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Resume:
Todd R. Forsgren
mobile: 202-***-****
office: 561-***-****
Skype: todd.forsgren
www.toddforsgren.com
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Education:
**** **** ********** *** *********** Purkyn (UJEP) st nad Labem, Czech Republic MgA (MFA), Photography
2007 2008 Mongolian Institute of Fine Arts Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Guest Student and Lecturer
2004 2005 School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
1999 2003 Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine BA, Biology and Visual Arts
Awards, Grants and Residencies:
2012 present Artist-in-Residence Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Annapolis, Maryland
2007 2008 J. William Fulbright Fellow Photographing Mongolian Horticulture Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2006 Artist-in-Residence The Artist Enclave at I-Park East Haddam, CT
2005 2006 Artist-in-Residence Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Otis, Oregon
2004 2005 Post-Baccalaureate Grant School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Mass.
2003 Anne Bartlett-Lewis Memorial Prize Bowdoin Art Department Senior Award Brunswick, Maine
2002 Howard Hughes Institute Fellowship Bowdoin College Biology Department Brunswick, Maine
2001 Doherty Coastal Studies Fellowship Bowdoin Coastal Studies Center Harpswell, Maine
1999 2001 Welch Athletic and Academic Merit Award Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine
Employment History and Teaching Experience:
2011 present Adjunct Faculty Maryland Institute College of Art
Instructor for Digital Photography I and Narrative Strategies courses.
2011 present Adjunct Faculty Anne Arundel Community College
Instructor for Black-and-white Photography and Digital Photography courses. Lab technician.
2010 present Academic Advisory Board and Lecturer CET Academic Programs Photography in Prague
Instructor for workshops in studio lighting, reviewer of applicant portfolios, and curriculum advisor.
2010 present Board of Directors and Cofounder THEditions Limited Edition Photographic Prints
Curating photography and translating texts; as well as other aspects of managing a photographic business.
2011 Adjunct Faculty Montgomery College
Instructor for Photographic Expressions I course.
2009 2011 Lecturer Photography in English Courses through Studio PvM and Fotograf Studio
Instructing and developing a range of workshops for amateur photographs and continuing education for professionals
2008 Lecturer, Mentor, and Fundraiser Focus on Kids Photography Course (Arts Council of Mongolia)
Working with and teaching photography to disadvantage youth from Ulaanbaatar.
2005 2006 Photographer and Project Coordinator Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage.
High-resolution scanning, large-format photography, editing and archive management.
Select Exhibitions:
2012 - Winging It Heiner Contemporary Washington DC
Collared Aracari Limited Edition www.20x200.com New York, New York
Boat-billed Flycatcher Limited Edition www.20x200.com New York, New York
What if I Take my Problem to the United Nations? Porch Projects Washington DC
2011 - Intersections: Where Art and Science Meet Blackrock Center for the Arts Germantown, MD
MICA Photography Faculty Show Wilgus Gallery Baltimore, MD
Faculty and Staff Exhibition Cafritz Foundation Art Center Silver Spring, MD
Community and Environment Cafritz Foundation Art Center Silver Spring, MD
Skewed Demographics (un-curated exhibition) Queens Museum of Art Queens, NY
A Live Animal Root Division San Francisco, CA
Diplomky 11 44% Blue or Recycled Horizons Galerie Emila Filly st nad Labem, CZ
2010 - Hra na n hodu (A Game of Chance) Galerie Emila Filly st nad Labem, CZ
Of Birds and Books Drift Gallery Kittery, Maine
MgA Semesteral Works Galerie Rampa @ UJEP st nad Labem, CZ
Noc: An Exhibition of Night Photography Hapu Bar Prague, CZ
Home Sweet Home Galerie Califia Hora ovice, CZ
Krajina Transformovan (Transformed Landscape) Galerie Rampa @ UJEP st nad Labem, CZ
ber Nat ral: Jan P ibylsk & Todd Forsgren Hot Dog Gallery st nad Labem, CZ
Focal_Resolution-1 Climate/Gallery New York, New York
What Matters Most? Eco Art [space] NYC New York, New York
MgA Semesteral Works Galerie Rampa @ UJEP st nad Labem, CZ
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2009 - BDP 10 Anniversary Show Carroll & Sons Art Gallery Boston, Mass.
Engineering Eden Allegheny College Art Galleries Meadville, Penn.
Sitka Art Invitational Miller Hall @ the World Forestry Center Portland, Oregon
Eco-Expressions Northeastern University Art Galleries Boston, Mass.
Ornithological Photographs Carroll & Sons Art Gallery Boston, Mass.
The Boston Drawing Project Carroll & Sons Art Gallery Boston, Mass.
2008 - (Mongolian Gardens) Red Ger Art Gallery Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Sitka Art Invitational Miller Hall @ the World Forestry Center Portland, Oregon
White-crowned Sparrow Limited Edition www.20x200.com New York, New York
White-eyed Vireo Limited Edition www.20x200.com New York, New York
Ornithology Jen Bekman Gallery New York, New York
Projections for Children s Park Khan Bank Theatre Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The Human-Animal Bond Gateway Animal Clinic Cleveland, Ohio
2007 - Hey, Hot Shot! Fall Edition Jen Bekman Gallery New York, New York
2006 - Sitka Art Invitational Miller Hall at the World Forestry Center Portland, Oregon
2005 - The Boston Drawing Project Bernard-Toale Gallery Boston, Mass.
Terra Incognita B.A.G. Gallery @ the SMFA Boston, Mass.
The Inaugural Show Mission Hill Building @ the SMFA Boston, Mass.
