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

Nature and the City, Pearson Airport, Malton Art Gallery Toronto 2012
Interior Design Show 2012, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Dialogue and Dialect Juried Exhibition,  International Mokuhanga Conference, Kyoto Japan 2011
40 Prints Juried exhibiton,  Printopolis, Open Studio 2010
Beyond Mokuhanga, Printopolis, The Japanese Paper Place Gallery, 2010
Pulled: a print show, Headbones Gallery,  Toronto 2010
The Artist Project, Open Studio Presentation, Direct Energy Centre, Toronto, 2010
Library and Archives Canada, 2010 (on-line catalogue here)
George Gilmour Members’ Gallery, April 2009, November 2005Water/wood/paper
Water/ wood/ paper International Group exhibition, The Japan Foundation, Toronto, October  2008
The Washi Summit Group exhibitions 2008
Stewart Hall, Canadian Contemporary Woodblock, Montreal, May 2008
Ithaca, New York, Ink Shop & Olive Branch Press and Open Studio Exchange exhibition, Sept 2006
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
Toronto, City Hall Outdoor Show  2000
Alberta, 1999, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery,
Osaka, Japan, 1998, 1996 Gallery Haku, solo exhibitions
Tokyo, Japan CWAJ Annual Juried Print Show, 1991,1994,1996,1997,1998

 

 

RESIDENCIES & PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL

International Mokuhanga Conference, Kyoto and Awaji Japan, June 2011
Caylus, France, artist residency supported by the OAC,  July 2010

 

  INSTRUCTOR MOKUHANGA WORKSHOPS (JAPANESE WOODBLOCK)

Workshop Mokuhanga, studio private classes 2011- present
Ontario Arts Council, Artist in Education, "Japanese Woodblock" February – April 2011, 2011-12
Studio Q, (Victoria Cowan, Director) Mokuhanga workshop ( 4 days) January 2010, 2011
Hamilton Printmakers, The Print Studio, May 2009, May 2010
Toronto Board of Education, Art Studio Workshop for teachers, 2008
Ontario Society for Educators in Art, Synergies Conference presentation, 2007
Open Studio, Toronto, 1999 - 2002, 2007, 2008
Au Papier Japonais, Montreal 2003

 

COLLECTIONS

National Bank
Royal Bank of Canada
The Bank of Montreal
Reiki Centre Toronto
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
Queen's University Douglas Library
North York Public Library Canadiana Collection
Numerous private collections

 

AWARDS

Ontario Arts Council, Artist in Education 2010, 2011
Ontario Arts Council, Residency grant for travel to France, 2010
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

 

AFFILIATIONS

Open Studio member 2001-present

 

  EDUCATION
  University of Toronto, Faculty of Fine Art, part time, 2004-2005
Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, mokuhanga research 1988-89
Ontario College of Art, 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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