Mia is an artist based in the Northern Rivers, Australia.
Covering a broad spectrum of mediums, her practice is an overall testament to her reverence of nature as muse, where her work is exclusively bound to the natural world, particularly botanicals. Mia engages with digital tools, generative processes (computer and analog), and biodata to create artworks that evoke new ways of seeing and perceiving nature. This convergence of technology x nature – two binaries – is a unique access point to percieving and experiencing nature, and reconsiders how one can influence the other in how we see, process, and feel the natural world, particularly as we enter the digital-age.
Mia’s work has been recognized by the Tweed Regional Art Gallery (Emerging Artist Award, 2022), Yarilla Arts and Museum STILL: National still Life Award (finalist), York Botanic Art Prize (finalist – outcome pending), Byron Art Prize (finalist, 2022), Photo Collective Australian Photography Awards (finalist 2021) and the Queensland Music Awards Music Video Category (finalist 2016, 2020).
Work from Mia’s physical print editions reside in private and commercial permanent art collections.
Her NFT’s have been acquired by institutional DAO’s World of Women, RawDAO, Fellowship Futures, and Cozomo de Medici, as well as a strong 170+ collector base.
EXHIBITIONS
[current]
04 Oct – 07 Nov, 2023
Unit London | UNCOMPUTER, curated by GrailersDAO (group)
07 Oct – Dec 03, 2023
Yarilla Arts and Museum | STILL: National Still Life Art Award 2023. Coffs Harbour, Australia (group)
[upcoming]
26 Nov 2023 – 31 Jan, 2024
Gallery 152 | York Botanic Art Prize. York, Australia (group)
[past]
02 Aug – 05 Aug, 2023
Firstdraft | Firstdraft Auction. Sydney, Australia (group)
28 July, 2023
Superchief Gallery, Oculus Centre | Everything but the Kitchen Knife. New York, United States (group)
08 March – 30 April, 2023
Northern Rivers Community Gallery | Bloom, solo exhibition. Ballina, NSW, Australia (solo)
28 Jan – 25 Feb, 2023
Lone Goat Gallery | <cite> , Byron Bay, NSW, Australia (group)
January 18, 2023
National Geographic | ‘GM’ genesis digital collectable drop (group)
October 19 – December 11, 2022
Northern Rivers Community Gallery | BAM Prize. Ballina, NSW, Australia (group)
September 30 – November 20, 2022
Tweed Regional Art Gallery | Wollumbin Art Award. Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia (group)
December 1 – December 3, 2022
Time Pieces Gallery | Art Basel, Miami (group)
May 26 – April 26, 2022
1st Dibs | Flowergang (group)
March 22 – April 5, 2022
Vellum LA | Artists Who Code: Generative Art by Women and Nonbinary Artists. Los Angeles, USA. Online Auction hosted by Artsy (group)
w1 Curates| Artists Who Code pop-up installation. Flannels, Oxford St, London, United Kingdom (group)
AWARDS
2022 Emerging Artist Award | Wollumbin Art Award
2021 3rd Prize | Photo Collective Australian Photography Award – Documentary
NOMINATIONS
2023 Yarilla Arts and Museum, STILL: National still Life Award
2023 Gallery 152, York Botanic Art Prize (outcome pending)
2022 Byron Arts Magazine, BAM Prize
Wollumbin Award, Tweed Regional Gallery
2020 Queensland Music Awards, Music Video Award | Moreton – Circles
2016 Queensland Music Awards, Music Video Award | Black Seaweed – MKO SUN
DIGITAL ART ACTIVATIONS
August, 2023
StandardVision | bloom showcase for School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, United States
July, 2023
Artpoint | bloom showcase, Tour First La Défense, Paris, France.
June, 2023
Culture Vault | acid.bloom, Ace Hotel for VIVID, Sydney, Australia
March, 2023
sugarglider.digital | ‘blue iris, pieris japonica, alpine seaholly, in motion’, 385 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia
February, 2023
sugarglider.digital | ‘ornamental kale, in motion’, Rialto Towers, Melbourne, Australia
July, 2022
sugarglider.digital | sugar.glider digital soft launch, 1 Martin Place, Sydney, Australia
March, 2022
StandardVision | bloom showcase, 3rd Street Crossing, Los Angeles (USA)
LECTURES / PANELS
2023
“SXSW: The Digital & Immersive Future of the Arts: How and Why We Need to Get There”, panel with Mia Forrest, Serwah Attafuah, Simone Baker, and Emilya Colliver | SXSW Sydney
“The Art Project Series: What will art projects look like in 2050?”, panel with Mia Forrest, Thea-Mai Baumann, and Simone Baker, moderated by Michelle Wang (Art Pharmacy) | Ace Hotel, Sydney (LINK)
“Artist’s in Conversation”, conversation with Mia Forrest and Thomas Marcusson, moderated by Ingrid Wilson | Lone Goat Galley, Byron Bay, Australia (LINK)
2022
“NFT Panel”, panel with Mia Forrest, Nick Hollins, Michelle Wang and Priscilla Koukoui, moderated by Jaimee Skippon Volke (Byron Bay International Film Festival) | Byron Bay, NSW, Australia (LINK)
“Big Chats”, Panel with Mia Forrest, Amy Woodward, and Brian Keayes, moderated by Andrew Maccoll | The Digital Hub, Peregian, QLD, Australia
“Your Digital Presence: Social, Media, Websites and NFTs”, panel with Mia Forrest, Jonny Niesche and Emily Parker | Queensland College of Art, QLD, Australia
PRESS
2023 sugar.glider digital, “Artist Profile: Mia Forrest”, sugar.glider digital, February 8 (LINK)
Right Click Save, “PHOTOGRAPHY AFTER THE NFT: Leading photographers discuss what is changing in Web3 with Danielle Ezzo”, January 17 (LINK)
2022 StandardVision, “Artist Showcase: A Poetic Expansion of Time with Artist Mia Forrest”, StandardVision, April 6 (LINK)
ARTWORK LICENSING
Australia – please contact Sugar Glider Digital
United States – please contact StandardVision
Byron Shire
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