Marilyn Bergstrom

“Through the years travel has been a main inspiration in my work.  From the traditional simplicity and serenity of Japan to my latest work incorporating the excitement and diversity of the colorful American southwest.  Collage has always been important in my work, sometimes devoting myself exclusively to that medium.  In my recent work, collage is secondary to painting with the exception of my screens.  In my mixed media paintings, I try to eliminate any attempt at literal representation.  To create a non-objective work is to anchor sensitivity on a solid foundation –and it is always about relationships.  Unity is achieved through juxtaposition of planes of color, surface, texture and is a recurring theme that weaves through my work.”



Education

M.F.A Painting, 1980 University of Washington, Seattle, WA

B.A. Art Education, 1959 University of Washington, Seattle, WA



Awards

WPW Abstracted Landscape Show, First Place, 2006

Kitsap Arts and Crafts Fair, Best of Show, 2006

North Kitsap Arts and Crafts, Best in Show, 2006

Convention Center Exhibition, NW Collage Society, 2004

Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, WA, 2003 First Place Printmaking

Permanent Collection City of SeaTac, 2003

Sidney Art Gallery, Port Orchard, WA, 2002 1st Place Mixed Media,

North Kitsap Arts and Craft, 2002 Best in Show

Shoreline Arts Festival, 2002 Purchase Award

Sequim Arts Festival, 2002 Second Place

Katherine Baker Memorial, Eclectic Visions, WPW, 2001

NW Collage Society Millennium, 2002, 1999 Eastside Fine Arts Award

Women Painters of Washington, 1987, 1981, 1979, 1977, 1976

Ford Foundation Grant, University of WA, 1980

Northwest Watercolor Society, Bellevue, WA 1980

Eastside Fine Arts Show, Bellevue, WA 1980



Associations

Women Painters of Washington

Seattle Collage Society



Selected Works

Allstate Insurance Company, Seattle, WA

AT&T Communications, Redmond, WA

Bank of America, Seattle, WA

Bank of Tokyo, Seattle, WA

The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA

Grand Canyon Squire Inn, North Rim, AZ

GTE Corporate Headquarters, Bellevue, WA

Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, WA

Key Arena, Seattle, WA

KING TV, Seattle, WA

Mayflower Park Hotel, Seattle, WA

Microsoft, Bellevue, WA

Moss Adams, Seattle, WA

Northwest Hospital, Seattle, WA

Overlake Hospital, Bellevue, WA

Paine-Weber, Seattle, WA

Puget Sound Bank, Seattle, WA

Sand Point Golf and Country Club, Seattle, WA

Sealand, Seattle, WA

Semiahoo Company, Semiahoo, WA

Swedish Hospital Medical Center, Seattle, WA

U.S. Bank, Seattle, WA

Westin Hotel, Bellevue, WA

Seattle University, Seattle, WA