Michelle Forsyth | cv

Education
2001 - MFA, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
1996 - BFA, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
1993 - Associate of Visual Arts, Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada

Professional Experience
2008 to Present - Associate Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
2002 to 2008 - Assistant Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
2007 - Artist Mentor, Tony Only Artists’ Project, Island Mountain Arts, Wells, BC, Canada
2001 to 2002 - Adjunct Professor, Pratt Institute (Manhattan Campus), New York, NY, USA
2000 to 2002 - Adjunct Professor, Raritan Valley Community College, Somerville, NJ, USA
2000 to 2001 - Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Residencies
2009 - Visiting Artist in Residence, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME, USA
2006 - Self-Directed Residency, Centrum, Port Townsend, WA, USA
2004 - Intra-Nation, Banff Thematic Residency, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Awards
2007 - GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA, USA
2007 - Project Award, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
2007 - Second Prize, Miami University Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
2006 - Edward R. Meyer Project Award, College of Liberal Arts, WSU, Pullman, WA, USA
2005 - Professional Artist Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Canada
2005 - Initiation Grant, College of Liberal Arts, WSU, Pullman, WA, USA
2004 - Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts c/o the Banff Centre
2004 - Edward R. Meyer Project Award, College of Liberal Arts, WSU, Pullman, WA, USA
2003 - Initiation Grant, College of Liberal Arts, WSU, Pullman, WA, USA
2002 - Completion Grant, College of Liberal Arts, WSU, Pullman, WA, USA

Solo Exhibitions
2009 - Solo Exhibition, Hogar Collection Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2009 - Canopy, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME, USA
2008 - Field Work, Zaum Projects, Lisbon, Portugal
2008 - Then & There, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, BC, Canada
2007 - Paperwork, Hogar Collection Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2007 - Marking Time: Work from the 100 Drawings Project, Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA, USA
2006 - Routine Incidents, Charleston Heights Art Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA
2006 - Loops and Dashes, Shift, Seattle, WA, USA
2005 - Tracing Absence, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC, Canada
2004 - Trace Evidence, Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA, USA
2000 - Upper Crust, Third Avenue Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2000 - MFA Thesis Exhibition, MGSA Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Group Exhibitions
2009 - Cutters, Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, NY, NY, USA
2009 - Cutters, The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, USA
2008 - Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep curated by Julie Püttgen, Art Gallery at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, USA
2008 - New Year Sneak Peak, The Hogar Collection, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2008 - Aqua Art Miami, Aqua Hotel in South Beach, and Aqua Wynwood, Miami, FL, USA
2008 - Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep curated by Julie Püttgen, Robert C. Williams Paper Museum, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA
2008 - November 7, 1940 (for Tubby), Woolworth Windows, Tacoma Contemporary, Tacoma, WA, USA
2008 - Bridge Art Fair @ The Waterfront, 222 12th Avenue, New York, NY, USA
2008 - Start, Zaum Projects Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
2008 - Cutting Fine, Cutting Deep curated by Julie P üttgen, University Art Gallery, Sawanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, TN, USA
2007 - Bridge Art Fair @ the Catalina Hotel & Beach Club, Miami, FL USA
2007 - Drawn to the Wall, Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane WA, USA
2007 - Sundays, Kirkland Arts Center, Seattle, WA, USA
2007 - Bridge Art Fair @ 350 West Mart Center, Chicago, IL, USA2007 - Bridge Art Fair @ 350 West Mart Center, Chicago, IL, USA
2007 - Red Dot Art Fair @ the Park South Hotel, New York, NY USA
2007 - The War on Terror: Abstract Painting in Today’s World, Miami University Young Painters Exhibition, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA
2006 - Bridge Art Fair @ the Catalina Hotel & Beach Club, Miami, FL USA
2006 - The Whole is the Sum of its Parts, Hogar Collection Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2006 - Spitting Images, Truck, Calgary, AB, Canada
2006 - Disaster, Port Angeles Fine Art Center, Port Angeles, WA, USA
2005 - LKG Artists, Prichard Art Gallery, Moscow, ID, USA
2004 - The Mac Collects: Art for the New Millenium, Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA, USA
2004 - Spokane River and Gorge Park, Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA, USA
2003 - Northwest Contemporary Figuration, Northwest Musuem of Arts and Culture, Spokane, WA, USA
2003 - Push Play, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (in conjunction with Toronto’s Images Festival)
2003 - Stop and Go, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, USA
2002 - Deluxe, Community Gallery, 111 First St, Jersey City, NJ, USA
2000 - Hit & Run 4, curated by Ed Winkelman, Pier 40 Warehouse, New York, NY, USA
2000 - CAA MFA Exhibition, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2000 - Y2K Solution, Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD, USA

