Holland born, Calgary based
artist
Marjan Eggermont’s
steel etchings are a unique departure from traditional printmaking on paper.
The metal surfaces of her work are multi-faceted and rich in texture.
Eggermont’s innovative work has continued to gain recognition, including being
named one of the 20 most influential artists in Calgary by the Calgary Artwalk
Society in 2003 and most recently, as one of 45 international artists featured
in "Printmaking at the Edge" by Richard Noyce. She teaches at the University
of Calgary in the Engineering faculty and was recently awarded the
‘Alan
Blizzard Award for Collaborative Projects that Improve Student Learning’.
She has curated and exhibited in numerous solo and group shows.
Eggermont’s work deals with the self, whether through macro images of body or
synthesised landscapes incorporating elements from 17th Century
Dutch masters. Being an immigrant and not feeling entirely Canadian nor
Dutch, her work expresses her duality. Her most recent work is silkscreen and
silver leaf on copper.
“I have
discovered phases. I think you need to have gone through at least 2 to
recognize them. I just finished phase 2: the end of a process. I agree with
Gary Hume in that “if it looks like it’s always been there, rather than I’ve
made it” – it is done.
The second phase purged body, landscape, and above all, memory. Memory is
tyranny: clogs up the hippocampus - the endless encoding and retrieving.
Memory, in my mind, is a myth. Phase 3 is therefore the end of memory, not in
terms of not wanting to remember, but in terms of knowing ‘the thing’ is there
and letting it go . . . quiet.”
Education:
Royal College of Art, London, Great Britain, Feb-March 1998
MFA (Printmaking), U of C, 1996-1998
BFA (Printmaking), U of C, 1991-1996
BA (Military History), U of C, 1986-1991
Exhibition: solo
2008 - horizontal thoughts for vertical things
(Sep – Oct), Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary.
2006 - letting go of quiet
(Nov – Dec), Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary.
2005 - now you're half way home (Sept – Oct), Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary.
2005 - untitled (Jan 14 – Feb 13), Grande Prairie Art Gallery, GP.
2004 - the mystery and melancholy of the street II (Feb 5-6), CAVE virtual reality lab, Heritage Medical Research Bldg (collaborative project with CAVE computer scientist Julie Stromer), Calgary.
2003 - thick skin (Dec 11- Jan 24), Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary.
2002 - meanwhile, on the other side of the forest (Aug 26-28), The Other Gallery, The Banff Center, Banff.
2002 - homeless count (Jan 24 – Feb 24), Latitude 53 Projex Room, Edmonton.
2001 - homeless count (Oct 3), Ralph’s Rock ‘n Roll Roast, Telus Convention Centre, Calgary.
2001 - the day after tomorrow (Sept 7 – Oct 12 /Artwalk), Image 54 Gallery, Calgary
1999 - the sky is falling (Nov 5 - Nov 27), The New Gallery, Calgary.
1999 - is it tomorrow? (Oct 7 - 30), Image 54 Gallery, Calgary.
1998 - happy frames (May 14 - June 6), The Auburn Saloon, Calgary.
1995 - and the shooting goes on (April 17 - 21), The Art Dept. Gallery, U of C.
Exhibition: group
2007 - HK Summer 07 Group Show, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
2005 - "HK Summer 05", Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
2004 Faculty Exhibition (Nov 19 – Feb 5), The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary
2004 - “re: route – the bus project” ( )ette Collective (Lethbridge) Don Gill (Lethbridge) Katherine Bourke, Kenny Cupers, and Marjan Eggermont (Calgary) Phillip McCrum (Vancouver) (Oct 1 – Oct 31) Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge.
2004 - Elvis Week Art Exhibit (Aug 7 – 16), Memphis, Tennessee.
2004 - A/P and Friends (June 22 – July 3), Gallery San Chun, Calgary
2004 - “How to become a mirror” (April 22 – May 22), SNAP Gallery, Edmonton.
2004 - Two tales/Many cities: a logocentric rewriting of place (March 4 – April 4), Spur gallery, Calgary.
2004 - Small victories (Feb 14 – March 14), Middle management/ Modest contemporary art projects, Chicago.
2003 - Faculty Exhibition (Nov 28 2003 – Feb 6 2004), The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary.
2003 - Culture artificial conditions (Oct 16 – Nov 16), Stride +15 Window, Calgary.
