BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: (AS ARTIST)

* Indicates Award or Purchase Prize

2002

  • ONE PERSON EXHIBITION: New Works in Collage, Union University, Jackson, TN

2001

  • ONE PERSON EXHIBITION: The Long Night, Barrows Rotunda Gallery, Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire (box constructions)
  • WATERMARK 2001, WORKS ON PAPER (Juried, national), Southeastern College, Whiteville, NC (monotype collage)
  • CIVA CODEX V, University of Dallas, Irving, TX (photo-etching)
    OUT OF DARKNESS INTO LIGHT: a web exhibition of the Episcopal Church and the Visual Arts, located at www.ecva.org (Upcoming)

2000

  • ANNO DOMINI: Jesus Through the Centuries, The Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada (mixed media painting
  • ART OF THE STATE: PENNSYLVANIA, 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, State Museum of
    Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA ( works on paper, sculpture)
  • ABSTRACTION: THE POWER OF MEMORY, Sweetwater Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA (traveling through 2003) 2 collages
  • THE WORD AS ART: CONTEMPORARY RENDERINGS, The Gallery at the American Bible Society, New York, NY (12 box constructions)
  • TRIPTYCHALS, a web exhibition located at http://www.civa.org/gallery/civa_seen/forsythe.html (box construction)
  • THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND THE VISUAL ARTS, a web exhibition located at http://www.ecva.org
  • * SPIRIT, HAND, VISION, First Presbyterian Gallery/ with Arts United of NE Indiana, Fort Wayne, IN (paintings) Purchase Award
  • ONE PERSON FACULTY EXHIBITION: NEW WORK IN MIXED MEDIA,, Aughinbaugh Art Gallery, Messiah College, Grantham, PA (collage, mixed media paintings, box constructions )

1999

  • CIVA JURIED NATIONAL BIENNIAL EXHIBITION, (painting)
    Concordia College-Wisconsin, Mequon, WI
  • *ART OF THE STATE: PENNSYLVANIA 1999, (painting) State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA Second Prize, Works on Paper
  • DETAILS, Messiah College Art Faculty Exhibition, Aughinbaugh Gallery, Messiah College, Grantham, PA (mixed media paintings)
  • CIVA SEEN, a web exhibition located at http://www.civa.org/gallery/civa_seen99/dforsythe.html (painting)

1998

  • THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS, Visions Gallery, Albany NY (box construction)

1997

  • PILGRIMAGE, Two-person exhibition with C. Forsythe, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA (monotypes)
  • A TIME TO HEAL, Visions Gallery, Albany NY (box construction)
  • ART AND RELIGION, D_SHI Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA (Monotypes)
  • THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER (Monotypes/ artist-made paper) Penn State University, Harrisburg, PA

1996

  • ONE PERSON EXHIBITION, Drawings/ Monotypes/ Collages, Evangel College, Springfield, MO
  • SACRED ARTS 1996, Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, Il (collage)
  • 1995 REFLECTIONS OF FAITH, Five-person invitational (Monotypes), Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI
  • MIRROR OF CREATION, Selected Works From the Permanent Collection, (Collage) Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, Il
  • ONE PERSON EXHIBITION, Box Constructions/ Works on Paper, Gordon College, Gloucester, MA
  • PILGRIMAGE, Two-person exhibition with C. Forsythe, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY
  • REMAINFESTING THE SACRED, (Monotype Collages) Bode Museum, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA
  • *ART OF THE STATE: PENNSYLVANIA 95, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA First prize in Sculpture
  • *67TH INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA Third Prize in Mixed Media
  • 1994 PILGRIMAGE, Two-person exhibit with C. Forsythe, (handmade paper and monotype) Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, Il
    ONE PERSON EXHIBITION, Monotypes and Manuscripts, Messiah College, Grantham, PA
  • SEARCHING FOR THE HIDDEN, Queens College, Cambridge, England (traveling)
  • PILGRIMAGE, (Two-person exhibit) Visions Gallery, Albany, NY
    CHILD BELOVED,(JURIED NATIONAL) Visions Gallery, Albany, NY

1993

  • MESSIAH COLLEGE ART FACULTY EXHIBITION, Messiah College, Grantham, PA
  • CIVA JURIED EXHIBITION, Aughinbaugh Gallery, Messiah College, Grantham, PA
  • SACRED ARTS XIV, Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, IL

1992

  • POINTS OF VIEW, D_SHI Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA (box construction triptych)
  • ASSEMBLAGE, D_SHI Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA (box construction)

1990

  • *SACRED ARTS XII, Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, IL. Best of Show
  • *ART OF THE STATE: State Museum of Pennsylvania Juried Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA Artworks Award

