Marijcke Keli’i Wahine Noho Ike Anuenue Christianson (ma-ray-ka) was born on the island of Oahu in May of 1955 and grew up at the base of the Ko’olau Mountains in Kaneohe. She started drawing as a child as soon as she was able to pick up a pencil and has been drawing ever since. After high school she went to study art at the Museum Art School in Portland Oregon and then at the Art Center in L.A. California. Returning to Hawaii in 1978, she graduated from the University of Hawaii with a B.F.A in drawing and printmaking, continuing into graduate studies there as well. Her work has been presented in a wide variety of shows over the last 25 years, and she has been featured in three solo exhibitions. In 2003, she took her work to the East Coast, and over the two years spent there, she showed in a number of exhibitions in Pennsylvania. To date, she is still represented by the Lynden Gallery in Elizabethtown, PA. She was a visiting artist at Elizabethtown College and conducted a figure drawing and painting class with the art professor there. Her forte is drawing the nude figure which she has been doing for over 20 years.  She now lives on the windward side of Oahu where her heart is.

Curator's note:  Marijcke draws her images with charcoal taped to the end of a two foot piece of bamboo.  This allows her to sketch the larger pictures especially (click on Hiiaka and Pele, below) without having to use a ladder, working the image while simultaneously viewing the entire piece.  Marijcke's excellent results, of course, speak for themselves. And if this sounds easy, try it sometime.

Artist's statement:

I love to draw. For me the drawing is a final and complete work of art, not just a sketch for a painting or a sculpture. I am inspired by the beauty and spirit of the human form, horses, my Hawaiian Island home and the power of the Universe. The Elements, the Human Condition, and that unnamable Life Force which compels us to traverse that High Deep Space …. that is what my Art is about

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1998     “ A Show of Hands”*, Cafe Che Pasta, Honolulu, Hawaii
1991     “Landmarks of the Path”*, Hawaii Loa College Gallery, Kaneohe, Hawaii
1989     “Face the Human Race”, Gallery on the Pali, Honolulu, Hawaii

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006     “By the Board”, Louis Pohl Gallery, Honolulu Gallery
2006     “Prints in Space”, Installation workshop with Prawat Laucharoenn, The Linekona Center
                   at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
2005      "Transformation of the Model" – Rashmi, Louis Pohl Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii
2005      Go Figure Annual Exhibition, Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
2004      Go Figure Annual Exhibition, Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
2000      “Brush with the Soul” Hawaii Pacific ic University Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii
2000      Honolulu Printmakers Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu Hawaii
1996      Honolulu Printmakers Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu Hawaii
1995      "Commitment to Excellence," Juried Exhibition, Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Honolulu, Hawaii
1995      “Recent Prints From Group 7”, Honolulu, Hawaii
1995      “Women’s History Show”, Honolulu Hale, Sponsored by Honolulu City Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii
1995      Honolulu Printmakers Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii
1994      Black and White Art Show, Honolulu Hale, Honolulu, Hawaii
1993      Small Print Show, Keiko Hatano Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii
1993      "Describeo Nudam Ergo Sum," Gallery on the Pali, Honolulu, Hawaii
1993      Artists of Hawaii Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
1992      Honolulu Printmakers Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii
1992      "Recycle . Reprint," Honolulu Printmaking Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii
1991      Pacific Prints, Joint Exhibition of the Los Angeles Printmaking Society and the
                   Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, Hawaii
1990      "Self Portraits in Prints," Koa Gallery, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii
1990      "Artist in Place," Alaska-Hawaii Print Exchange, Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, Hawaii
1989      "In Reference to the Beast," Honolulu Printmakers, koa Gallery, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii
1988      Honolulu Printmakers Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii
1987      "Works on /of Paper," University of Hawaii Alumni Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii
1987      Honolulu Printmakers Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii
1986      Artists of Hawaii Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
1986      "This Side of the Tunnel," Group Exhibition, Kaneohe, Hawaii
1985      7th Annual Hawaii-National Print Exhibition, Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
1984      Honolulu Printmakers Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii
1983      Honolulu Printmakers Annual Juried Exhibition, Honolulu, Hawaii
1979      Hawaii Annual Student Art Show, Ala Moana Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

COMMISSIONS
Matson Navigation Co., Honolulu, Hawaii, 1981
Tom Weitzel Inc., Houston, Texas, 1985
Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1988
Hawaii Harbor Pilots, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1994
Pattye Kealohalani and Rusty Wright, Kailua Hi, 2008, 2010

AWARDS
1st Place in 2-dimensional media , American Mothers Inc. National Art Competition, 1999 Scholarship Acquisition
               Award, Hawaii State Foundation On Culture & The Arts, 1979

REVIEWS
Carla Di Fonzo, Go Figure, Lynden Gallery, Intelligence Journal Lancaster,
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, February 2005
Megan Joyce, Go Figure, Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, February 2004
Linda Gue, “Small Print Exhibit”, The Honolulu Advertiser, June 1993.
Art Critic, Author unknown, “Landmarks of the Path”, Star Bulletin, 1991.
Marcia Morse, “Face the Human Race”, Star Bulletin, 1989.

COLLECTIONS
Hawaii Sate Foundation on Culture & The Arts
Ramsay Galleries
Veterans Counseling and Guidance Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

SERVICE
Artist in Residence: Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, 2004-2005
Figure Drawing Open Studio Group, Elizabethtown College, Fall 2004
Figure Drawing & Painting Class, Spring 2005
Presentation of Professional Artist’s Works to Art Department, Spring 2005

The Honolulu Printmakers:
      Gift Print Chair 2008-2009
      President 2007-2008 of the Board
      Vice President of the Board, 2006 – 2007, Annual Exhibition Curator
      Exhibition Curator, 1994-1996
      Assistant Exhibition Curator, 1993-1994
      Board Member, 1991-1993
      Member, 1987-2000, 2005-2009

Chaminade Figure Drawing Group, Honolulu, Hawaii - Assistant Coordinator and Director, 1988-2000Playworks Studio, Honolulu, Hawaii - Assisted with adult workshops and childrens classes, between 1999-2002
Studio Art Classes, Kailua, Hawaii, 2001-2003 - Taught private lessons

Education
Playworks, a studio for exploring the inner self and ones own Creativity through painting and Sandplay, 1996-2000
Human Anatomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997-1988
Lithography, Art Department, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1993-1994
Oil Painting, Art Department, Leeward Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1992-1993
Intaglio, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii 1985-1988
Graduate School in Printmaking, Art Department University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1981-1983
Printmaking Summer Workshop, Art Department, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1981
B.F.A. University of Hawaii, Honolulu Hawaii , 1976-1980
Print making Juror’s Print making Workshops, Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1987-2000
Illustration, Art Center, Pasadena, California, 1977
Undergraduate Studies, Museum Art School, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon, 1974-1976

Other work by this artist:

Marijcke (Marijcke Christianson):  http://www.marijcke.com/