"Marilène Phipps is an artist of extraordinary talent. Of all the painters I taught in my entire career, she is the best."
Neil Welliver, Chairman Emeritus, Art Department, University of Pennsylvania

Center for the Study of World Religions. Harvard University. Senior Fellow 1999-2000
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research. Harvard University. Resident Fellow.1999-2000
New England Foundation for the Arts. Visual arts grant 1996
Guggenheim Fellowship, 1995
Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College and Harvard University, Visual Arts Fellow. 1992-93