perth
Moonlight in my Veins, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney

2007
Flux & Permanence, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
360º, inaugural exhibition, Turner Galleries, Perth

2006
Nothing is Invisible, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

2004
Sol y Sombra, Sherman Galleries, Sydney

2003
Hourglass, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
White Room Black Room, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

2002
Allegoria, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney

2001
Incarnations: Suspended, Uniting Church, Paddington, Sydney

2000
Fade to Red I, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Fade to Red II, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney

1999
Primordial Alphabet & Rhythm, permanent installation, News Limited, Sydney
Flesh and Bone, Earth and Sky, Christine Abrahams Galley, Melbourne

1998
Tapestry of Detail, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney

1997
Weaving the Labyrinth, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

1996
Bloodlines, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Touch of Light, Limerick City Gallery, Limerick, Ireland

1995
Touche de la Lumière, Cité des Arts, Paris, France
Hemispheres, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

1994
A Field A Stream A Pool A Thought A Tear A Shadow A Skin A Scar,
Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney

1993
Dust to Dust: I, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Dust to Dust: II, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney

1991
Marion Borgelt: Recent Paintings & Works on Paper, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Into the Void, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

1989
Woman in a Landscape, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

1988
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Milburn + Arté, Brisbane

1986
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne
Michael Milburn Galleries, Brisbane
Recent Work, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

1985
A Link Between the Two, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

1984
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne

1983
Recent Paintings, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

1982
Recent Paintings, Axiom Gallery, Melbourne
Charcoal Drawings, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

1981
Paintings and Drawings, David Reid Gallery, Sydney

1978

Works on Paper, Bonython Gallery, Adelaide

1977
Marion Borgelt, Private House Exhibition, Wattle Park, Adelaide

1976
Marion Borgelt, Private House Exhibition, Wattle Park, Adelaide

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Group Exhibitions (selected)

2010
Recycled Library: Altered Books, Gladstone Regional Gallery & Museum, Gladstone, QLD; Grafton Regional
Gallery, Grafton, NSW
(Travelling Exhibition: Morington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Western Plains Cultural Centre Dubbo, Country
Arts, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Noosa Regional Gallery and Hervey Bay
Regional Gallery until 2011)

2009
Recycled Library: Altered Books, Artspace Mackay, Civic Centre Precinct, Mackay, QLD
A Series of Short Stories from the Curtin University of Technology Art Collection #1, John Curtin Gallery, Curtin
University of Technology, Perth
The Brains Trust Art Auction, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney
Hong Kong International Art Fair (Dominik Mersch Gallery), Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
Out of Their Comfort Zone, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney

2008
Melbourne Art Fair 2008 (Dominik Mersch Gallery and Turner Galleries), Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Fifty Years of the Muswellbrook Art Collection 1958–2008, curator Katrina Rumley, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
Freestyle Books: Artists’ Books from the Collection, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane
Wonder, Curiosity, Truth, Belief, The Cosmology Gallery, Gravity Discovery Centre, Gingan, WA

2007
Something Old, Something New, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize 07, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC
Poets Paint with Words, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
The Last Decade, NERAM Acquisitions, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW

2006
Fortuna: Art, Collecting and Benefaction, University Art Gallery, The University of Sydney
The People’s Choice, Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Melbourne Art Fair 2006 (Turner Galleries), Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2005
Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize 2005, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC

2004
Site: [Unseen], curator Laura Murray Cree, Sherman Galleries at Danks Street, Depot Gallery, Sydney
Festivus 04: One Of, curators Anthony Whelan & Amanda Henry, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Equilibrium: Selected Women Artists, Latrobe Regional Gallery, VIC
Melbourne Art Fair 2004 (Christine Abrahams Gallery), Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne

2003
Festivus 03, curators Anthony Whelan & Amanda Henry, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Significant Tilt, curator Rod Pattenden, Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
Newcastle Region Art Gallery Acquisitions 2001–2003, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
Indecorous Abstraction 2: Contemporary Women Painters, curator Margot Osborne, Newcontemporaries, Sydney
Fundraising Exhibition 2003, curator Linda Goodman, Asia-Australia Arts Centre, Gallery 4A, Sydney
Hermanns Art Award, Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne; Shepparton Regional Gallery, VIC;
Quadrivium, QVB, Sydney; Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
In the Flesh, Wollongong City Gallery, NSW

2002
Festivus, curators Anthony Whelan & Amanda Henry, Sherman Galleries Goodhope & Hargrave, Sydney
A Silver Lining + A New Beginning, curators Felicity Fenner & Nick Waterlow,
Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, UNSW, Sydney
Inheritance: The Art of Victoria, The Gold Treasury Museum, Melbourne
Melbourne Art Fair 2002 (Christine Abrahams Gallery), Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Indecorous Abstraction: Contemporary Women Painters, curator Margot Osborne, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide
National Works on Paper, 2002, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
Art Chicago (Sherman Galleries), Chicago, Illinois, US
Dressing & Dreaming, curator Dr Gene Sherman, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
O Soul O Spirit O Fire, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, UNSW, Sydney
Australian Women Artists 1920–2000, Vanessa Wood Fine Art, Sydney
Group Exhibition, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney

