Basic Info
Name: Mia Forrest
Country of Origin: AU
Website: https://www.mia-forrest.com
Description
Biography and image are courtesy of the artist:
Mia Forrest (b. 1987) is a conceptual multidisciplinary artist located in the Northern Rivers, Australia where she lives with her partner and three children on the edges of Nightcap National Park.
A testament to her enduring reverence for nature as muse, her work explores how natural phenomena and ecological systems can inform a methodology translated into visual, sonic, and generative forms.
Her work hones in on the premise that art can be generative by nature – adopting ecological systems and rule-based processes as a collaborative framework. These ideas have become foundational to her practice, leading her to investigate natural algorithms within ecological systems.
In her emerging years as an artist, Mia’s work has been presented by Sotheby’s, Unit London, Vellum LA, Tweed Regional Gallery (Australia), and participated at international art fairs including West Bund Art Fair (China) courtesy of Art Pharmacy, and Art Basel (USA) courtesy of National Geographic and TIME magazine.
Her works have been recognized by the House of Fine Art X Phillips Digital Art Awards (finalist, 2025), Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize (finalist, 2025), Arab Bank Switzerland Digital Art Prize (finalist, 2024), Wollumbin Art Award at the Tweed Regional Gallery (Emerging Artist Award Recipient, 2022), Yarilla Arts and Museum STILL: National still Life Award (finalist, 2023) and the York Botanic Art Prize (finalist, 2023).
Mia holds a Bachelor of Music (performance) from the Queensland Conservatorium, and Masters in Film from Griffith Film School.
Her video work is licensed for commercial and corporate spaces in the USA (Standard Vision) and Australia (Art Pharmacy). Her work is held in private and public facing commercial collections.