2003 - Domesticity (Oct 17 – Nov 15), SNAP Gallery, Edmonton.
2003 - Generations: 1980 – 2003 (Sept 9 – 28), San Chun Gallery, Calgary.
2003 - Department Show (Sept 8 – 26), Little Gallery, U of C, Calgary.
2003 - Interconnection (invited/ July 29 – Aug 24), Gallery San Chun, Calgary.
2003 - Two Tales +15 City (June/July), Truck +15 Window, Calgary.
2003 - Matchmaker (April 22 – 25), The New Gallery, Calgary.
2003 - Water (April 3 - 24), Image 54 Gallery, Calgary.
2002 - Faculty Exhibition (Dec 6 2002 – Feb 8 2003), The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary.
2002 - Sampler (Nov 22), Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary.
2002 - Three Generations of Printmakers (Oct 19 – Nov 9), Leighton Foundation Art Gallery, Calgary.
2002 - See box run (Sept), Sis Boom Bah Gallery, Toronto.
2002 - Paintings (May 28 – July 6), Image 54 Gallery, Calgary.
2002 - Prints, Photographs & Drawings (Feb 28 – April 6), Image 54 Gallery, Calgary.
2002 - Now Always (March 2), Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary.
2002 - Standing room only III (Jan), Keyano Art Gallery, Fort McMurray.
2001 - Faculty Exhibition (Nov 31, 2001- Feb 3, 2002), The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary.
2001 - Fundraiser (Dec 8 – 16), Truck Gallery, Calgary.
2001 - 5 Points of Resilience (Dec 3 – 7), EVDS Gallery, U of C, Calgary.
2001 - Postminiature Show (Dec 3 – 7), Little Gallery, U of C, Calgary.
2001 - Standing room only II (Nov 15 – Dec 15), Koolhaus Gallery, Edmonton
2001 - Standing room only: first annual members’ show (June 21 – Aug 25), SNAP gallery, Edmonton.
2001 - Dirty Discourse (May 10-June 2), Image 54 Gallery, Calgary.
2001 - Willyart, collegues, friends and students (March 16 - May 5), The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary.
2001 - Group Show (January), Image 54 Gallery, Calgary.
2000 Faculty Exhibition (Nov 24 2000-Feb 3 2001), The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary.
2000 - Second SNAP Print Portfolio (Nov), SNAP, Edmonton.
2000 - Parallel Lines Burns Visual Art Society (Nov 4-18), The Leighton Centre, Calgary.
2000 - Spring (June 3-24), IMCA, Calgary.
2000 - Arts 2000 A National Celebration of the Visual Arts by the RCA (May - Sept), Gallery Stratford, Stradford, Ontario.
2000 - Out of Print (April 20 - May 20), The Triangle Gallery, Calgary.
2000 - Calgary Printmakers (March 23 - April 27), Image 54 Gallery, Calgary.
2000 - Creating A Legacy: The Role of Artists in Founding Calgary's Civic Art Collection (March 16 - April 15), The Triangle Gallery, Calgary.
2000 - The Second TAMA International Print Exhibition (March 15 - 30), The Citizen Gallery/Parthenon Tama, Tokyo, Japan.
2000 - Spirit of Women 2000 (Feb.1 - 27), Unitarian Church of Vancouver, Vancouver.
1999 - Faculty Exhibition (Nov 27 - Jan 23), The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary.
1999 - A/P X2 (Sept 2 - Oct 11), The Bowman Art Gallery, Lethbridge.
1999 - 34 at 54 (Sept 7 - 30), Image 54 Gallery, Calgary.
1999 - The Printmakers’ Show (April 1- May 1), Image 54 Gallery, Calgary.
1999 - A/P X (Feb 23 - March 21), Gallery San Chun, Calgary.
1999 - Faculty Exhibition (Jan 8 - Feb 14), The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary.
1998 - Transfer (Oct 29 - Nov 14), Image 54 Gallery, Calgary.
1998 - Portfolio Exchange Show (October), Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
1998 - Artwalk 1998 (Sept 2 - Sept 20), Image 54 Gallery, Calgary.
1998 - Nineteen Ninety Eight The MFA Graduate Exhibition (August 14 - Sept 19), The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary.
1998 - Poles Apart (May), Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chili.
1998 - Absolutely Fabulous (March 30 - April 3), The Art Dept. Gallery, U of C.
