Biography

Brittany/Andrew Forrest (she/he or her/him) is a queer Ontario-based International surrealist artist, poet, and author. Art began for her when she discovered her shadow, the perspective of her body in relation to other bodies. Forrest did this by observing dualities of the vulnerable and the invasive, the comfortable and the grotesque. Where she is now is a response of compulsive lucidity, cognizance of the imperceptible twin reality of our silent perceptions propagating within the human condition. Didactic refusal is within the here and now of her work, unwritten lessons unfold when tethering the indomitable autobiographical tales.

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Brought forward in destabilizing family dysfunction, and later estranged, Forrest's discernment of the self was fermented. Peculiarities were tapered into her environment. Layers of sound and soundless trauma-coated impressions were left as refuse. These repeated disturbances fortified her alienation which enhanced her urgency to consider the experiences of others to find interrelation and resolve despondency. Now, Forrest acknowledges the terror within sociological inheritance that opposes and suppresses the psychology of individuality. The false sense of indemnification prompts redefining the 'norm' as being an abolishment of normalization.

Forrest endorses queerness as the uninterrupted imagination.

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Forrest graduated from McMaster University with honors in Bachelor of Fine Arts, minoring in Art History, in 2021. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree at Western University, and is now completing her PhD in Art and Visual Culture. This posting has given Forrest the privilege to engage in a thriving relationship with her supervisor Christof Migone, as well as many other talented practicing-artist professors. 

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In 2023, Forrest's creations attended the International Art Fair Mixing Identities (London, UK and Rome, IT), the New Realism/Altered Reality exhibition (New York City, NY), and published in the ARTSIN SQUARE magazine. Forrest also published her first autobiographical book, The Imaginary Imagination, and a short story, Chair, in an art collective book titled Dystopia: A Visual Anthology. In 2024, She curated her solo thesis exhibition titled Lullaby at McIntosh Gallery and published her dissertation, Eyes Open in the Dark.