MATTHEW & JEANNA FORREST
Matthew and Jeanna Forrest, 2018
Jeanna and Matthew Forrest co-produced this offset lithograph to highlight the struggle, time, commitment and love they embarked on a three year journey with IVF. Their daughter Rebecca was featured in this print from conception to birth. The print also highlights the struggles of IVF patients. The multi colored dots in between the 2 images corresponds to the number of hormone injections administered to the couple in order to prepare the IVF procedure.
Evening Walk (1-3), Matthew Forrest, Silkscreen, 22 x 30 in.
The set of three offset lithographs and silkscreens features the afternoon walks my daughters, and I enjoyed in the late summer of 2022. During these adventures, we documented animals and plants we saw converting them in the silhouette, we even used imagery from books when looking up more details about the flora and fauna we encountered. The prints are multiply, layered each print containing between 15 and 25 overlapping images in a variety of colors.
Matt Forrest received his BFA from Slippery Rock University (Slippery Rock, PA, 2005) and his MFA from West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV, 2008). He had worked on the North Side of Pittsburgh, PA at Artists Image Resource as associate printer for 10 years. He then worked for a number of local universities, such as Carnegie Mellon University as printmaking and metals technician and as faculty at CMU, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Edinboro University of Pennsylvania teaching printmaking, drawing, and outreach classes in art.
During Matt’s time in Pittsburgh, he also ran several outreach projects with the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. Through this research, Matt has built a number of prototype tactile learning mechanisms for students to feel different vibrations in their school curriculum. Currently, he has expanded working with students with disabilities by integrating tactile art practices for the visually impaired. Matt continues to work with various outreach groups including the Georgia Academy for the Blind in Macon, GA.
Matt is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Georgia College in Milledgeville, GA, where he teaches printmaking, digital art, and 2D foundations.