1997 - The Second Coming (Nov 24 - Nov 28), The Art Dept. Gallery, U of C.
1997 - A/P Fall Exhibition (Nov 21 - Dec 11), The Mezzanine Gallery, U of C
1997 - "Oh Yes! It's True, He Used To Be Our Teacher" (April 28 - May 2), U of C
1997 - Reading Rilke (Feb 7 - March 15), The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary.
1997 - "Interrupted at her music" Criminal Girls (Feb 3 - Feb 7), The Art Dept. Gallery, U of C.
1996 - Fresh Paint (June 1 - June 29) Deacon Ulrich Fine Arts, Calgary.
1996 - Peepshow @ the Nickle (April 26 - June 9) BFA Grad Show, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary.
1995 - Absolut Secret (Dec 7) Fundraiser at the Royal College of Art, London, England.
1995 - Forty hours in the nude (Oct 23 - Nov 3), The Art Dept. Gallery, U of C.
1995 - Images in Ink: Prints from the Alberta Printmakers' Society (July 8-Sept 3), Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Medicine Hat.
1995 - I'll show you mine if you show me yours (March 13 - 17), Marion Nicoll Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Calgary.
1995 - Alberta Printmakers' Society (March 2 - April 23), The Bowman Art Gallery, Lethbridge.
1995 - Splinter Group, Pinch Dog (Jan 9 - 20), The Art Dept. Gallery, U of C.
1994 - X-mas Sale , (Dec) The Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary
1994 - Miniature Show (donated for auction) (Nov), ADG, U of C.
1994 - Recent Prints (Oct 24 - 28), ADG, U of C.
1994 - Equal Opposites (March 29 - April 23)The Muttart Public Art Gallery.
1993 - Miniature Show (donated for auction) (Dec), ADG, U of C.
1993 - Recent Prints ( Oct 24-29), ADG, U of C.
1993 - Students’ Print Show (April 17)Alberta Printmakers’ Society, Calgary
1993 - Compilation (Mar1 - 19), Mezzanine Gallery, U of C.
1992 - Miniature Show (donated for auction) (Dec 05 - 07), ADG, U of C.
1992 - Absence of Presence (Nov 9 - 13), ADG, U of C.
1992 - Recent Works (Oct 26 - 30), ADG, U of C.
1992 - Being (Oct 19 - Nov 5), Mezzanine Gallery, The University of Calgary.
1992 - Students’ Print Show (May 1), Alberta Printmakers Society, Calgary.
Curator of the Following Exhibitions:
Projecting back (May 10 – 21), The Little Gallery, Calgary.
DJ deacon presents (April 14-17, ‘03), The Little Gallery, U of C, Calgary.
Making Waves The Engg313 Experiment (March 3 – April 4, ’03), The Mezzanine Gallery, U of C, Calgary.
Vital Illusion (June 2002), The Triangle Gallery, Calgary.
Old Bones and Memories–Teresa Stieben (May 11- June 8 ‘02), Afrikadey Gallery, Calgary.
Oceans Apart-Shona MacDonald (May ‘02), Afrikadey Gallery, Calgary.
Spraycan Diplomacy II (Oct 28 – Nov 2 ‘01), U of C Art Department, Calgary
Spraycan Diplomacy The Art of Graffiti Warfare (Sept 14 – Oct 20 ’01), Emerald Café, Calgary.
Kings Arts (Feb 12 – 23 ‘01), City Hall Atrium, Calgary.
A/P X (Feb 23 - March 21 ‘99), Gallery San Chun, Calgary.
Magic Hands (August 4 – 16 ‘98), The New Gallery, Calgary.
The A/P Fall Exhibition (Nov 21 - Dec 11 ‘97), The Mezzanine Gallery, U of C, Calgary.
Afrikadey Art Exhibition (Aug 4 - Aug 17 ‘97), Art is Vital, Calgary.
"Oh Yes! It's True, He Used To Be Our Teacher (John Will)(April 28 - May 2 ‘97), U of C, Calgary.
Rise With The Sun (Sept 9 - Oct 25 ‘96), Devonian Gardens, Calgary.
