Marilyn Borglum is an American painter and sculptor whose work navigates the terrain between surface and substance, perception and truth. With a career spanning over four decades, Borglum is known for her evocative figurative work—particularly her early explorations of the equine form—and more recently, for powerful visual narratives that question how we process, filter, and understand information. Borglum’s artistic evolution reflects her own life experience. Originally trained with a strong emphasis on formal elements—line, mass, and movement—she gained recognition for her distinctive gestural approach, often centered around the physicality of the horse. Yet a life-altering period in her late thirties shifted her focus dramatically, moving her work beyond formal study into psychological, cultural, and political inquiry. Her current practice investigates the complexity of perception and the hidden structures beneath what we accept as visible or true. Through layered compositions and symbolic imagery, Borglum draws on historical references—particularly the Cold War era and its legacy of propaganda, duality, and cultural conditioning—to illuminate contemporary questions of identity, narrative, and belief.Borglum’s work has been exhibited nationally and is held in numerous private and public collections. She holds an MFA and continues to challenge the boundaries of figuration with a practice that is as introspective as it is incisive.