Forrest Wasko (they/them) is a non-binary artist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Wasko likes to think of the act of photographing as collecting. The subjects they depict are often familiar surroundings and everyday moments, and the process in which they are made is mostly instinctive and reactive. Although presented as straight photographs, Wasko would not consider the images to be documentary or journalistic—rather, they are a way of turning the visible world into a reflection of their own thoughts. Using this collection of images, Wasko edits them together to create narratives in the form of photo series, installations, and photo books.
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Education
BFA in Photography, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 2017
New York Studio Residency Program, Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, 2016
Exhibitions
Untitled 17, juried group exhibition, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2023
Future Perfect, joint exhibition with Justin D. Allen, MirrorLab Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2022
Practice Night, group exhibition, MirrorLab Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, 2021
The Space In Between, juried group exhibition, The Space In Between Gallery, Online, 2021
A Little While Longer, solo exhibition, Backroom Gallery (Waiting Room), Saint Paul, MN, 2020
Get Lucky, group exhibition, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2019
New Editions, juried group exhibition, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN 2019
Lost in Light, joint show at Knock curated by Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2019
Untitled 14, juried group exhibition, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN 2018
Recent Work, group exhibition, Barnes and Thornburg Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2018
Made at MCAD, juried group exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Main Gallery, 2017
It's a Small World (After All), juried group exhibition, Concourse Gallery at MCAD, Minneapolis, MN 2017
Happy Camera, group exhibition, A-Mill Artist Lofts, Minneapolis, MN 2016
Coverage, group exhibition, OST Tractor Works, Minneapolis, MN 2016
The Drawing Project: Sketching Climate, featured artist, Northern Spark, Minneapolis, MN 2016
Anti-Pro, group exhibition, NYSRP Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2016
Made at MCAD, juried group exhibition, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Main Gallery, 2016
Hallways, juried group exhibition, Casket Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 2015
Semblance, juried group exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, Essex, VT, 2015
Press and Publications
Aint-Bad, Issue: 15, showcase of "till then," Online, 2021
The Waterstone Review, literary annual, Volume 24: Ghost(s) Still Living, Print, 2021
Make MN Magazine, periodical, Volume 4, No. 3: Perspective Issue, Print, 2019
The Waterstone Review, literary annual, Volume 18: We Cannot Alter, Print, 2016