2001–2002
Australian Paper Art Awards, curator Leslie Harding, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne
UTS Gallery, University of Technology Sydney

2001
Group Exhibition, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
O Soul O Spirit O Fire: Celebrating 50 years of the Blake Prize for Religious Art,
Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane
Who What Where: Recent Sculpture Commissions at the Australian National University, curator Merryn Gates, Canberra School of Art Gallery, ACT
Sculpture Walk at the Australian National University, ANU, Canberra, ACT
Tactile Art Exhibition, Object: The Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney
Paperworks: Australian Artists Exploring Drawing and the Printed Image, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Body Space, Object Galleries, Sydney
Redlands Westpac Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Roche Contemporary Art Prize: Sometimes Bed is not an Option, PCL Exhibitions, Sydney

2000
Melbourne Art Fair 2000 (Christine Abrahams Gallery), Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Frank Saxby Art Acquisition 2000, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, NSW

1999
1999 Visy Board Art Prize, Richmond Grove Winery, Tanunda, SA
1999 Hermanns Art Award, Melbourne; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
Contemporary Art Sale, Newspace, Sydney
1999 Geelong Art Prize, Geelong, VIC
1999 Nillumbik Art Prize, Greensborough, VIC

1998
The Australian Drawing Biennale, curator Nancy Sever, Drill Hall Gallery, ANU, Canberra
Something, curators William Wright & Mark Hughes, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair (Sherman Galleries & Christine Abrahams Gallery), Melbourne
Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, City Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Campbelltown
City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney
Blake Prize for Religious Art, The Gallery, Sydney

1997
Art Interchange Exhibition, Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Sydney
Artists for Tranby, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
Silent Rhythm, curator Mark Hughes, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Thirteenth Biennial Spring Festival of Drawing, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC
John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, curator Jason Smith, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art & Australia Monograph Series, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
1997 SCEGGS Redlands Westpac Art Prize, SCEGGS Redlands, Sydney
1996–98 Flagging the Republic, Sherman Galleries Goodhope & regional gallery tour
1996–97 Spirit + Place: Art in Australia 1861–1996, curators Nick Waterlow & Ross Mellick, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

1996
Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD

1995
Small Works, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Sherman Genis Graphics, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney
Hidden Treasures, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Review: Works by Women from the Permanent Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Eve-olution, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
In Tandem, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Windows on Australia I, Australian Embassy, Tokyo
The French Embrace, Espace Alliance, Sydney
Kedumba Drawing Award 1995, Fairmont Resort, Leura, NSW

1994
Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, City Gallery, Gold Coast, QLD
On Paper, Solander Gallery, ACT

1993
Approaches to the Sublime: Aspects of the Esoteric in Contemporary Painting, curators Ian Grant & Andrew Christophides, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, UNSW, Sydney
Ipswich Regional Gallery, QLD
Resonance Through Time and Space, curator Brigid Harte, Limerick City Gallery, Ireland
Poetics of Immanence, curator Margot Osborne, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, UNSW, Sydney
South Australian School of Art Gallery, Adelaide; Canberra School of Art, ACT
Decouvertes et Createurs, Drouot Montaigne, Paris
Boyle Arts Festival, Boyle, Ireland

1992
Twenty-Fourth International Festival of Painting, Museum of Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
New York Studio School, curator William Wright, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Australian Artists in Paris, curator Suzanne Biederberg, Parvi Gallery, Paris

1991
Contemporary Drawing, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
Contemporary Australian Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Opening Exhibition, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney

1990
Abstraction, curator Victoria Lynn, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne
1990 Collection: A Portfolio of Australian Women Artists, commissioned by the Cancer Council of Australia, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Something Visionary, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney

1989
Mindscapes, curator Tony Bond, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
ICI Contemporary Art Collection, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne;
Ballarat City Art Gallery, VIC; Orange Regional Gallery, NSW

1988
The Cocktail Party, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Art Collegium Exhibition, curator John Coburn, University of Technology, Sydney
Australian Contemporary Art Fair (Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery), Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane
Advance Australian Painting, curator Andrew Bogle, Auckland City Art Gallery, NZ
National Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ; Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
Nature and Technology, curator Tony Bond, Sanctuary Cove, QLD
Australian Drawings, Galerie Anne Gregory, Sydney
9 x 5 x Mail, The Centre Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD

1987
Innovations: Past and Present, Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle, NSW
Chaos, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Moët & Chandon Touring Exhibition, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra, Brisbane
1986 Abstract, King Street Studios, Sydney
Sixth Ansett Hamilton Art Award, City of Hamilton Art Gallery, VIC
Sixth Indian Triennial, curator Victoria Lynn, Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi, India, touring in Australia to Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW; Brisbane Town Hall, QLD; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, UNSW, Sydney; Arts Council Gallery, Canberra; Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide (1987)
Big Abstract Drawings, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney
Abstraction: 20 Years of Selected Australian Artists, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, UNSW, Sydney

1985
Australian Perspecta '85: The Seductive Gesture, curator Gary Sangster, Artspace, Sydney
Isolaustralia, curator Judith Blackall, Fondazione Bevilaqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Australiana, curator Judith Blackall, Student Cultural Centre, Belgrade and Zagreb Galleria
Studentskog Centre, Yugoslavia

1984
Form Image Sign, curator Tony Bond, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
26 Characters, curator Stephanie Britton, Fringe Festival, Old Lion Factory, Adelaide
Expatriates, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide

1983
Attitudes to Drawing, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, UNSW, Sydney
A.U.S.T.R.A.L.I.A., curator Judith Blackall, Zona, Florence, Italy

1982
Fourth Biennale of Sydney: Vision in Disbelief, Curatorial Director William Wright,
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, & Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney

1980
South Australian Centenary, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Studio School Painters, New York Studio School Galleries, New York

1979
Four Studio School Artists, Parsons School of Design, New York
Invitational Exhibition, New York Studio School Galleries, New York

1978
Regional Travelling Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide
Members' Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide

1977
Alumni Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide
Members' Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society, Adelaide

1976
Graduates, South Australian School of Art Galleries, Adelaide
Channel 10 Invitational Exhibition, Adelaide Festival Centre
Graduates Students Exchange Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

1975
Channel 10 Invitational Exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

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Awards

2006 - Visual Arts Board, New Work Grant
2001-03 - Two-year Australia Council Fellowship
2002 - Judges Award, Hutchins Art Prize
2001 - Australian Paper Art Awards (acquisitive)
1998 - Highly Commended, Blake Prize
1997 - Visual Arts/Craft Board, New Work Grant
1996 - Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award, US (first Australian recipient)
1996 - Gunnery Studios Residency, NSW Ministry of the Arts
1995 - Australia Council Creative Arts Fellowship
1994 - Artist Grant, La Ministere de la Culture et de la Francophonie, France
1994 - Kedumba Drawing Award (joint acquisition)
1993 - Visual Arts/Crafts Board, Artist Development Grant
1992 - Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery (acquisitive)
1990 - Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery (joint acquisition)
1989 - Dyason Bequest for work and research in Paris
1988 - University of Technology Purchase Award, Sydney
1988 - Muswellbrook Open Prize (acquisitive)
1988 - Faber-Castell Art Award
1988 - Visual Arts/Craft Board, Artist Development Grant
1988 - French Government Art Fellowship and Residency
1987 - Gold Coast City Art Gallery Purchase Prize
1986 - The City of Lake Macquarie Art Prize (acquisitive)
1986 - Sixth Ansett Hamilton Art Award (acquisitive)
1984 - Visual Arts Board, Special Projects Grant
1983 - Muswellbrook Drawing Prize (acquisitive)
1979 - Dyason Bequest for Post Graduate Study in the United States
1978 - Peter Brown Memorial Traveling Art Scholarship, New York Studio School, New York
1976 - Harry P. Gill, Memorial Medal for Applied Art, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide
1975 - Channel 10 Young Artist's Award, South Australia

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Commissions

2009 - Liquid Light: 56 Degrees, lobby reception installation, Crown Towers at City of Dreams, Macau
2008 - Strobe Series, foyer installation, Mirvac, 101 Miller Street, North Sydney
2008 - Lunar Warp No. 7, Quay Restaurant, Sydney
2005 - Liquid Light: Double Wave Trilogy and Lunar Warp, Boardroom, Goldman Sachs, Sydney
2005 - Man’s Destiny Resides in the Sole, Site-specific commemorative installation, Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Canada
2005 - Round Up Maze, site-specific sculpture installation, Hay, NSW, in collaboration with Andrew Crick
2004 - Time and Tide (wait for no man), outdoor sculpture installation, J P Morgan Chase, Sydney
2004 - Bloodlight Star Constellation: No 3, foyer installation, J P Morgan Chase, Sydney
2000-01 - Pulse, Public Sculpture Commission, Gravitational Wave Research Building, ANU, Canberra, in collaboration with Catherine Donnelley, as part of the Sculpture Walk, Australian National University, Canberra
2000 - Mirror Matter Trilogy, Conference Centre, Cyprus Lakes, NSW
1999-2000 - 55 Ring Maze, 1.5 hectare cornfield maze, Arthur’s Seat, VIC
1998-99 - Primordial Alphabet and Rhythm, foyer installation, News Limited, Sydney
1998 - Terra Nova, Quay Grand, Circular Quay, Sydney