Awards/Scholarships/Competitions/Residencies:
2004 - STLHE Alan Blizzard Award [Award for Collaborative Projects that Improve Student Learning] Spring/Summer Innovation Grant, University of Calgary
2003 - Voted one of the twenty most influential Calgary artists by The Calgary Artwalk Society
2002 - Self-directed Residency (Aug 1- Aug 31) The Banff Center, Alberta Foundation for the Arts Projects Visual Arts Grant
2000 - Pavilions for the Downtown/Design Charette/Artwalk 1st place
1998 - The Royal College of Art Travel Grant
1997 - The Alberta Foundation Graduate Scholarship in the Department of Art
1996 - Independent Thought Award Technicians Annual Recognition Award
1995 - Independent Thought Award Technicians Annual Recognition Award
1995 - CPPA Award
Commissions/Artist Talks:
2004 - Artist talk, The Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Feb. 13.
2003 - Artist talk, CAVE virtual reality lab, Heritage Medical Research Bldg, Calgary, May 23.
2003 - Artist talk, ACAD, Calgary, May 13.
2003 - Artist talk, Grande Prairie College, March 26.
2003 - Color and Composition lecture, Faculty of Engineering, Calgary, March 6.
2002 - Artist talk, Faculty of Engineering, Calgary, Dec.5.
2001 - ffwd cover Nov. 8, 2001
2000 - Corporate commission for Imaging Dynamics Corporation
1999 - Private commission of large mobile sculpture
1996 - "Materia" (pillar)- MacEwan Student Centre
1995 - Associate Print Award : an edition of eighty intaglio prints to be given to the Fine Arts Associate
1995 - Group of The University of Calgary
Bibliography/Interviews:
2004 - Alex Frazer-Harrison “Creative thinking, by design”, OnCampus, May 7, p. 6.
2004 - “Virtually Homeless”, U of C Faculty of Medicine Bulletin, Spring 2004 edition, p. 5.
2004 - Avenue magazine (artwork on cover), April 2004.
2004 - Wes Lafortune “Back to the Drawing Board”, OnCampus, March 5-11, p. 2.
2004 - http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=CFCE0D93-35C2-4497-A98C-81C0C184E3B8
2004 - Scott Crowson “High-tech art focuses on homeless”, Calgary Herald, Feb 6, p. B6.
2004 - CBC AM Radio “Model city presents conditions of homelessness, Feb 6, 06:21/00:04:15.
2004 - Shaw TV “Homelessness, a virtual simulation”, Feb 6, 15:08/00:01:45.
2004 - Wes Lafortune “Flesh and Metal”, ffwd, Jan 15 – 21, p. 19.
2004 - Wes Lafortune “Full of Surprises”, ffwd, Jan 1 – 7, p. 16.
2003 - “Artwalk Salutes Twenty Calgary Artists”, ffwd, Sept 18 – 25.
2003 - Deborah Herringer-Kiss “Artist Profile: Marjan Eggermont”, HK Newsletter, Summer 2003, p.1.
2002 - Cassandra Dam “The changing role of the curator”, Artichoke, Summer 2002.
2002 - Wes Lafortune “Culture: Real or Illusion?”, The Straight, June 24, p. 23.
2002 - Mary-Beth Laviolette “Critic’s Pick”, The Calgary Herald, June 20.
2002 - Jennifer McVeigh “Parlour tricks – Vital Illusion subverts authority through imitation”, ffwd, June 20.
2002 - “Lets talk about love”, ZED (CBC television), Episode 11, April 1 (review/interview of Latitude 53 show entitled: “Edmonton Homeless Count”).
2001 - Patricia Robertson “Intellectual Erotica”, The Straight, May 25-31.
2001 - Tom Jonsson “Talk dirty to me”, ffwd, May 25-31.
2001 - “Dep’t of Art Show”, The University of Calgary Gazette, Jan 22, p. 7.
2000 - Peter Burgener “Charette gets ideas flowing”, Calgary Herald, Oct 8, p. D10.
2000 - “National art exhibit bears U of C stamp”, The University of Calgary Gazette, July 10, p. 3.
2000 - Berenice Gargus: “Out of Print: The New Wave of Printmaking in Alberta”, The Calgary Straight, May 18-25, p.9.
2000 - Mary-Beth Laviolette: “Critic’s Pick”, Calgary Herald, May 4-10, HL26.
2000 - Patricia Robertson: "Marjan Eggermont & Carl Danker: Calgary Printmakers", Artichoke, Spring 2000, pp.26 - 28.
2000 - Anne Severson: "Fresh Paint", Where Calgary, January, pp. GG6-7.
1999 - Claire Cummings: "Look out Chicken Little, here it comes",
1999 - The Gauntlet, 18 Nov., p. 14.
