Marilyn Arsem Explained

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

In 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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Boston. School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Marilyn Arsem. 7 May 2013.
2. Web site: Bio. MarilynArsem.net. March 7, 2015.
3. News: Liquor Amnii 2 (exhibition). https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110024/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-30480145.html. dead. 2 April 2015. Todd. Rebecca. 1 January 1998. Parachute . HighBeam Research. 27 May 2013.
4. News: Making a show of it ; Several new events prove that performance art is thriving in the Boston scene. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112457/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-34425607.html. dead. 2 April 2015. Montanez Ortiz. Raphael. 22 March 2013. Boston Globe . HighBeam Research. 27 May 2013.
5. Web site: Total Art Journal. About. 7 May 2013.
6. Web site: Aspect Mag. Marilyn Arsem. 7 May 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026040322/http://www.aspectmag.org/people/marilyn-arsem. 26 October 2012.
7. http://templeofmessages.com/NEARdeath/Ma.html 2013-05-07 Temple of Messages
8. News: Marilyn Arsem awarded MFA's Maud Morgan Prize. McQuaid. Cate. 8 December 2004. The Boston Globe. 12 February 2015.