Mina Forsyth

Mina Forsyth (September 20, 1921 in Estevan, Saskatchewan – 1987 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ) was a Canadian artist. She is known for her expressionist and abstract landscapes, figural works and still life paintings.

Education In 1955 Mina Forsyth received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Manitoba. She also had an MA from Michigan State University, which she received in 1957. In Michigan State she studied under Abraham Rattner. Forsyth attended the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955, 1965, 1966, and 1967.

Career During the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s, Forsyth attended many workshops at Emma Lake Artists' Workshops at Murray Point, Saskatchewan, studying with artists such as Jack Shadbolt, Jules Olitski, Lawrence Alloway, Harold Cohen, Frank Stella, Walter Darby Bannard, John McLean, Tim Hilton, and Terry Atkinson. Forsyth also attended the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Gimli Summer School in Gimli, Manitoba.

Forsyth was a guest artist at an Emma Lake workshop in 1977 and worked at the University of Saskatchewan as professor emeritus and as an art instructor until she retired in 1985. In 1991, Forsyth received a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award from the Saskatchewan Arts Board.

Exhibitions Selected Group Exhibitions 1949 — Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta, Banff Travelling Exhibit Hudson's Bay Company, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Young Contemporaries 1967 — Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Centennial Exhibition (curated by Clement Greenberg) 1972 — Mendal Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Drawings by Eight Painters 1974 — R.C. Dahl National Exhibition Center, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Contemporary Saskatchewan Paintings & Sculpture 1976 — Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Public Library, Regina, Saskatchewan

Selected Solo Exhibitions 1957 — Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, Graduate Exhibition 1968 — Marquis Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1975 — Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1977 — Frances Morrison Library Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1979 — Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Regina Modern Dance Works Lea Collins Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan 1981 — Gallery One, Saskatoon, SK, Six Tenant Farmers and Other Works 1982 — Gordon Snelgrove Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1985 — Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Mina Forsyth: Flowers and Heads

Accolades Awards 1954 — Winnipeg Show Student Prize, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1955 — Saskatchewan Jubilee Prize for Painting, Government of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan 1965 — Second Prize, Saskatchewan and Canadian Centennial Poetry Competition