1999 - Anne Severson: “The sky is falling as millennium nears”, ffwd, nov.4-10.
1998 Mark Walton: “Gently tweaking printmaking’s sensual side”, ffwd, 29 oct. - 4 nov.
1998 - Leah McCartney: “Gallery Notes”, The Calgary Straight, 29 oct. – 5 nov.
1998 - Mark Walton: “Giving Printmakers their due”, ffwd, July 23-29.
1996 - Anne Severson: “New artists shine in commercial gallery”, The University of Calgary Gazette, 3 June.
1996 - “Of buildings and suits and the pillars that hold them high”, The U of C Gauntlet, 25 Jan., p. 11.
1996 - “Pillar art unveiled at MSC”, The U of C Gazette, 22 Jan., p. 7.
1996 - Katy Philpotts: “Reader diss, colored column”, The U of C Gauntlet, 18 Jan., p. 11.
1996 - “Column as they see ‘em”, The University of Calgary Gauntlet, 11 Jan., p. 12.
1996 - Anne Severson: "MSC's new rusty pillar challenges erosion of education", The University of Calgary Gazette, 8 Jan.
1992 - Cary Beaton: “Interactive Art Debates Abortion”,The University of Calgary Gauntlet, 9 April, p. 10.
Publications/Papers:
2004 - Eggermont M.J., Douglas D.M., Caswell D.J., Johnston C.R. "Back to the Future: Engineering sketching as visualization, idea generation and communication tool" Proceedings of the CDEN conference, Montreal, July 2004.
2004 - Caswell, D., Johnston, C., Fauvel, O.R., Douglas, D., Eggermont, M. “Fundamentals of a First-Year Engineering Design and Communication Course: Familiarization, Functionality and Testing” Proceedings of the ASEE conference, June 2004.
2002 - Vital Illusion/The Reality of Artifice Calgary: Times Press Ltd., 2002.
1999 - The Sky Is Falling/Remnants of the Apocalypse Calgary: Times Press Ltd., 1999.
1998 - Notes On The Body U of C Masters’ Thesis, 1998.
Volunteer and Community Service:
- Membership print (ed. of 30) for A/P (Alberta Printmakers’ Society) April 2004
- Display for Unicef Fundraiser Nov. 2 2002
- Programming Coordinator Afrikadey! Gallery Jan 2002 – Sept 2002
- Amnesty International Arts Jam Visual Art Coordinator 2000 - 2002
- Graffiti Art Showcase Coordinator/ Festival on the Bow Sept 2, 2001
- Volunteer at University Heights Elementary School Sept 1998 - present
- Visual Arts Coordinator Afrikadey! July 1996 – July 2002
- President, Alberta Printmakers' Society Dec 1997 - Feb 2000
- Boardmember African Festival & Presentation Society Dec 1998 - Dec 1999
- A-Channel Big Breakfast Printmaking Demo for The New Gallery and Alberta Printmakers’ Society Sept. 1998
- Volunteer at The New Gallery Sept 1997 - Dec. 1999
- President of the BFA Grad Committee 95/96
- Member of the Alberta Printmakers' Society September 1992 - present, member of the board March '95 - Dec. '95
- President of the Art Students' League September 1992 - December 1992
- Programming Coordinator/Vice-Pres. Art Students' League September 1991 - April 1992
- Volunteer at the Triangle Gallery September 1990 - April 1992
- Writer for The Gauntlet, U of C Student Newspaper September 1986 - September 1988
- Member of the Board of Governors of The Gauntlet November 1986 - April 1987
Arts Related Employment:
- Cross-disciplinary Instructor (Faculties of Engineering & Art) Engineering 251/253 [Design & Communication] 2003 - present
- Sessional Instructor U of C Dept. of Art Spring 1999 – Spring 2003: courses taught:
Art231[ArtFundamentals]/241/243
[Drawing1&2]/271[Relief/Woodblock]/377[Silkscreen]
Art 301[Contemporary Canadian Art]/Art 331[Photoshop&Illustrator]
Collections:
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Glenbow Museum, Calgary Allied Arts Foundation, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Kelowna Art Gallery, Paul Lavoie Interior Design, Embro Capital, Imaging Dynamics Corporation, Sharjah University (United Arab Emirates), Graceland, Pacer Homes.
Private collections in Canada, USA, Japan and The Netherlands.
