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SHANNON FORRESTER CV

www.shannonforrester.com

EDUCATION

2015 MFA Painting , of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Graduate School of Painting, Boston, MA., Thesis Advisor, John Walker, Professor of Art 2014 Graduate Certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Boston University, College of Arts and Sciences, Boston, MA 1992 BFA, Painting and Ceramic Sculpture School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL

EXHIBITIONS

2016 Group Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Generations X, A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2015 Small, Smaller, Smallest, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA Lifeline, MFA Thesis Exhibition, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA Places, Times, Colors, Solo Exhibition, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA MFA Candidate Exhibition, Sloane House, Boston, MA 2014 Movement Exhibition, TEDex Somerville, Somerville, MA Engendered, Atlantic Works Gallery, Boston, MA Reclamation, BLAA Gallery, Boston, MA Hot Spot, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA Group Exhibition, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA Intuition, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA 2013 25 and Up, MassArt Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA Brickbottom Open Studios Exhibition, Somerville MA Summer Color, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA Media Mix Up, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA All School Show, Painting, MassArt, Boston, MA 1994 Group show, Crooked Tree Art Center, Petoskey, MI 1992 Group show, Night, Chicago, IL BFA Thesis, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

TEACHING, ACADEMIC SERVICE, AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE

Artistic and teaching expertise: Painting, collage, drawing, curriculum design and innovation, training and workshop development, integration of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies into visual art curriculum. Management and business expertise: Over sixteen-years of executive management, teaching, and leadership experience. Multi-faceted complex organization workflow and program management expertise in driving growth, supporting innovation, curriculum design, and creating strategy across sales, campaign, operations, human resources, contracting, training, education, and client management channels.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2016, Foundations Department Faculty, Drawing I: Basic Drawing Skills and Color Theory Mount Ida College, School of Design, Newton, MA

2015, Foundations Department Faculty, Drawing I: Observational Drawing New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

2015, Teaching Assistant, Principles of Painting Techniques II (water-based and other mediums) Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA

2015, Teaching Assistant, Color Theory Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA

2014, Teaching Assistant, Principles of Painting Techniques I (oil-based mediums) Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA

2013, Teaching Assistant, Anatomy and Figure Drawing Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA

ACADEMIC SERVICE EXPERIENCE

2014-2015, Program Manager, Graduate School of Visual Arts, Lecture Series Boston University, College of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA

RESIDENCIES

2016 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 2015 Fellowship Finalist, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA 2013 Landscape Painting, with artist John Walker, Darmiscotta, ME 2012 Figure Painting, with artist James Everett Stanley, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

2015 Vermont Studio Center, Residency Grant 2015 College Art Association, Annual Conference Travel Grant 2015 Albert K. Murray Foundation, Fine Arts Grant 2015 Boston University, College of Arts and Sciences, Research Travel Grant

GALLERY AFFILIATION

A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA

INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS, RESEARCH CONFERENCES, AND TRAINING ATTENDED

PEDAGOGY

2015 After Black Mountain College: Community & Collaboration, The Influence of Its Experimental Teaching Models on Contemporary Art, , Boston, MA Colloquium on Pedagogy, New England American Studies Association, Boston University, Boston, MA Teaching with Technology, Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies (GCWS), Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA Critical Pedagogies, a social justice workshop series addressing racism, homophobia, sexism, Islamophobia, and related issues in the classroom, Boston University, Boston, MA Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Pedagogical Workshop, Boston University, Boston, MA Feminist Pedagogy in a Digital Age: A Feminist Pedagogies and Challenges, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Pedagogical Workshop, Boston University, Boston, MA 2014 Feminist Pedagogies Conference and Syllabus Workshop, Tugs University, Medford, MA 2013 Gender in any Course: A Pedagogical Seminar Focused on Course and Syllabus Development, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Pedagogical Workshop, Boston University, Boston, MA

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2016 104th Annual Conference, College Art Association, Washington, D.C 2015 Golden Artist Colors Acrylic Paint Technical Workshop, presented by Mark Golden, Boston, MA 103rd Annual Conference, College Art Association, New York, NY 2014 Career Bootcamp for Artists with Sharon Louden, Professional Artist Development Series, Boston University, Boston, MA Photographic Documenta7on of Art Workshop, Professional Artist Development Series, Boston University, Boston, MA Printmaking Workshop, with Susan Hover Oehme, Director and Master Printer, Oehme Graphics Artist’s Book Workshop, Boston University, Boston, MA Sustaining a Creative Life, with Sharon Louden, Professional Artist Development Series, Boston University, Boston, MA

RESEARCH

2015 Public Feminisms: Roles, Responsibilities, Challenges, Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies (GCWS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA Queer/Art/Poetics: The Art of Queer Theory, organized by The Sexual Politics/Sexual Poetics collective, hosted by Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT The Intellectual Lives of Feminisms, Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies (GCWS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 2014 Sexualities, States, Governance, Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies (GCWS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

2013-2015 Graduate Consortium of Women’s Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 2012-2013 Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), Boston, MA 2012 Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 1988-1989 Foundation Studies, Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI), Kansas City, MO

1984-1987 High School, The Academy, Art, Music, Dance, and Theatre, Chicago, IL

MEMBERSHIPS

College Art Association, New York, NY Boston Center for the Arts - Associated Artist Member, Boston, MA Brickbottom Artists Association, Somerville, MA Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, IL