Marika Borlase        
CV          
1967 Born Melbourne, Australia

EDUCATION
2003    MUPHAS Certificate, Art History, University of Melbourne
2000    Grad Dip Education, University of Melbourne
1995-99 Lived and worked in London, UK
1995-96 MA(Fine Arts), Chelsea College of Art and Design London Institute, UK
1989-90 Grad Dip Fine Arts, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
1986-88 BA, Fine Arts, Victoria College, Prahran
1985 Certificate of Art and Design, Box Hill College of T.A.F.E

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009    New Paintings, Flinders Lane Gallery
2007    Memory Palace, Flinders Lane Gallery
2005    New Paintings, Harrison Galleries, Sydney
2005     Meanwhile At The Studio..., Flinders Lane Gallery
2004     Cadáver Exquis, George Paton Gallery, Union House, University of Melbourne
1998     Out in the Midday Sun, Royal Over-Seas League, London
1997     Out in the Midday Sun, Landings Gallery, ROSL, Edinburgh, coinciding with CHOGM
1994     Heritage Colours, Ether Ohnetitel, Melbourne
1993     Heritage Colours, First Draft (West), Sydney
1991     Scape, Linden Gallery, Melbourne

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010    View From Here V, Flinders Lane Gallery
2008    Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize exhibition, The Substation Arts Centre
2008    The View From Here III, Flinders Lane Gallery
2007    The Studio Show, Flinders Lane Gallery
2007    The View From Here II, Flinders Lane Gallery
2006    The View From Here, Flinders Lane Gallery
2006    Launch, Harrison Galleries, Sydney
2006    Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2006    Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2006    Sulman Prize - Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2005    Art Sydney 05, Sydney, Australia, Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, United Kingdom
2005    Prometheus Art Award Exhibition, Merrimac, QLD, MLC College Acquisitive Prize Exhibition
2004    Methodist Ladies College Acquisitive Prize Exhibition, Melbourne (Work acquired for collection)
2004    Camberwell Grammar School Old Collegian’s Invitation Exhibition, Melbourne
2004    Group Exhibition, Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
1999    Bendigo Regional Annual Works on Paper, Bendigo Regional Art Gallery
1998    Norton Rose Reception, Quantum Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art, London, UK
1997    Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Australian Art, Murdoch Court, National Gallery of Victoria
1996    Contemporary Art Society Market, Royal Festival Hall, London, U.K
1996    Royal Over-Seas League 13th Annual Exhibition, St James's Headquarters, London and Edinburgh College of Art
1995    Home Sweet Home, Marika Borlase and Megan Campbell, Ether Ohnetitel, Melbourne

AWARDS
2008    Short listed for exhibition Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize
2006    Sulman Prize Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2000    The Dwight's Prize, University of Melbourne
2000    Deans Honours List, Graduate Diploma in Education, University of Melbourne
1996    Royal Over-Seas League Travel Scholarship, Barcelona Residency
1994    Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarship
1993    Pat Corrigan Artists Grant
1990    Fred Williams Family Award, VCA
1989    Eckersley's Art Award, VCA

COLLECTIONS
Artbank
BHP Billiton
Wynn Resort, Macau
Matthew Freud, Freud Communications, London
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Royal Over-Seas League, London
London Institute Collection, London
Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak, Victoria, Australia
Camberwell Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Methodist Ladies College, Kew, Victoria, Australia
Council of Adult Education, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Private Collections, U.K, Australia and Europe

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Australia Day feature: WATER, The Age, January 26, 2010
Comic Sensibilities
, The Age Melbourne, Chris Beck, 9 July 2005
BBC Radio 4, Itchy Feet Program on Artists and travel, October 1998
Lifestyle Art from the heart of our nations, Southern Cross-502, London, June 1998, Angela Gosnell
Over-Seas, Quarterly Journal of ROSL Viva Barcelona!, March-May 1998
Recent Acquisitions
, The Australian, 14 Feb 1997, Robert Rooney
Recent Acquisitions
, The Age Melbourne, 8 Jan 1997, Robert Nelson