Forrest Solis
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Education

2001-2003 Indiana University, Master of Fine Arts in Painting (Bloomington, IN)
Cumulative GPA: 4.0

1997-2001 Kansas City Art Institute, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting (Kansas City, MO)
Cumulative GPA: 3.87 Dean’s List : 7 Semesters

1994-1997 Chicago Academy for the Arts (Chicago, IL)


Teaching

2006-Present Assistant Professor of Art in Painting and Drawing at Arizona State University

2003-2006 Assistant Professor of Art in Painting and Drawing at DePauw University

2001-2003 Associate Instructor in Painting and Drawing at Indiana University


Awards Received

2004 DePauw University Grant in aid of research for Painting

2003 Indiana University Grant in aid of research for Painting

2003 Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship

2002 Indiana University Grant in aid of research for Painting

2002 Tony Morevac Traveling Fellowship

2002 Indiana University Research Grant – Florence, Italy

2001 Associate Instructorship at Indiana University

1997-2001 Kansas City Art Institute Merit Scholarship


Exhibitions

2007 Target gallery, In the Flesh juried group exhibition, Alexandria, Virginia

2007 Arizona Youth Museum, Toys exhibition, Mesa, Arizona

2007 Hive gallery, Dream a Little Dream group exhibition, Los Angeles, California

2007 TAG gallery, California Open Exhibition, Santa Monica, California

2007 Visual Arts Alliance juried exhibition, Houston, Texas

2007 Infusion Gallery, The Power of Suggestion group exhibition, Los Angeles, California

2007 Women Made Gallery, Her Mark juried Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois

2007 Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Physical Presence Juried Exhibition

2007 San Diego Art Institute Museum of the Living Artists Annual International Juried Exhibition, Juror Norman Bryson, San Diego, California

2007 Slocumb Galleries at East Tennessee State University, Positive/Negative Twenty-Two Juried Exhibition, Juror Toby Kamps, Johnson City, TN

2007 Topanga Canyon Gallery, Juried Open Exhibition, Juror Lisa Melandri, Topanga, California

2007 Providence Art Club, Open Painting Juried Exhibition, Providence, Rhode Island

2006 North Valley Art League23rd Annual National Show, Juror Ken Hosmer, Redding, California

2006 Long Beach Art Center, Open National Juried Exhibition, Juror Walter Askin, Long Beach California

2006 Design Concepts Unlimited, Inc., Reflections 2006 Exhibition at PhotosandArt.com., Juror Donna Corless

2006 DePauw University faculty exhibition, Peeler Art Center, Greencastle, Indiana

2005 The Columbia Club solo exhibition The Looking-Glass Self, Indianapolis, Indiana

2005 Prima Gallery group exhibition The Devil is in the Details, Bloomington, Indiana

2004 Bodner Art Gallery solo exhibition A Celebration of Women in the Arts, Indianapolis, Indiana

2004 Prima Gallery group exhibition What I Did Last Summer, Bloomington, Indiana

2004 47th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art group exhibition, juried by Donald Kuspit, Chautauqua, New York

2004 McNeese State University group exhibition Women Painting Women, Lake Charles, Louisiana

2004 National Society Of Arts And Letters Competition group exhibition, Bloomington, Indiana

2004 The Gallery group exhibition, Bloomington, Indiana

2003 DePauw University faculty exhibition, Peeler Art Center, Greencastle, Indiana

2003 Indiana University MFA Thesis, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Bloomington Indiana

2002 Earlham College group exhibition, Richmond, Indiana

2002 Indiana University MFA group exhibition, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana

2001 Kansas City Art Institute BFA Thesis, Kansas City, Missouri