Conferences and Lectures
2008 - Visiting Artist, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
2007 - Visiting Artist, Pace University, New York, NY, USA
2006 - Visiting Artist, Camosum College, Victoria, BC, Canada
2005 - Visiting Artist, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2003 - Lecturer, “The Lure of the Visible”, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2003 - Visiting Artist, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2001 - Artist Presenter, Slide Slam, Art in General, New York, NY, USA
2000 - Visiting Artist, University College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, BC, Canada
2000 - Artist Presenter, “Painting in the Era of Cyberspace”, The Changing Role of the Artist, Bi-Annual Conference, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Comox, BC, Canada

Bibliography
2008 - David Drake, Interview, Catalog, Zaum Projects Contemporary Art, 2008 (forthcoming)
2008 - Clint Roenisch. Carte Blanche Vol. 2: Painting, (Toronto: Magenta Publishing for the Arts, 2008)
2008 - Wendy Welch. "History Repeating" Monday Magazine, Victoria, BC, Canada
2007 - Carrie Scozarro. "Palimpsestic" The Pacific Northwest Inlander, September 6, 2007, p. 27
2007 - "Michelle Forsyth: Untitled" from the IntraNation edition of West Coast Line, (London: Hignell Books, 2007) p. 52-55.
2007 - Sherwin, Brian. "Art Space Talk: Michelle Forsyth." myartspace.com, posted May 23, 2007.
2006 - Anania, Katie. "Death and Praxis: Michelle Forsyth's Presentation of Incidents is Hardly Routine" City Life, Las Vegas, NV, April 27, 2006
2006 - Peterson, Kristin. “Mad, mad media.” Las Vegas Sun. April 7, 2006.
2004 - Gerz, Jochen. The Anthology of Art: in Theory and Dialogue, DuMont Verlag, Cologne, Germany. p 224 (image)
2004 - Crane, Julianne. “MAC Collection Once Again Unveiled; Exhibit Features Tucked- Away Art”, The Spokesman-Review. Friday, November 19.
2004 - Hurowitz, Lila. “ North of the Border: The Banff Centre”. Artist Trust Journal. Volume x1. No. 1, Spring 2004. p.5
2004 - Boggs, Sheri.“Ghosts of Salmon” The Pacific Northwest Inlander, Friday August 4
2004 - Crane, Julianne. “Young Artist Profile: Michelle Forsyth”, The Spokesman-Review, Friday July 23, p. 26
2004 - Boggs, Sherri. “Inlander Picks: Pattern and Dissolution”, The Pacific Northwest Inlander, April 1, 2004, p. 42
2003 - Boggs, Sheri. “Figures Reinvented” The Pacific Northwest Inlander, July 17, 2003, p. 21-22
2003 - Stocker, Gerfried. “Unplugged: Art as the Scene of Global Conflicts”, ARS Electronica 2002 Katalogue.
2002 - McGlynn, Tom. “Surface Considerations”, Deluxe. (URL: www.orangesideout.com)
2000 - Gustafson, Paula. Review with photograph. Asian Art News. September/October 2000, p. 103-104