2004 - Post-Baccalaureate Exhibition The Atrium @ The SMFA Boston, Mass.
2003 - Paintings and Drawings Kresge Art Galleries @ Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine
2002 - Mural #6 The Visual Arts Center @ Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine
Selected Press and Publications:
August 2012 Andrew Sullivan s The Dish Face of the Day The Daily Beast New York, NY
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/08/face-of-the-day-1.html
August 2012 Retratos de p ssaros 'presos' sem crueldade Galileu Magazine S o Paulo, Brazil
http://revistagalileu.globo.com/Revista/Common/0,,GF89236-17578,00-
RETRATOS+DE+PASSAROS+PRESOS+SEM+CRUELDADE.html#fotogaleria=6
August 2012 Todd Forsgren s Provocative Art: Birds in Nets The Huffington Post - UK London, England
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/08/07/todd-r-forsgrens-provocative-art-birds-in-nets-pictures_n_1750644.html
August 2012 Sorry Sight, But Sacred for Science Metro World News London, England
August 2012 Cruelty-Free Bird Portraits Inquiringmind Magazine Toronto, Canada
http://www.inqmind.co/2012/08/cruelty-free-bird-portraits-by-todd-forsgren/
August 2012 Uncanny Photographs Capture Beautiful Birds i09 New York, NY
http://io9.com/5933434/uncanny-photographs-capture-beautiful-birds-in-the-must-unusual-poses
August 2012 Audubon 2.0: Cruelty Free Portraits of Amazing Birds Fast Co.Design New York, NY
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670470/audubon-20-cruelty-free-portraits-of-amazing-birds
August 2012 Todd Forsgren s Ornithological Photographs NOTCOT. London, UK
http://www.notcot.com/archives/2012/08/todd-forsgrens-ornithological.php
August 2012 Todd Forsgren 03 is Ruffling Feathers, Capturing Birds Midair The Bowdoin Sun Brunswick, ME
http://www.bowdoindailysun.com/2012/08/winging-it-artist-todd-forsgren-03-is-ruffling-feathers-capturing-birds-midair-
time/
July 2012 Ruffled Feathers: Recording Birds Caught in Nets TIME Lightbox New York, NY
http://lightbox.time.com/2012/07/30/ornithological-birds-todd-forsgren/#1
July 2012 (Delivery of Poultry) Esquire Russia Moscow, Russia
http://esquire.ru/photo/ornithological
July 2012 Heiner s Winging It : Striking Photos, Paintings, Collages of Birds Washington Post Washington DC
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/heiners-winging-it-striking-photos-paintings-collages-of-
birds/2012/07/05/gJQAJQ6TQW_story.html
July 2012 Not so Free as a Bird: Provocative Pictures in Ornithologist s Mist Nets DailyMail.uk London, UK
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181827/Provocative-pictures-species-tangled-ornithologists-mist-nets.html
July 2012 Bizarre, Provocative Photos of Birds Caught in Nets FlavorWire New York, NY
http://www.flavorwire.com/313162/bizarre-provocative-photos-of-birds-caught-in-nets
July 2012 Be Mesmerized By These Photos Of Birds Caught In Nets Fast Co.EXIST New York, NY
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680259/be-mesmerized-by-these-photos-of-birds-caught-in-nets#6
July 2012 ! (SORRY BIRDY!) [kAk) Magazine Moscow, Russia
http://kak.ru/news/photo/a14241/
Feb. 2012 Sparrow, by Kim Todd Reaktion Books London, UK
Nov. 2011 When Worlds Collide: Exhibit Examines Science and Art, Maryland Gazette Baltimore, MD
http://www.gazette.net/article/20111123/ENTERTAINMENT/711239970/1153/1153/
July 2011 Ornithological Photographs, with Text by Michael J. Zachary Live Animal Catalog San Francisco, CA
Jan. 2011 Ornithological Photographs, with Text by Michael J. Zachary Yvi Magazine The Hague, Netherlands
http://www.yvimag.com/index.php?page=5-science-and-technology
April 2010 Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage, by Cathryn Griffith W.H. Norton Company New York, NY
Apr. 2010 ber Nat ral / Jan P ibylsk, Todd R. Forsgren Foodlab.cz Prague, CZ
http://foodlab.cz/clanky/ uber-natural -jan-pribylsky-todd-r-forsgren-hotdog-gallery-usti-nad-labem
Jan. 2010 Focal_Resolution-1 Catalogue Climate/Gallery Long Island City, NY
http://www.blurb.com/books/1289370
Dec. 2009 Ateli r Photography Zpravodaj Magazine st nad Labem, CZ
Univerzita Jan Evangelista Purkyn, Rok 2009, slo 8 (Year 2009, Issue 8).
May 2008 p C -- p (The Arts Network Studios) Mongolia National TV Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
www.toddforsgren.com/Resume/MNartvid.html
Apr. 2008 Fleeing the Cleve for Mongolia? Cleveland Scene Cleveland, OH
blogs.clevescene.com/cnotes/2008/04/fleeing_the_cleve_for_mongolia.php
Feb. 2008 C -- B (Nets and Birds Visions) Art Magazine Kiev, Ukraine
www.proza.com.ua/visions/seti_i_ptitsy.shtml
www.toddforsgren.com/Resume/Proza.html (for an English translation)
Jan. 2008 Bird-banding Project Portfolio Feature Anteism Dot Com Toronto, Canada
anteism.com/blog/2008/01/06/todd-forsgren/
Nov. 2007 Hey, Hot Shot! Blog Posts Jen Bekman Gallery New York, NY
heyhotshot.com/blog/2007/11/20/fall-07-hhs-winner-todd-forsgren/
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