Miranda Forrester
Miranda Forrester lives and works in London. She holds a BA in Fine Art Painting from the University of Brighton.
Miranda Forrester explores the queer Black female gaze in painting vis a vis the history of men painting women naked. Her work addresses the invisibility of Black women in the western history of art. She investigates how painting is able to re-articulate the language and history of life drawing through a queer Black feminist and desiring lens. In doing so, she depicts what the male gaze may not be able to see.
Forrester says: “My work is a celebration of women’s bodies, the joy in occupying feminine identities and being in relation with one another.”
Recent exhibitions include Interiorities, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Chicago IL (solo - 2024); Together We Thrive, Culture& and Sotheby’s Institute of Art, in collaboration with Gallery OCA and venue Cromwell Place, London (group - 2024); Arrival, Tiwani Contemporary, London (solo - 2023); LEDA and the SWAN: a myth of creation and destruction, Victoria Miro Gallery II, London (group - 2023); Like Paradise, Claridges Art Space, London (solo - 2023); Hauntology: Ghostly Matters, Mariane Ibrahim gallery, Chicago (group - 2022); Somatic Markings, Kasmin, New York (group - 2022); Our Land Just Like a Dream, Macaal, Marrakech, Morocco (group - 2022); The Company She Keeps, Tiwani Contemporary, Lagos (group - 2022); Hard as Nails, Quench Gallery, Margate (group - 2022); At Peace, Gillian Jason Gallery, London (group - 2021); Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, London (group - 2021); Sixty- Six London, St George’s Place, London (group - 2021); Reality Check, Guts Gallery, London (group - 2021); Poetic Sustenance,Tiwani Contemporary, London (group - 2021); Abode, Guts Gallery, London (solo - 2020). Other shows in 2020: Every Woman Biennial, Copeland Gallery, London; Top 100 (The Auction Collective), London; When s**t hits the fan again, Guts Gallery (online); Miranda Forrester & Emily Moore, Phoenix Brighton; Narrating Life, Studi0 gallery, St Moritz, Switzerland; Pending, San Mei Gallery, London; Antisocial Isolation, Saatchi Gallery, London; Begin Again, Guts Gallery, Online exhibition raising funds for The Free Black Uni; FBA Futures, Mall Galleries, London. In 2019: PLOP End of residency show, The Koppel Project; Mercurial Matters: The Organic Feminine, Lock-in Gallery, Hove; How did we get here - Decolonising the Curriculum, Brighton University, Brighton.
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Miranda Forrester’s Vulnerable, Queer Motherhood
Ivana Cholakova and Miranda Forrester in interviews, Frieze, December 1, 2023 -
Tiwani Contemporary Presents Miranda Forrester's Arrival
Occhi Magazine, November 14, 2023 -
To celebrate Frieze London, Marie Claire hosted a discussion and dinner with Soho House to discuss women, representation and art
Sofia Piza, Marie Claire, October 13, 2023 -
To celebrate Frieze London, Marie Claire hosted a discussion and dinner with Soho House to discuss women, representation and art
Sofia Piza, Marie Claire, October 13, 2023 -
Group Exhibition ‘Like Paradise’, Curated By Ekow Eshun, Brings Together Artists Of Colour Exploring Natural Landscapes
Mark Westall, FAD Magazine, October 5, 2023 -
Local Talent: London-based Artists at Frieze 2023
Frieze, September 19, 2023 -
5 Artists on Our Radar in January 2022
Adeola gay, Artsy, January 5, 2023 -
Research Inspires New Gallery Exhibit
Steve Scarpa, Wesleyan University, November 22, 2022 -
The Boom in West African Art Enlivened Nigeria’s Art X Lagos Fair—But Economic Worries Ran Below the Surface
Jo Lawson-Tancred, Artnet News, November 9, 2022 -
SOHO HOUSE HOSTS INAUGURAL AWARD CEREMONY AT 180 HOUSE WITH ALL-STAR CAST OF WINNERS & GUESTS
Essex Magazine, September 2, 2022 -
15 Artists to Watch in 2022
Alexis Schwartz, L'Officiel USA, July 31, 2022 -
Latest News in Black Art: Orange County Museum Commissions Sanford Biggers Sculpture, Theaster Gates 'Black Chapel' Debu
Victoria L. Valentine, Culture Type, June 13, 2022 -
Female Artists Showcase Skills In The Company She Keeps
Nigerian Tribune, June 5, 2022 -
Artists Beam Light On The Company She Keeps
Ovwe Medeme, Independent, June 4, 2022
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Miranda Forrester
Arrival 23 Nov 2023 - 6 Jan 2024Tiwani Contemporary is pleased to present Miranda Forrester's first solo exhibition at the gallery's new space in Cork Street, titled 'Arrival'. The exhibition focuses on the domestic intimacy of the...Read more -
The Company She Keeps
Chioma Ebinama, Miranda Forrester, Temitayo Ogunbiyi, Nengi Omuku, and Charmaine Watkiss | Lagos 28 May - 13 Aug 2022FORTHCOMING - TIWANI CONTEMPORARY, LAGOS 13 Elsie Femi Pearse Street Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria Opening times: Tue - Sat: 10am to 6pm Tiwani Contemporary is...Read more -
Poetic Sustenance
Ryan Christopher, Miranda Forrester, Joseph Olisaemeka Wilson 15 Jul - 21 Aug 2021Tiwani Contemporary is pleased to present a three-person exhibition of work by a group of new, emerging voices in contemporary art including Ryan Christopher (UK), Miranda Forrester (UK) and Joseph...Read more