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Born Edinburgh, Scotland, June 17th, 1962 Education Emma Lake Artists Workshop, August 2005, (organizer), Ron Shuebrook and Robert
Christie
One-Person Exhibitions "Recent Work", The Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB, June 24 - July 13, 2006 "Recent Work", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, SK, November 2004 "Recent Work", The Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB, November 29 - December 23, 2003 "Recent Work", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, SK, March 2002 "Recent Work", The Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, April 2001 "Recent Work", The Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, April 1997 "Recent Work", The Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, January 1997 (toured to the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, March 1997) "Salon Series", 1995, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sask. "Paper Works 1989-1993", The Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Sask., February 1994 "Studio Watch", The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask. January 1994 "Recent Work", The Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, B.C. 1993 "Recent Work", The Vik Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, September 1990 "M.F.A. Exhibition", Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, October 1990 "Recent Work", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 1990 "Recent Work", The Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, February 1990 (Toured to Moose Jaw Art Museum , June - July 1990) "Recent Paintings and Sculptures", The Francis Morrison Library, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, January 1989 "Recent Work", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, February 1988 "Jonathan Forrest, Recent Paintings and Sculptures", Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, July - August, 1987
Two-Person / Feature Exhibitions "Squares and Stuff", A group abstract show featuring three new large works at Encomium Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON. April 2 - 30, 2005 "Materialism (2)", Art Gallery of Swift Current, Swift Current, Saskatchewan (Clay Ellis, Jonathan Forrest, Terry O'Flanagan), March, 2001 "Materialism", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, Sk. (Clay Ellis, Jonathan Forrest, Terry O'Flanagan), April, 2000 "Jonathan Forrest & Pat Service", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, March, 1997 "Jonathan Forrest & Scott Plear" The Vik Gallery, Edmonton, November, 1991 "Large Scale Paintings Featuring Works by Jonathan Forrest", Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, Alberta, January - February 1991 "Studio Watch", The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, December 1987 - January, 1988 "Jonathan Forrest and Kim Houghtaling", Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 1984 "Jonathan Forrest and Gary Pearson", B.F.A. exhibition, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sk. 1983
Group Exhibitions: "Spell", The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, September 2005 (co-curated this exhibition with Jordan Broadworth - travelled to the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, November, 2006 and the Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON, July 2006). Catalogue "Three Generations - London, UK", APT Gallery, London, England, January 20 – 30, 2005 "Sunscreen", Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB, July 10 - Aug 28, 2004 "Three Generations - Perehudoff / Christie / Forrest", Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK., April 23 - July 4, 2004 "New Abstraction", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, SK, October 18 - November 6, 2003 "The Intangible", The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, September 12 - November 16, 2003 "Lodestar", The Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, July 14 - August 24, 2003 "The Power of 10", Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB, February 8 - 28, 2003 "Contemporary Canadian Abstraction: A Selection", The Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, April - June 1994 "Recent Acquisitions", The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, March - April 1994 "Saskatchewan Symbiotics in the Visual Arts - Harvest 20 Years", Maison de la culture Cotes-des-Neiges, Montreal, Oct-Nov. 1992 "Within Range", (Touring) Organized by the Prichard Art Gallery, University of Idaho, USA, Itinerary: June/July 1990, Prichard Art Gallery, U of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho October/November 1990, Paris Gibson Square, Great Falls, Montana, January/February 1991, Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, Montana, USA. "Recent Contemporary Acquisitions", The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, December 1988 - January 1990 "A Common Bond", The Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, 1988 "Saskatchewan Art", The Art Centre, University of New Brunswick, St. Johns, New Brunswick, December 1987, (Touring the Maritimes and Saskatchewan) "Young Saskatoon Artists", The Francis Morrison Library, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, December 1986 "Works on Paper", The Wade Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., 1986
Collections Canada Council / Art Bank
Articles Robert Christie, “Jonathan Forrest: New Works”, (catalogue essay, Art Gallery of Swift Current), 1990 Julia Dault, "Prairie Fields of Colour", National Post, April 15, 2004, B6 Robert Enright, “Shaking Up All Over”, Border Crossing, Winter 2004 (“borderviews section”) Terry Fenton, “Studio Visit”, (pamphlet for studio watch exhibition at the Mendel Art Gallery), 1994 Sky Glabush, “Three Generations”, Canadian Art, Summer 2004 (exhibition review) Sky Glabush, "Pursuing Paint", the Mendel Art Gallery, Folio magazine, Winter 2000/01 (transcript of conversation between Glabush & Forrest) Sky Glabush, "Materialism", New West Magazine, 2000 (exhibition review) Piri Halasz and David Evison, "A Tale Of Three Cities", NY Arts Magazine , March, 2005 Helen Marzolf, "Jonathan Forrest: Recent Paintings", 1998 (essay for exhibition at the Dunlop Art Gallery) Karen Wilkin, "An Inadvertent Vanguard", The Hudson Review, NY, Spring 2002 Karen Wilkin, "Northerness and Other Considerations: At the Museums and Elsewhere", The Hudson Review, NY, Winter 2004
Articles by the artist "Artists by Artists - Jonathan Forrest & Nancy Lowry", exhibition
essay for the Mendel Art Gallery, 2002
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