• Arctic Circle Residency

    Arctic Circle Residency

    I will be sailing to the Arctic Circle aboard a barquentine ship this June (2023) alongside researchers and artists as part of the Arctic Circle Residency program (based in NYC). We sail from Svalbard (Norway) and will be at sea for three weeks. There is no internet connection while on the ship, but check my IG (@julianforrest) in the weeks following for images

    Image credit: Harley Cowan (www.harleycowan.com)

  • ODD Gallery solo exhibition

    ODD Gallery solo exhibition

    "In Isolation" is a solo exhibition of my work on now (Feb 2023) at ODD Gallery in Dawson City. The show runs through April 1

  • ART Toronto

    ART Toronto

    My work was featured at this year's Art Toronto with Peter Robertson Gallery from Oct 27 - 30

  • HARCOURT’S STUDIOS: ART IN ISOLATION

    An eight-person exhibition at Harcourt House (July 10 to August 14, 2020)

    "The critical role the arts have in society has never been clearer, as people from all walks of life seek solace and try to find meaning in these strange and surreal times of Covid-19 pandemic"

    https://harcourthouse.ab.ca/harcourts-studios-art-in-isolation/

  • The Male Gaze

    • The Male Gaze. Alberta: TREX affiliated galleries (2020-2022). Initiated by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
    o Sept. 3-Sept. 30 – Stuart MacPherson Library, Lac La Biche
    o Oct. 8-Nov. 4 – Mother Margaret Mary High School, Edmonton
    o Nov. 12-Dec. 9 – University of Alberta, (Augustana) Library, Camrose
    o Dec. 17-Jan. 20, 2021 – Alice Melnyk Library, Two Hills
    o Jan. 28 – Feb. 24 – Victoria School of the Arts, Edmonton
    o March 4-April 7 – Vermilion Public Library, Vermilion
    o April 15-May 12 – Ponoka Jubilee Library, Ponoka
    o May 20 – June 16 – Lynnwood School, Edmonton
    o June 24-July 21 – CARFAC Alberta Project Space, Edmonton
    o July 29-August 25 – Thorsby Municipal Library, Thorsby

  • Solo exhibition at Vernon Public Art Gallery

    Solo exhibition at Vernon Public Art Gallery

    2019 Solo exhibition in Vernon BC

  • Biomythography

    Biomythography

    Biomythography was a two-person show by University of Alberta (Augustana Campus) Fine Arts Professors, Keith Harder & Julian Forrest. It opened at the FAB Gallery in Edmonton in the fall of 2018.

  • This Is Not A Century For Paradises: March 15 2018

    Solo exhibition of new work ran from March 15 to April 7, 2018 at Peter Robertson Gallery.

  • The Dream We Form By Being Together (group exhibition at Borealis Gallery)

    https://twitter.com/legassemblyofab/status/900836513054851072

  • Acquisition by the AFA

    Perceptual Disorders (after Keret) acquired by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts for their permanent collection, July 2016

    Perceptual Disorders

  • Landscapes Reconstructed

    June 19 - October 16, Whyte Museum (Banff)

    Landscapes Reconstructed

  • "Brain Storms: UAlberta Creates"

    This group exhibition opens Thursday, November 26, 2015 at Enterprise Square, Edmonton. Show runs November 25 – January 23, 2016

  • Winner of the Eldon & Anne Foote Edmonton Visual Arts Prize

    On June 18, 2015 I received the Foote prize for visual art ($10,000). It was an honour to be shortlisted alongside Jill Stanton and Blair Brennan - two outstanding artists.

  • "Perceptual Disorders" at Peter Robertson Gallery

    Date: September 3 - 22, 2015.

    An exhibition of new paintings and drawings

  • Exhibition at Gallery 501

    Solo show opened at Gallery 501 Edmonton/Sherwood Park, AB in September 2014. See exhibition shots by Mark Freeman under "Portfolio: 501 exhibition"

  • *When You Were Here Before*

    The exhibition When You Were Here Before opened at Second Street Gallery (Virginia) December 6, 2013. See a photo of the exhibition:

    julianforrest.com/artwork/3386524_Insta…

    or check out the gallery site below:

    www.secondstreetgallery.org/index.php/e…

  • *The Big Idea*

    An international exhibition curated by Julian Forrest in 2012 in collaboration with the Canadian Obesity Network.

    www.probertsongallery.com/component/exh…