Marjorie Mikasen


Foci Solo Show 2006
Modern Arts Midwest
Listen to a podcast interview from the exhibit here

Exhibitions

News and Reviews

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Statement



Swimming in Nebraska © Jon Jost
Image of Mikasen in her studio from the film


Ome © 2005 Marjorie Mikasen
Private Collection


 

 

 

Marjorie Mikasen, Artist

 

Marjorie Mikasen is an abstract, geometric, hard-edge acrylic painter working in Lincoln, Nebraska. She received an Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the Nebraska Arts Council in 2007. Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions in Nebraska and in over 100 group exhibitions in 21 states, Canada, the UK, and Hungary. Originally from Chicago, Mikasen is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Minnesota, earning a B.A. degree in Studio Arts in 1981. She has worked as an artist in the Twin Cities and Denver before relocating to Lincoln in 1990.

Marjorie Mikasen is co-author of the nonfiction book ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies with Mark Griep published in July 2009 by Oxford University Press USA. It gives the perspectives of a scientist and artist on the dark and bright sides of chemistry found in 140 films. The authors were awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Officer Grant in the area of Public Understanding of Science to research and write the book.

Marjorie Mikasen and Mark Griep book signing
at the American Chemical Society Meeting
 Washington DC, August 2009

Press Coverage for
ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies
Read the ScriptPhD January 2010 review and author interview here
Read the October 2009 chemical review of The Informant on the OUP blog here
Watch the Voice of America August 2009 interview with Marjorie Mikasen (voiceover in Serbian) here
Read the VOA interview transcript in English here
Read the UNL Scarlet August 2009 article here
Read the Omaha World Herald
July 2009 article here
Read the Lincoln Journal Star July 2009 article here
Listen to a January 2008 interview about the project on NET Radio by producer Jerry Johnston here




Motive Force ©2007 Marjorie Mikasen
Private Collection

 

Mikasen has work in Private and Public Collections Including:

Sheldon Art Museum Permanent Collection, Lincoln, NE
Read the 2006 Sheldon lecture series comments by Norman Geske about the Mikasen acquisition Action Potential
here

Durham Research Center II

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Sorrell Center
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Avery Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln


Mikasen has work featured on these
Websites:

Geoform
An online scholarly resource, international forum and curatorial project. Read the 2005 Mikasen Interview with editor Julie Karabenick here

Modern Arts Midwest
Represents established artists of the region who are exploring provocative subject matter in diverse mediums

YLEM: Artists Using Science and Technology
An international organization of artists, scientists, authors, curators, and art enthusiasts who explore the intersection of the arts and sciences

 

Contact hardedge@inebraska.com


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