Marjorie Mikasen

Marjorie Mikasen (born 1959) is an abstract, geometric, hard-edge acrylic painter working in Lincoln, Nebraska. She has a degree in studio arts from The University of Minnesota. She is co-author with Mark Griep of the nonfiction book Re'Action!' Chemistry in the Movies.

Marjorie Mikasen
Born1959
NationalityUnited States
Alma materThe University of Minnesota
Known forabstract, geometric, hard-edge acrylic painter
Spouse(s)Mark Griep
AwardsIndividual Artist Fellowship Award, Nebraska Arts Council
ElectedNebraska Women's Caucus for Art President
Websitewww.marjoriemikasen.com

Early and personal life

Mikasen was born in Chicago, Illinois, but grew up in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota.[1] She is of Serbian descent.[2] She attended The University of Minnesota, is a Phi Beta Kappa, and in 1981 received her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts.[1][3]

Mikasen is married to Mark Griep, chemistry professor at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.[1][4]

Artist

In 1986 she lived and worked as a full-time artist in Denver, Colorado. Mikasen moved in 1990 to Lincoln, Nebraska,[1] where she is an "abstract, geometric, hard-edge acrylic painter."[1][5][6]

She received an Individual Artist Fellowship Award from the Nebraska Arts Council in 2007.[3][4] In 2013, she was awarded the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital's Artistic Achievement Award in the Visual Arts,[7] and one of her works was included that year in the "Nebraska Arts Council Awardees" exhibition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery.[8]

Her works have been exhibited in the United States, Canada, Hungary and the United Kingdom in more than 100 group exhibitions. In Nebraska, her works have been shown in solo exhibitions.[1] Mikasen's works are in private and public collections, including the University of Minnesota's Regis Center for Art[9] and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.[5]

She was president of the Nebraska Women's Caucus for Art (NWCA) in 1997.[1] University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery,[10] University of Nebraska Medical Center, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.[1] Her work is shown and represented by Omaha, Nebraska's Modern Arts Midtown.[1]

Mikasen is featured in the 2010 film Swimming in Nebraska by independent filmmaker Jon Jost. It has been shown at international and national film festivals.[1] Mikasen has said her work draws on geometric shapes that she sees in the human body and other sources. She is "interested in what it means to have an intellect, instincts, and a spirit, and how these oppositions inherent in us come into balance." Mikasen is inspired by philosophy, psychology, myth, literature and scientific theory.[11][12]

Author

Mikasen is the coauthor with chemist Mark Griep of the nonfiction book Re'Action!' Chemistry in the Movies,[13] which explores the political, social, and psychological aspects of chemistry of over 140 films and gives the perspectives of a scientist and artist on the "dark and bright sides" of the portrayal of chemistry in motion pictures.[14][15] She and Griep were awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant in the area of Public Understanding of Science to research and write the book.[4][16] Mikasen created a work entitled Jekyll & Hyde for the book.[1] Its stereo pair format (see stereopsis) has two focal points, which mirrors the split Jekyll & Hyde character whose oppositional personalities.[17]

Published works
  • Mark Griep; Marjorie Mikasen (2009). Reaction!: Chemistry in the Movies. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-532692-5.
  • Mark Griep; Jon Jost; Marjorie Mikasen; William Wehrbein (2011). Swimming in Nebraska. Jon Jost.

References
  1. "Marjorie Mikasen: Artistic Achievement Award - Visual Arts". Lincoln Arts Council. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  2. "Voice of America Interview". Marjorie Mikasen. 2009. Serbian American author Marjorie Mikasen and her husband Mark Griep have written the book ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies
  3. "Alumni Arts & Facts" (PDF). Department of Art, University of Minnesota. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  4. "Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will launch Griep's Chemistry in Movies Book". US Fed News Service, including US State News. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. (accessed via HighBeam Research, subscription required). July 22, 2009. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  5. "Science and society". Mitochondrial Biology Unit. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  6. "About Marjorie". MTV. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
  7. "Tickets Available for Mayor's Arts Awards". US Fed News Service, including US State News. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. (accessed via HighBeam Research, subscription required). May 22, 2013. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  8. "Sheldon Connections 2 Opens August 10, features regional artists". US Fed News Service, including US State News. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. (accessed via HighBeam Research, subscription required). July 19, 2007. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  9. Mary Abbe (January 21, 2005). "Good vibes at the 'U'; Art-department alumni put on a good show at the University of Minnesota. (VARIETY / FREETIME)". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, MN: The Star Tribune Company (accessed via HighBeam Research, subscription required. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  10. "American Art, 19th century to present". US Fed News Service, including US State News. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. (accessed via HighBeam Research, subscription required). July 18, 2006. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  11. "Marjorie Mikasen". Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2013.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. "Dancing the Yes; In the Swim of the Rose #2; Ariadne's Thread Marjorie L. Mikasen". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. University of Nebraska Press. 21 (3): 141–144. 2000. doi:10.2307/3347115. JSTOR 3347115.
  13. "Book judges if movie chemistry makes the grade". Lincoln Journal Star. July 29, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  14. Patrick R. Casey (September 1, 2011). "ReAction!: Chemistry in the Movies". Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (accessed via HighBeam Research, subscription required). Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  15. "ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies". Oxford University Press. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  16. "Book pairs science and movies". Omaha World Herald. July 28, 2009. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  17. Mark Griep; Marjorie Mikasen (2009). Reaction!: Chemistry in the Movies. Oxford University Press. pp. 300–301. ISBN 978-0-19-532692-5.

Further reading
  • "Current Bibliography of the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences, 2010". Isis. 101 (S1): I-305. December 2010. doi:10.1086/660768. S2CID 13335611.
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