Born Edinburgh, Scotland, June 17th, 1962
Immigrated to Canada in July 1977 and became a Canadian Citizen in 1989
Lives and paints in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan


Emma Lake Workshops
July 2007 Emma Lake Artists Workshop, (participant), Monica Tapp

August 2005 Emma Lake Artists Workshop, (organizer), Ron Shuebrook and Robert Christie

August 2003 Emma Lake Artists Workshop, (organizer), Clay Ellis and Karen Wilkin

October 2002 Triangle Artists Workshop, Brooklyn, NY, (participant)

August 2001 Emma Lake Artists Workshop, (organizer), Chris Cran

July 2000 SIAW workshop, Emma Lake, SK, (participant)

July 1991 Emma Lake Artist's Workshop, (participant), Kenneth Noland, John Gibbons

July 1988 Emma Lake Artist's Workshop, (participant), Joseph Drapell, Harold Feist

July 1985 Emma Lake Artist's Workshop, (participant), Karen Wilkin and Maryanne Harman


Solo Exhibitions
2007 "Recent Paintings", NewZones, Calgary, AB, May/June 2007

2006 "Recent Work", The Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2004 "Recent Work", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, SK

2003 "Recent Work", The Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB

2002 "Recent Work", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, SK

2001 "Recent Work", The Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton

1997 "Recent Work", The Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton

1997 "Recent Work", The Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, (toured to the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon)

1994 "Salon Series", 1995, Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sask.

"Paper Works 1989-1993", The Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Sask.

1994 "Studio Watch", The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.

1993 "Recent Work", The Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks

1990 "Recent Work", The Vik Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

1990 "M.F.A. Exhibition", Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon

1990 "Recent Work", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1990 "Recent Work", The Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, (Toured to Moose Jaw Art Museum)

1989 "Recent Paintings and Sculptures", The Francis Morrison Library, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1988 "Recent Work", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1987 "Jonathan Forrest, Recent Paintings and Sculptures", Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan


Two Person / Feature Exhibitions
2005 "Squares and Stuff", A group abstract show featuring three new large works at Encomium Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON.

2001 "Materialism (2)", Art Gallery of Swift Current, Swift Current, Saskatchewan (Clay Ellis, Jonathan Forrest, Terry O'Flanagan)

2000 "Materialism", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, Sk. (Clay Ellis, Jonathan Forrest, Terry O'Flanagan)

1997 "Jonathan Forrest & Pat Service", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon

1991 "Jonathan Forrest & Scott Plear" The Vik Gallery, Edmonton

1991 "Large Scale Paintings Featuring Works by Jonathan Forrest", Virginia Christopher Galleries, Calgary, Alberta

1987-88 "Studio Watch", The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

1984 "Jonathan Forrest and Kim Houghtaling", Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1983 "Jonathan Forrest and Gary Pearson", B.F.A. exhibition, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sk.


Group Exhibitions
2007 �straction: Three Generations,” Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Ontario

"Abstraction: Perehudoff | Christie | Forrest", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc.

2006 "Abstraction",(group show featuring works by Jordan Broadworth, Francisco Castro, Cora Cluett, Karin Davie, Jonathan Forrest, Ilse Gradwohl, Elizabeth McIntosh, Ruben Ortiz Torres, Irma Palacios, Elspeth Pratt, Laura St Pierre), Diaz Contemporary, Toronto, ON.

2005 "Spell", The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, (co-curated this exhibition with Jordan Broadworth - travelled to the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, November, 2006 and the Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON, July 2006). Catalogue

2005 "Three Generations - London, UK", APT Gallery, London, England

2004 "Sunscreen", Newzones Gallery, Calgary, AB

2004 "Three Generations - Perehudoff / Christie / Forrest", Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.

2003 "New Abstraction", The Gallery / Art Placement, Inc., Saskatoon, SK

2003 "The Intangible", The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2003 "Lodestar", The Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, SK

2003 "The Power of 10", Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB

1994 "Contemporary Canadian Abstraction: A Selection", The Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon

1994 "Recent Acquisitions", The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon

1992 "Saskatchewan Symbiotics in the Visual Arts - Harvest 20 Years", Maison de la culture Cotes-des-Neiges, Montreal

1990 "Within Range", (Touring) Organized by the Prichard Art Gallery, University of I Idaho, USA, Itinerary: Prichard Art Gallery, U of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho October

1990 Paris Gibson Square, Great Falls, Montana, January/February 1991, Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, Montana, USA.

1990 "Recent Contemporary Acquisitions", The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1988 "A Common Bond", The Swift Current National Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan

1987 "Saskatchewan Art", The Art Centre, University of New Brunswick, St. Johns, New Brunswick, (Touring the Maritimes and Saskatchewan)

1986 "Young Saskatoon Artists", The Francis Morrison Library, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

1986 "Works on Paper", The Wade Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.


Reviews and Publications
Robert Christie, “Jonathan Forrest: New Works”, (catalogue essay, Art Gallery of Swift Current), 1990

Julia Dault, "Prairie Fields of Colour", National Post, April 15, 2004, B6

Robert Enright, “Shaking Up All Over”, Border Crossing, Winter 2004 (“borderviews section”)

Terry Fenton, “Studio Visit”, (pamphlet for studio watch exhibition at the Mendel Art Gallery), 1994

Sky Glabush, “Three Generations”, Canadian Art, Summer 2004 (exhibition review)

Sky Glabush, "Pursuing Paint", the Mendel Art Gallery, Folio magazine, Winter 2000/01 (transcript of conversation between Glabush & Forrest)

Sky Glabush, "Materialism", New West Magazine, 2000 (exhibition review)

Piri Halasz and David Evison, "A Tale Of Three Cities", NY Arts Magazine , March, 2005

Helen Marzolf, "Jonathan Forrest: Recent Paintings", 1998 (essay for exhibition at the Dunlop Art Gallery)

Karen Wilkin, "An Inadvertent Vanguard", The Hudson Review, NY, Spring 2002

Karen Wilkin, "Northerness and Other Considerations: At the Museums and Elsewhere", The Hudson Review, NY, Winter 2004


Articles by the Artist
"Artists by Artists - Jonathan Forrest & Nancy Lowry", exhibition essay for the Mendel Art Gallery, 2002

"Spell" Catalogue text - "Western Artists", The Mendel Art Gallery, September 2005

"Spell" Catalogue text - "Joint Statement" co-authored with Jordan Broadworth, The Mendel Art Gallery, September 2005


Collections
Canada Council / Art Bank
Canpotex International
Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
Edmonton Art Gallery
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
Moose Jaw Art Museum
Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina
Norcen, Calgary
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Arts Board
Stantec, Edmonton
University of Lethbridge
University of Saskatchewan
Westburne Industries, Montreal
Wood Gundy, Edmonton