1989

  • *NEW AMERICAN TALENT 1989, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX Honorable Mention
  • PERSPECTIVES FROM PENNSYLVANIA, Carnegie Mellon University Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
  • *CIVA JURIED EXHIBITION 1989, Biola University, La Mirada, CA. Best of Show (mixed media painting)
  • ONE PERSON EXHIBITION: Paintings, Monotypes, Constructions, Messiah College, Grantham, PA

1988

  • CHRISTIAN IMAGERY IN CONTEMPORARY ART, Albany Inst. of History and Art, Albany, NY
  • 1987 MESSIAH COLLEGE ART FACULTY EXHIBITION, Messiah College, Grantham, PA
  • ** SACRED ARTS IX, Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, IL, Purchase award
  • THE PAINTED DRAWING: THE DRAWING PAINTED, (3-person) Kipp Gallery, Indiana, PA
  • TWO PERSON EXHIBITION, With C. Forsythe, Houghton College, Houghton, NY

1986

  • LANGUAGE/VISIONS AND VOICES, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
  • PENNSYLVANIA ARTISTS ON PAPER III, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Phil., PA
  • 44TH ANNUAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
  • VISIONS OF THE WORD, Shoemaker Gallery, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
  • 1985 SHELTER, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
  • *SACRED ARTS SEVEN, Graham Center Museum, Wheaton, IL
  • PENNSYLVANIA ARTIST'S INVITATIONAL, State College, PA
  • CIVA JURIED EXHIBITION, Wheaton College, Wheaton IL
  • THE NEW DRAWINGS, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • *6TH ALABAMA WORKS ON PAPER EXHIBITION, Auburn, ALA
  • CHRISTIAN ART INVITATIONAL, Koenig Gallery, Seward, NEB

1984

  • THE TACTILE VISION, William Penn Museum, Harrisburg, PA
  • PENNSYLVANIA ARTISTS ON PAPER, Dolan/Maxwell Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • PENNSYLVANIA ARTIST/EDUCATOR, William Penn Museum, Harrisburg, PA
  • ** 5TH ALABAMA WORKS ON PAPER EXHIBITION, Auburn, AL, Purchase Awards
  • ONE PERSON EXHIBITION (Drawings), Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, MD
  • *TRI-STATE JURIED ART EXHIBITION, The Gallery, York, PA, Third Prize
  • CIVA NATIONAL, Institute For Religion and Democracy, Washington, DC
  • MESSIAH COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITION, Aughinbaugh Gallery, Grantham, PA

1983

  • THREE PERSON EXHIBITION, D_SHI Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA
  • MESSIAH COLLEGE FACULTY EXHIBITION, Aughinbaugh Gallery, Grantham, PA
  • CIVA JURIED EXHIBITION, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
  • ONE PERSON EXHIBITION (Drawings), Metro Arts, Harrisburg, PA
  • INVITATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, Kipp Gallery, Indiana, PA
  • LITURGICAL ART INVITATIONAL, Monroe Community College, Monroe, MI

1982

  • 6TH NORTH CAROLINA PRINT AND DRAWING SOCIETY EXHIBITION, Spirit Square Arts Center, Charlotte, NC
  • ONE PERSON EXHIBITION: PRINTS, Aughinbaugh Gallery, Messiah College, Grantham, PA

1981

  • NATIONAL PRINT COMPETITION 1981, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro State College, Edinboro, PA
  • ILLUSION AND REALITY, Gallery 101, River Falls, WI
  • RUBBER STAMP INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION, Light Work Gallery, Syracuse, NY
  • LAGRANGE NATIONAL VI, CVAA Gallery, LaGrange, GA
  • TWO PERSON EXHIBITION: Loren Baker Sculpture, Donald Forsythe, Prints, Keating Library, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, N
  • KANSAS 6TH NATIONAL SMALL PAINTING, DRAWING, AND PRIN
  • EXHIBITION, Davis Hall Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Fort Hays, KS

1980

  • TEN YEARS OF R.I.T. PRINTMAKING, College Alumni Union Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
  • SEEING IS BELIEVING, Ward Gallery, Rochester, NY
  • 1980 *VISA INTERNATIONAL PRINT SOCIETY EXHIBITION, Art Space Gallery, Fresno, CA (purchase Award)
  • LAGRANGE NATIONAL V, CVAA Gallery, LaGrange, GA
  • PURDUE NATIONAL SMALL PRINT EXHIBITION, Creative arts Center, Purdue University, LaFayette, IN
Copyright 2000-2003 * Donald J. Forsythe

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