The document provides a curriculum vitae for Alex Borgen, including educational background, teaching experience, professional experience, presentations, grants and awards, solo and group exhibitions, and collaborations. It details Borgen's extensive experience in papermaking, book arts, teaching, curating, and community engagement projects from 2005 to the present.

1. 2014
2007
2005
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014
2013
2012
2011
2008-2009
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-2014
2014
2011-2013
2013
2012
2011
2009
2008
2007
2005
PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES
2013
2012
CURRICULUM VITAE
Master of Fine Arts, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago IL
Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts
Bachelors of Arts Cum Laude, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA
Visual Arts
Amazonas Spanish School, Quito, Ecuador
Spanish Language Immersion Program
Temple University Rome, Rome, Italy
Study Abroad Program: Contemporary Italian Arts & Painting
Teaching Assistant, Anchor Graphics Columbia College Chicago, Etching
Instructor of Record/Adjunct Faculty, Columbia College Chicago, Papermaking
Papermaking Studio Consultant, University of Oregon, Eugene OR
Instructor, Columbia College Chicago, Bookbinding Workshop for the Arts Education Program
Workshop Assistant, Friends of Dard Hunter Conference, St. Louis MO, Sculptural Paper
Curriculum & Syllabus Development, Interdisciplinary Arts Department, Columbia College
Teaching Assistant, Columbia College Chicago, Foundations of 2D Design
Instructor, Printer’s Ball, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago IL, Papermaking Workshop
Instructor, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago IL, Papermaking Workshop
Workshop Assistant to Helen Hiebert, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Sculptural Paper
Instructor/Workshop Leader, Somos Viento, San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Instructor, La Compania de la Caracola, Various Locations in Chile & Argentina
The Papermaker’s Garden Graduate Coordinator, Columbia College Chicago
Proposals, Grants, Budgets, Education, Administration, Maintenance
Curatorial Team Member, We Become Eachother’s Unmakers, C33 Gallery, Chicago IL
Volunteer Coordinator, Feminist Art Project, College Art Association Conference, Chicago IL
Studio Access Technician, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts
Special Projects, Curatorial Assistance, Collaborations, Papermaking Studio Maintenance, Workshops
Curatorial Team Member, Bring Your Own Beamer Event, Columbia College Chicago
Curatorial Team Member, Structures for Reading, Center for Book & Paper Arts
Co-Curator, Animate/Inanimate, Solid Ground Studio, Chicago IL
Secretary, Pulp, Ink, & Thread, Columbia College Chicago, Graduate Student Group
Student Faculty Representative, Interdisciplinary Arts Columbia College Chicago
Founder, The Papermaker’s Garden, Columbia College Chicago
Curatorial Team, Somos Viento, San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Co-Curator, Mil Crisantemos Deambulan al Viento, San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Curator, Dia de los Muertos, Somos Viento, San Fransisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Curator, Pinturas Bailando con Palabras Discartadas, Cordoba, Argentina
Museum Intern, Rochester Art Center, Rochester MN
Curator, Man’s Inhumanity Towards Man, Karpelle’s Manuscript Museum, Tacoma WA
We Become Eachothers Unmakers, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago IL
The Papermaker’s Garden, Wabash Arts Corridor Public Announcement to the Mayor,
Deparment of Cultural Affairs, City Council, and the City of Chicago, The Hilton, Chicago IL
(Super)natural: Paper as Physical, Political, and Mythical Device, Friends of Dard Hunter’s
Annual Papermaker’s Conference, St Louis MO
Student Engagement at the Papermaker’s Garden, Chicagoand Sustainability Network for
Higher Education, Chicago IL
The Papermaker’s Garden, CCC Wabash Arts Corridor Announcement, Chicago IL
ALEX BORGEN
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507.206.8454
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2. PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES
continued
2012
GRANTS & AWARDS
2013
2012
2011
2007
2006
2003-2007
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
2012
2008
2007
