Artist
Marlon Forrester
Education:
2010 Yale University, Master's Degree in Fine Arts (Painting/Printmaking) New Haven, CT
2008 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Bachelorette Degree in Fine Arts Boston, MA
2006 Chautauqua School of The Arts Chautauqua, NY
2002 Lacoste School of the Art Lacoste, France
Exhibitions/Shows:
2018 (B.O.A.T.) Crane 65 at USS Constitution Museum, Charlestown ,MA
2018 Draft Day at How's Howard, South Boston, MA
2017 Dance Me Loose at How's Howard , Boston, MA
2017 Drawing Project: Unveiled at Hallspace Gallery, Dorchester, MA
2017 Occupancies: Boston University, Boston, MA
2017 Revolting: An Art Show in Protest at The Distillery Gallery, South Boston, MA
2017 Testimony: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2016 Work With Me: Marlon Forrester, Sarah Smith, Kevin Townsend, Beverly, MA
2016 Un-Fixed Homeland (Aljira: A Contemporary Center for the Arts), Newark, NJ
2016 NADA NY (Samson Gallery), New York, NY
2016 Sankofa (AAMARP Gallery), Boston, MA
2016 A Path: Drills for Flight (New Art Center) , Newton, MA
2015 Big Red Shindig: Art on the Walls , Boston, MA
2015 Watercolour: Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
2015 The Ecstasy of Flight: Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center (solo) Boston, MA
2014 Inside Out Project: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2014 Up in the Air: City of Boston Mayor's Gallery (solo), Boston,MA
2014 Preparing for Flight: Medicine Wheel (solo), South Boston, MA
2013 Junetheenth Celebration at Museum of Fine Art Boston, Boston, MA
2013 Where's Daddy? Artist/Teacher/Husband at MassArt, Boston, MA
2013 This Larger Truth: Transformation and Identity, Newton, MA
2013 Blackmale'd: African American Male Identity in Art, Boston, MA
2013 Timehri Transitions: Expanding Concepts In Guyana Art, New York, NY
2012 Open Season: Hallspace Boston,MA
2012 Playoff X: Recent Works by Marlon Forrester (solo) Boston, MA
2012 Violence Transformed, Boston, MA
2011 “Chain Letter” Samson Project, Boston, MA
2010 GASP “Fresh Produce” GASP Gallery, Brookline, MA
2010 Yale MFA Thesis Show, New Haven, CT
2010 Art for Haiti Benefit Auction, New Haven, CT
2009 Yale MFA Show, New Haven, CT
Awards:
nominee Brother Thomas Fellowship Boston Foundation 2017
nominee Blanche E. Coleman 2016
ExpressingBoston Public Art Fellow 2014-2015
Joan Mitchelle Painters and Sculptors Grant Nominee 2012
Alfred L. Nancy Lauter McDougal Scholarship Recipient 2010
Publications:
USS Constitution Museum: Constitution Chronicles 2018
SAMPAN: Art brings story of historic Charlestown Navy Yard to life 2018
USS Constitution Museum: In the Yard: Art in the Trails of Freedom 2018
BU Today: Occupancies Explores the World of Our Bodies 2017
The Boston Globe: At BU, The art of protest 2017
Artscope Magazine: Put Me In, Coach 2016
Big Red and Shiny:A Path:Drills for Flight 2016
Boston Hassle: Went There “A Path: Drills for Flight” 2016
The Boston Globe: Forrester Revisits Themes 2015
Africanah.Org: Marlon Forrester 2015
Big, Red & Shiny: Boston Common; Marlon Forrester 2014
Fab Empire: Recap: Opening Reception for Marlon Forrester’s The Ecstasy of Flight 2014
Artistonia: Marlon Forrester- Preparing for Flight 2014
Uprising News: Preparing for Flight Exploring Ritualistic Symbols in Basketball 2014
The International Review of African American Art; “Hoop Dreams: Paul Pfeiffer & Marlon Forrester” 2013
Huffpost Art & Culture: New York City Exhibit Features Artists of Guyanese Heritage 2013
ARC Magazine: The Boston Globe presents: 'Playoff X' Guyanese artist Marlon Forrester explores race, basketball, and objectification 2012
Boston Globe: In 'Playoff X,' Forrester explores race, basketball, and objectification 2012
Transition Magazine #104 2011
Yale University: School of Art MFA 2010: Painting and Printmaking 2010
Artist Features:
2016 Drawing and Things: An Experience in Disequilibrium Newton, MA
2015 Polly Thayer Starr Series: Sacred Geometry with Marlon Forrester Boston, MA
2014 In Gallery Talk: The Ethelberg Cooper Gallery Cambridge, MA
2013 Conversations With Selwyn New York, NY
2012 The Chronicle WCBV “MAIN STREETS” Boston, MA
2007 WHDH-TV -7 Urban Update-Featured Artist Boston, MA
Roxbury Open Studio
IamAfricanAmerican.com Guest Panelist Brooklyn, NY