Michelle Forsyth
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Improvisation 5: Cloud Head 1, 2022
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Improvisation 3: Herringbone Jacket #1, 2021
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Improvisation 3: Herringbone Jacket #5 (reversed), 2021
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Blue-green stack, 2020
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Colourful Stack with Polka Dots, 2020
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Improvisation 1: Yellow Pants 1, 2020
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Improvisation 1: Yellow Pants 2, 2020
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Improvisation 2: Green Dress 1, 2020
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Improvisation 2: Green Dress 2, 2020
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Orange Object on Red, 2020
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Orange/Green/Purple Stack, 2020
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Pink Floral Stack, 2020
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Pink Stack, 2020
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Yellow and Brown Stack, 2020
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Yellow Stack with Polka Dots, 2020
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Blue-Grey Stack, 2019
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Old Jokes: Green Glove, 2018
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Grey Objects, 2016
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Blue and Red Lean, 2014/2020
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Bright Stack with Pink, 2014/2020
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Green and Purple Stack with Pink, 2014/2020
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Red and Grey Stack 1, 2014/2020
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Knit Wear #1, 2014-2020
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Knit Wear #2, 2014-2020
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Knit Wear #3, 2014-2020
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Knit Wear #5, 2014-2020
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Knit Wear #6, 2014-2020
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Green Stack, 2014
Multi-disciplinary artist Michelle Forsyth works at the cross-section of sculpture, printmaking, photography, and performance. With a keen interest in fashion and pattern, Forsyth makes clothes from textiles with designs that excite her, which she then replicates in a painted backdrop. The resulting photograph is a sculptural composition of multiple repeated patterns.
Forsyth’s practice explores the creative potential of her tremor in dialogue with the fine motor skills of her hand after being diagnosed with early Parkinson’s. In her new body of work Improvisations, Forsyth performs in her patterned creations to celebrate the movements of her body. By photographing herself wearing her hand-made clothes, the artist integrates her persona in a visual dichotomy of appearing and disappearing from within the bold patterns. Open Studio, Toronto is presenting a solo exhibition of her new Improvisations – In this moment, there is no sound – on view from October 29-December 18, 2021.
Forsyth holds an MFA from Rutgers University (New Brunswick, NJ); and a BFA from the University of Victoria (Victoria, BC). Her work has been exhibited internationally in the USA, Portugal and Qatar. Forsyth has been the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts (Ottawa, ON), and Artist Trust (Seattle, WA). Her printing practice has been supported and awarded from the Larry Sommers Memorial Fellowship (Seattle Print Arts, WA) and the Nick Novak Fellowship (Open Studio, Toronto, ON). Forsyth has been a resident at the Frans Masereel Centrum (Kasterlee, Belgium), The Banff Centre (Banff, AB), The Textile Centre (Blöndos, Iceland), and The University of Southern Maine (Gorham, ME). She currently holds a tenured position at OCAD University (Toronto, ON).
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Artists Across Generations
17 Dec 2022 - 20 Apr 2023This exhibition brings the breadth of our international roster - ranging from local artists including Christian Butterfield and Gina Rorai to international artists Frank Mädler and Andrés Marroquín.Read more -
What happens in silence
29 Jun - 3 Sep 2022Ann Agee | Young-Il Ahn | Barbara Astman | Vincent Barré | Virgil Baruchel | Lynda Benglis I Brassaï | Christian Butterfield | Sarah Charlesworth | Michelle Forsyth | Lily Cox-Richard | Kyungah Ham | André Kertész | Brendon McNaughton | Frank Mädler | Larry Poons | Gina Rorai | Grit Schwerdtfeger | David Urban | Zulu CultureRead more
"What happens in silence' brings together artists who reference notions of the sacred. These artists re-envision cultural icons by pushing the limits of media -
I am my own muse
A century of women in photography 30 Apr - 18 Jun 2022Sophie Taeuber-Arp | Diane Arbus | Barbara Astman | Claude Cahun | Michelle Forsyth | Dorothea Lange | Sondra Meszaros | Lisette Model | Sarah MoonRead more
I am my own muse brings together the work of women artists who look to themselves and other women as a means of social commentary. Issues of gender, identity, beauty, and fashion are explored over the span of the last century, as contemporary artists are presented alongside pioneers of the photographic art form. -
Michelle Forsyth
15 Oct - 19 Dec 2020Improvisations is a suite of process-rich photographic artworks that document my performative engagement with mimesis, pattern, repetition, and reproduction. This new work is the subject of my first solo...Read more -
Accidental Geometries
9 Oct - 19 Dec 2020From mediums as diverse as photography, painting, drawing and sculpture, Corkin Gallery presents the exhibition Accidental Geometries with work by artists: Barbara Astman, Virgil Baruchel, Christian Butterfield, Jota Castro, Jeff...Read more -
When the sun departs for a new horizon
14 Sep - 21 Nov 2019Barbara Astman, Constantin Brancusi, Brassaï, Jota Castro, Jeff Chiu, Michelle Forsyth, Yakov Gakkel, Miles Gertler, Elisa Julia Gilmour, Thaddeus Holownia, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, André Kertész, Frank Mädler, Carol Marino, Andrés...Read more
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Michelle Forsyth featured in Toronto Star
By Deborah Dundas December 19, 2020VISUAL ARTS - TORONTO STAR Michelle Forsyth's way of being transformed after she was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson's disease. She wove that transformation into her...Read more -
Corkin Gallery at Art Toronto 2020
Corkin Gallery presents the group exhibition Accidental Geometries as part of Art Toronto 2020 October 2, 2020From mediums as diverse as photography, painting, drawing and sculpture, Corkin Gallery presents the exhibition Accidental Geometries with work by artists: Barbara Astman, Virgil Baruchel,...Read more -
When the sun departs for a new horizon
Celebrating 40 years of Corkin Gallery September 5, 2019When the sun departs for a new horizon is a group exhibition celebrating 40 years of Corkin Gallery. The exhibition will feature work by Barbara...Read more