Forrest Solis
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