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
2014
2013
2012
Landscapes and Borders, A Connected Studio Practices Colloquium, Columbia College
The Garden & Community Sustainability, Alliance for a Greener South Loop, Chicago IL
Environmental Sustainability in Arts Education, Chicago Conservation Corp C33
Workshop, Center for Green Technology, Chicago IL
Getz Graduate Award, Columbia College Chicago, Supporting The Papermaker’s Garden project
Provost’s Award, Columbia College Chicago
Travel Scholarship, Friends of Dard Hunter
Connected Studio Fellowship, Interdisciplinary Arts Department, Columbia College Chicago
Juried by Allison Quinn and Karsten Lund
Lyn Dym Rosenblum Award, Columbia College Chicago
Caxton Club Scholarship, The Caxton Club, Chicago IL, suporting Variations on Water Music
an artist book about papermaking fibers, water, and the Papermaker’s Garden as metaphor
Nakane Aiko Fellowship, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Juried by Mat Rappaport, supporting
artistic field-work research about Lake Michigan’s environmental sustainability and ecology
Graduate Opportunity Award, Columbia College Chicago
Green Hero Award, Alliance for a Greener South Loop, nominated by Stephen DeSantis and
Gail Merrit for sustainable practices, community involvement, and The Papermaker’s Garden
Lyn Dym Rosenblum Award, Columbia College Chicago
Collins Memorial Library Award, University of Puget Sound, juried by UPS Art Department
and Julie Carlin
Eileen E. Henstreet Book Award, University of Puget Sound, juried by Elise Richman,
Michael Johnson, and Linda Williams
Juror’s Award, Student Showcase, University of Puget Sound, juried by Janet Marcavage
Art Scholarship, University of Puget Sound
President’s Scholarship, University of Puget Sound
Swimming with Others, Sound Installation, Interdisciplinary Arts Building, Chicago IL
Air Topographies, Provost’s Gallery, curated by Stephen DeSantis and Columbia College Chicago’s
Provost Louise Love
Pinturas Bailando con Palabras Discartadas, Somos Viento, Cordoba, Argentina
Bolsita de Verbos, Somos Viento, Cordoba, Argentina
Archipelago Series, Collins Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA
Dirt?, Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago IL
We Become Eachother’s Unmakers, C33 Gallery, Chicago IL
Bring Your Own Beamer Event, Raw Space, Columbia College Chicago
Identity, Place & Text, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China
Chicago EXPO, Expo Video: Columbia College Chicago Screening, Chicago IL
In Quire: A Crossing Point, Online Gallery by Heather Lang and HL Hix
Fall Review, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago IL
Would You Die for Sound?, Manifest Arts Festival, Chicago IL
Wonder, 33E Congress, Chicago IL
Animate/Inanimate, Solid Ground Studio, Chicago IL
Wabash Arts Corridor Art Walk, The Papermaker’s Garden, Chicago IL
Book & Paper Student Show, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago IL
Critical Encounters Student Showcase, Conway Center, Chicago IL
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3. Serbio-American Cookbook, Belgrade, Serbia
First Generation: A Revolution of Thought, Arcade Gallery, Chicago IL
Text & Image, The Galley, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago IL
Paper, Paper, Paper, Conway Center, Chicago IL
A Gem City Atlas, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco CA
End of Buffer, The Galley, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago IL
Book & Paper Recent Works, The Galley, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago IL
Laramie, Wyoming: A Gem City Atlas, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie WY
Thursday’s on First, Rochester Downtown Alliance, Rochester MN
El Bolson Art Fair, El Bolson, Rio Negro, Argentina
Lapreida Art Fair, Ciudad de Cordoba, Argentina
Crossing’s October Show, carnegie Art Center, Zumbrota MN
Mil Crisantemos Deambulan al Viento, Somos Viento, San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Dia de los Muertos, Somos Viento, San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina
Aniversario de Aguita, Casa Re-Cre@, Concepcion, Chile
Senior Art Exhibition, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA
Print Exhibition, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA
Fine Art Review, Temple University Rome, Italy
Funk Show, Jazz Bones, Tacoma WA
Opening Show for Aphrodesia, Marshall Hall, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA
Man’s Inhumanity Towards Man, Karpelle’s Manuscript Museum, Tacoma WA
Waist High and Elbow Deep with MegLouise Dance, Chicago IL, at Chicago Cultural Center
MegLouise danst Rosas with MegLouise Dance, Chicago IL, Performances at Jackalope Cafe,
Salonathon, Chicago Home Theater Festival, GASP Festival, and THAW Festival
Casting Aside with Megan Pitcher, Chicago IL, paper sculpture, performance and video
Breakwall with MegLouise Dance, The Papermaker’s Garden Chicago IL
Contemplative Loop with Kellen Walker, Chicago IL, series of rehearsals and performances
We Become Eachother’s Unmakers, Chicago IL, conceptual, artistic, and curating collaboration
This Loved Philology with Lesley Dill, Center for Book & Paper Arts, Chicago IL
Potential Hydrogen with Lucy Amelia Kruesel, various locations, Lake Michigan
Socio-Economic-Enviro Map of Chicago with the Guerilla Girls, also with Boo Gilder,
Trisha Martin, and Maggie Puckett
History of Surveillance with Enrique Chagoya & Anchor Graphics, Papermaking for prints
Quaries and Climbing with Paula A. Wright, also with University of Wyoming
La Compania de la Caracola, El Viaje del Elefantito Rojito with Luis “Pampero” Romero,
performances and workshops throughout Chile and Argentina
Mil Crisantemos Deambulan al Viento with Maria Depetris, San Fransisco, Cordoba,
Argentina, artist book
Performance with The Schematics, Tacoma WA, funk and live painting shows at Jazz Bones,
Opening Show for Aphrodesia at Marshall Hall, and South Side Presentation
College Book Arts Association Annual Meeting, Claremont CA
College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago IL
Friends of Dard Hunter Annual Conference, St. Louis MI
College Art Association Annual Conference, New York NY
Accelerate 77 Environmental Conference, Chicago IL
College Book Arts Association Conference, Time-Sequence-and Technology, Mills College
Hamilton Wood Type Museum Wayzgoose, Two Rivers WI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS continued
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
COLLABORATIONS
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2009
2007
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
2015
2014
2013
2012
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4. The Art of Rehearsal, Bryan Saner and Ginger Farley, LINKS Hall, Chicago IL
Jessica Cochran’s Curatorial Workshop, Columbia College Chicago
e(text)iles: New Material Explorations Workshop, MIT High-Low Tech Media Lab,
Columbia College Chicago IL
Chris Kallmyer Sound Workshop, Interdisciplinary Arts, Columbia College Chicago IL
Guerrilla Girls Social Papermaking Workshop, Columbia College Chicago
Papermaking
Reina hollander beater and press maintenance, Paper studio maintenance, gardening, cooking fibers,
beating fibers, recycled fibers, fabric fibers, pulp painting, watermarks, stencils, Western and Asian
papermaking, Moulde & Deckle building and maintenence
Printmaking
Letterpress: wood and metal type, vandercook, windmill, photopolymer plates, linoleum, etching
Bookbinding
traditional sewn structures, folding non-adhesive structures, and various contemporary structures
Etc.
Wood construction, sewing, drawing, painting, mentoring artists, critique/critical analysis
Sound
recording and editing sound, electronics: building speakers, microphones, transistors, amplifiers, Max
MSP, Audacity, single and multi-channel, sound theory in the built environment, sound installations
Video
recording and editing, projections: traditional screens and experimental, pico projectors
Adobe
In Design, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier
La Huerta de la Semilla, Los Reartes, Cordoba, Argentina
El Tortugo, Cordoba Capital, Argentina
Mapuche Community, Santa Barbara, Alto Bio-Bio, Chile
Chile, various locations, artist residencies with local art centers throughout Chile
Somos Viento Espacio Cultural y Biblioteca Popular, San Francisco, Cordoba, Argentina,
Casa Re-Cre@, La Aguita, Concepcion, Chile
Ecuador, Quito & Banos
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
2014
2013
2012
2012
2011
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Analog
Digital
ARTIST RESIDENCIES &
INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGES
2010
2009
2008-2009
2008
2007
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alex.borgen@gmail.com
507.206.8454
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