F L I N D E R S   L A N E   G A L L E R Y  
 
Marika Borlase CV

1967 Born Melbourne, Australia

EDUCATION
2003 MUPHAS Certificate, Art History, University of Melbourne
2000 Grad Dip Education, University of Melbourne
1995-1999 Lived and worked in London, UK
1995-1996 MA(Fine Arts), Chelsea College of Art and Design London Institute, UK
1989-1990 Grad Dip Fine Arts, Victoria
n College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
1986-1988 BA, Fine Arts, Victoria College, Prahran
1985 Certificate of Art and Design, Box Hill College of T.A.F.E

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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
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,  Wynne Prize, Sulman Prize – Sulman 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 NSW
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
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