Christa Forrest

EDUCATION

Fashion Institute of Technology 1998-1999

University of Bridgeport, B.S. General Studies 2001

Art Students League, New York, New York – 2011, 2012

Grand Central Academy, New York, New York – 2011

Alyssa Monks Workshop and mentoring 2026

AWARDS

2nd Place Oil Portrait, San Diego County Art Fair, Del Mar, CA June 2025

Best in Show - Visions of Vermillion, Art on 3oth Juried Show, February 2025

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

The Emerging Goddess – Solo Show, Loft Artists Association, Stamford CT, March 2018

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

New Work by Member Artists, Woodward Contemporary, San Diego, CA January 2026

It’s OK, But it Ain’t Right Juried Exhibition, Woodward Contemporary, San Diego, CA. August 2025

Visions of Vermillion, Art on 30th Juried Exhibition, San Diego, CA February 2024

HOMEGROWN Exhibit, Covet Art Gallery, Oceanside, CA December 2024

Woman in Translation: Gender and the Process of Creation - Fairfield University Art Museum 2023

Nakupenda Exhibit – City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT, March 2020

BLM Stamford Artists Street Mural installation – July 2020

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014-2020 “Introduction to Pastel” course at Stamford Adult Education, Wilton Adult Education, Westport Adult Education, and Lifetime Learners of Norwalk Community College 2014-2019

2014-2020 Pinot’s Palette Stamford, CT – Instructor/Manager

2014-2018 Ridgefield Guild of Artists – Ridgefield CT - Art Instructor

2014- Present Online Creative Art Instructor and Coach (including collaborations with group art courses: Let’s Face It, Willowing, Paint Your Heart and Soul, Make Create Express)