elizabeth forrest                                                                      

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BIOGRAPHY

Born in Vancouver. Raised, educated in Montréal and Toronto. Studied, lived, worked in Japan 1988 - 1999. Currently living in Toronto

 

RECENT EXHIBITIONS

Anime/a, solo exhibition, Members Gallery, Open Studio, Toronto 2009
International Birth Experience Print Portfolio, for the Maternal and Child Health Conference, U of Toronto, Medical Sciences Bldg, Toronto  2009: also  travelled to Belfast, 2007 Ashville, North Carolina 2009
WATER WOOD PAPER: MOKUHANGA, International Group exhibition, The Japan Foundation, Toronto, October  2008
The Washi Summit Toronto, Group exhibitions: Open Studio, Print Sales Gallery; Proof Gallery The Distillery, Toronto, June 2008
Stewart Hall, Canadian Contemporary Woodblock, Montreal, May 2008
Open Studio NUIT BLANCHE, participant Sept 2007
Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, Emotional Geography of Place, 2007
Ithaca, New York, Ink Shop & Olive Branch Press and Open Studio Exchange exhibition, Sept 2006
Open Studio, George Gilmour Gallery, solo exhibition
Washington D.C. 2005, Artview, SJCS Fundraiser
Toronto 2005, Harbourfront Case Studies,"Modern Myths"
Lima,Peru, 2004, Galeria Juan Pardo Heeren," Canada’s Open Studio"
Australia, 2004, Manly Art Gallery, Minaré Biennal, conseil québecois de l’estampe,
Alberta, 1999, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery,
Osaka, Japan, 1998, 1996 Gallery Haku, solo exhibitions
Tokyo, Japan CWAJ Annual Juried Print Show, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1994, 1991

 

  ONLINE CATALOGUES

Mokuhanga info:   mokuhangatoronto
Library and Archives Canada:  http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/livres-d-artistes/index-e.html.

 

COLLECTIONS

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) website,  Artists' Books: Bound in Art
The Bank of Montreal
Union Bank of Switzerland
Banque Nationale du Canada
University of Lethbridge Museum of Art, Alberta, Canada National Library of Canada
Italian Cultural Institute, Kyoto
University of Alberta Private Press Collection
Royal Bank of Canada
Queen's University Douglas Library
North York Public Library Canadiana Collection

 

AWARDS

Canada Council, Japan-Canada Endowment Fund (JUN/KEN ARTS) 2008
Ontario Arts Council Visual and Media Arts Award for Organizations, (JUN/KEN ARTS) 2008
Canada Council travel and project assistance grants 1980, 1984, 1988, 1997
Ontario Arts Council Grants 1977, 1986, 1977
Ontario College of Art, Forsythe Scholarship 1975

 

AFFILIATIONS

JUN / KEN ARTS COLLECTIVE, curator/ coordinator, 2007 – present
Ontario Society for Educators in Art ( OSEA ), 2001- present
Open Studio (printmaking facility) Membership Committee, member, 2006 - present
Open Studio member 2001-present

 

ART TEACHING

MOKUHANGA WORKSHOPS, The Print Studio, Hamilton Printmakers  Spring, 2009
Toronto Board of Education, Art Studio Workshop for teachers, 2008
Ontario Society for Educators in Art, Synergies Conference, 20074
Open Studio, Toronto, 1999 - 2002, 2007, 2008
Kozo Studio Gallery, Toronto, ongoing
Au Papier Japonais, Montreal 2003
Toronto Board of Education, part time teacher 2001 - present
Dioshisha Women's College, Kyotanabe, Japan 1994-1999
Ontario College of Art and Design 1978-1985

 

  EDUCATION
  University of Toronto, Faculty of Fine Art, part time, 2004-2005
Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, mokuhanga research 1988-89
Ontario College of Art and Design ( OCAD ), Toronto, A.O.C.A., Forsythe Scholarship 1975
University of Toronto, B. Education 1970
Glendon College, York University, B.A. English 1969

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