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A Scottish and swiss based artist specialising
in Drawing, Painting and printmaking
This website is a representation of the range and variety of her output
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ANNE FORTE
Painter and Printmaker
Born in Scotland
Education
1977-81 Edinburgh College of Art, BA (Hons)/Drawing and Painting
1981-82 Edinburgh College of Art, Post Graduate Diploma/Printmaking
1994-95 Moray House Institute, Post Graduate Certificate of Education/Art
and Design
Recent Residency 2003
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium, Artist-in Residence
Awards
2003 Visual Arts Award, DCA, Dundee
2000 Shortlisted/J.D.Fergusson Trust Travel Award
2000 Printmaker of the Month, Leicester City Gallery
1981 Travelling Scholarship, ECA
1981 Photography Bursary, ECA
1980 Hospitalfield Summer Scholarship, ECA
Solo Exhibitions
2000 ‘Curiosities’ Leicester City Gallery, Leicester
1989 ‘Myths and Dreams’ Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden, London
1988 ‘Relic’ Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Recent
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2006
‘Etching in Dundee’ Contemporary and Historical prints
‘Mixed Metaphors’ Byre Theatre St Andrews
2003
‘Journeys’ Discovery Point, Dundee
‘Glasgow Art Fair’ Glasgow
‘London Art Fair’ London
‘23rd Mini print International Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain
2002
Open Bienniale,Dundee
‘Glasgow Art Fair’ Glasgow
‘Small Graphic Forms’ Miejska Galeria, Lidz, Poland
‘Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints’ Japan
2000
‘Exhibition of Prints’ Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop
‘Dundee Open Exhibition of Prints’ Dundee
‘Birth of the Spirit’ Peterborough Arthouse
‘Scottish Smalls’ Glasgow Print Studio
‘Earagail Arts Festival’ County Donegal
‘C.D. Exhibition Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop
1999
i ‘All So Diverse’ Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop
‘London Contemporary Print Fair’ London
12#12 Edinburgh Printmakers’ Workshop
‘Miniprints’ Artlink Exchange, Hull
‘Sapporo International Print Biennale’ Hokkaido Museum of Modern
Art, Japan
‘Prints for Sale’ Morley gallery, London
‘Printmakers’ Council Biennale’ Whiteleys Galley, London
Publications
:Druk met Kunst –Belgium 2003
:Goedendag –Belgium, 2003
:Printmaking Today, 2003
:The List, 2002
:The Scotsman, 2001
Public
Collections
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
Museum of Fine Art, Brussels
Edinburgh College of ArtThe content of my work as a painter and printmaker
derives its inspiration from many sources, which include literature, poetry,
theatre and the art of Giotto, Piero della Francesca, Goya and Simone
Martini.
I like to begin with an image or a piece of text which has ‘spoken’
to me and explore its possibilities. It is always an organic process,
never linear, which means I am not working towards a previously visualized
outcome. The end result is often a long way away from the starting-point.
For me, this constant revision is an essential part of the work.
I work on prints and paintings, sometimes at the same time, or in separate
blocks. I find the two disciplines complement each other. I can be working
on the same theme in both, but find that the alchemy of each technique
creates completely different images.
I like the notion of the ‘I do not seek, I find’ approach.
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