Forrest Solis
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EDUCATION

2001 - 2003  Indiana University, Master of Fine Arts in Painting
Bloomington, IN

1997 - 2001  Kansas City Art Institute, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
Kansas City, MO


WORK EXPERIENCE

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


EXHIBITIONS

2008  South Cobbs Arts Alliance 21st National Juried Art Exhibition, Mable House Art Center, Mabelton, Georgia

2008  Nicolet College Art Gallery, Northern National Juried Art Competition, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

2008  Cooperstown Art Association, 73rd Annual National Exhibition, Cooperstown, New York

2008  Positive/Negative Twenty-Three Juried Exhibition at the Slocumb Galleries of East Tennessee State University, Juror Antoine Guerrero, Director of Exhibitions at PS. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Johnson City, Tennessee

2007  Her Mark exhibition at Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2007  Toys exhibition at the Arizona Youth Museum, Mesa, Arizona

2007  In the Flesh exhibition at the Target Gallery of the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia

2007  Bold Expressions 52nd International Open Exhibiton, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Carmichael, California

2007  Dream a Little Dream exhibition at the Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2007  Physical Presence exhibition at the Mesa Art Center, Mesa, Arizona

2007  49th Juried International Exhibition of the San Diego Art Institute Museum of Living Artists in San Diego, California

2007  The Power of Suggestion Group Exhibition at the Infusion Gallery, Los Angeles, California

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

2007  24th Juried Open Exhibition of the Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas

2007  Artist's Showplace juried exhibition at the Artist's Showplace Gallery, Dallas, Texas

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  Reflections Exhibition and catalogue publication of Design Concepts Unlimited, Inc., at PhotosandArt.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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


PUBLICATIONS

2008  Direct Art Magazine, SlowArt Productions
Direct Art magazine is published biannually and distributed by COMAG Marketing Group -- the distributors of Art News and Art in America -- to a wide range of book and magazine stores including Barnes & Nobles and Borders Books and Music.

2008  Studio Visit Magazine
Studio visit is a juried artist book, which has a national audience of art world professionals. Each volume has 150 artists selected by professional curators.

2007  Her Mark calendar from the Woman Made Gallery, Chicago Illinois
My work was chosen by Janet Bloch, Pamela Callahan and Beate Minkovski to be published in the Woman Made Gallery's annual Her Mark 2008 Datebook, featuring 21 artists and 21 poets from across the country and Wales,

2006  Reflections catalogue publication of Design Concepts Unlimited, Inc.
A hardbound catalogue with my imagery and bio info.