Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Communication and Creative Arts


    John Forrest

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Position Senior Lecturer
Email john.forrest@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Communication & Creative Arts
Phone +61 3 925 17343
Campus Burwood
Role and profile John has been an exhibiting painter and is currently an author/illustrator of picture story books. He has also been a contributor of illustrations to Time Magazine Australia.

Teaching and Professional Experience

1970 - 1976 Teacher, Secondary Schools
1976 - 1995 Lecturer, Burwood Teachers College, Victoria College and Deakin University

Professional Associations

Australian Illustrators Association.
Research interests Visual narratives specifically those which have text to image relationships
Qualifications Certificate of Art PIT (1967) DipFineArt RMIT (1969) ACTT (Art) Melbourne State College (1971) PhD
Research link View Deakin associated research data
Publications

PAINTING
Solo Painting Exhibitions.
2010 “Hollywood Flesh” Toronto University, Toronto Canada.
2008 “Otherness and Art” conference, Aarthus, Denmark.
2007 Tradewinds Convention Centre, Suva, Fiji Islands.
2006 “Ghosts of Cadaques”, McCulloch Gallery. Melbourne
1985 The Gallery. Adelaide University. Adelaide.
1985 Tolarno Gallery, Melbourne
1982 Tolarno Gallery. Melbourne.
1979 Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney.
1977 Rex Irwin Galleriy, Sydney.
1975 Avant Gallery,Melbourne
1971 Stuart Gerstman Gallery,Melbourne
NB Exhibition “Without a Paddle” in February 2011 at Metro Gallery, Melbourne.


BOOK ILLUSTRATION
Solo Illustration Exhibitions
1994 “Eddies Fantastic Fortnight.” Books Illustrated, Gasworks, Port Melbourne.
1994 Hawthorn Literary Exhibition, Hawthorn Town Hall.
1994 “Little Wonder” Exhibition, Gasworks,, Port Melbourne.
1993 Hawthorn Literary Exhibition, Hawthorn Town Hall.
1991 “Stross and Me”, Falcon Travel, Corfu, Greece.
1990 “Stross and Me”, The Greek Cypriot Community Centre, Melbourne.
1988 “Gnome Sweet Gnome”, Hill of Content, Melbourne.
1987 “The Hilton Hen House”, Knox Civic Centre.

PUBLISHED BOOKS
2004 Forrest, J. and Hinchcliff, J. “The Hilton Hen House”, New Edition, MacMillan Publishing , Melbourne. (Illustrator )
2004 Forrest, J. and Hinchcliff, J. “What Did We Take On Our Holiday,”MacMillan, Publishing, Melbourne. (Illustrator ).
1994 Forrest, J. “Eddie’s Fantastic Fortnight”, Five Mile Press Publishers, Melbourne. (Author and Illustrator)
1990 Forrest, J “Stross and Me”, Hill of Content Publishing, Melbourne. (Author and Illustrator )
1988 Forrest, J. and Sowden, C.“Gnome Sweet Gnome”, Hill of Content Publishing, Melbourne. ( Illustrator )
1987 Forrest, J. and Hinchcliff, J. “ The Hilton Hen House”, Ashtons Scholastic Books, N.S.W. ( Illustrator )

Note: 2008 Forrest, J. Graphic novel “Hollywood Flesh” (Author and Artist) is currently with the Cherry Weiner Literary Agency in New York. Selected Illustrations and writings from this novel have been published in Metro Magazine, Hustler Magazine and Double Dialogues

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
1998 -1999 Regular contributor to Metro Magazine, Melbourne.
1993 – 1994 Contributor to Time Magazine, Australia. (cover, illustrations, cartoons.)

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22nd April 2013