Resume
Felicia Forte b. 1979
-Education
Forte is a predominantly self taught artist who spent one year studying with Mary Beth McKenzie at The Art Students’ league of New York in 2006, and some years prior to 2003 engaged in studio style classes in Los Angeles, CA.
-Exhibitions
2026 “Small Paintings in Oil and Encaustic”, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA
2025 “Solo Exhibition”, MMClay Ceramics Showroom, San Francisco, CA
2025 “From The Archives”, Minimart Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 The de Young Open, The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2023 “Tondo” Harman Projects, NY, NY
2019 "PAINT GUIDE x Thinkspace", Los Angeles, CA
2019 "artEast 2019" Suffolk, UK
2019 "NO DEAD ARTISTS" Jonathan Ferarra Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2018 "Fantasia" Curated by Paintguide, Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA
2018 "Face Value", Lot5 Collective, London, UK
2018 "Animalis", Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2018 "BP Portrait Award Exhibition", The National Gallery, London, UK, Awarded Second Prize.
2017 "RedBull House of Art Resident's Exhibition", Detroit, MI
2017 "SKETCH Art as Process", Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2016 "Instalarity" Q Art Salon, Los Angeles, CA
2016 "On The Periphery, 3 Person Show", Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2016 "Pop-Up: Lo01_La_2016", Abend Gallery and _LO Collective, Los Angeles, CA
2016 "Contemporary Figuration", Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2016 "Nexus", Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2016 "Animalia", Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2015 "25th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show", Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2015 "TRAC2015 Invitational Art Exhibition", TRAC Conference 2015, Thousand Oaks, CA
2015 "Urban Life" Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2015 "BP Portrait Award Exhibition" The National Gallery, London, UK
2015 "Unfurl" Gallery 1261, Denver, CO
2015 "Figurative Group Show", Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2014 "Urban Aspect", Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2014 "Pay it Forward", Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2014 "Women Painting Women", Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC
2014 "These are a Few of My Favorite Things" Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC
2014 Exhibiting Artist at The Plein Air Convention and Expo, Monterey, CA
2014 Exhibiting Artist at The Representational Art Conference, Ventura, CA
2013 "(R)evolution: Women Painting Women", Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2013 "Women Painting Women International Juried Exhibition", Townsend Atelier, Chattanooga, TN
2013 "The Man Show", Kwan Fong Gallery, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA.
2013 "Still, Life and Land", Maxwell Alexander Gallery, Culver City, CA
2012 "One Hundred Dollars", Littlefield, New York, NY
2012 "Waterfront", Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 "City Streets", Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 "Delicious", Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 "Flock", Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 "Art Between The Lines", Hennessy + Ingalls in association with The California Art Club, Santa Monica, CA
2011 "Tiny", Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 "National Juried Exhibition, All Media 2011", Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
2011 "Fresh Air: Landscapes of California", in association with The California Art Club, Fremont Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2011 "Contemporary Painters, Bay Area Exhibition", Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 "Faculty Exhibition", Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2011 "The Guerrilla Show", Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 "Doll House", Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 "Coastal Art League and Museum Annual Juried Show", Half Moon Bay, CA
2011 "Golden State of Mind", The Milton Marks Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 "New Works", Costal Art League, Half Moon Bay, CA
2010 "Daydreams and Nightmares", Gallery 25, San Mateo, CA
2010 "Transitions", Community Gallery, Redwood City, CA
2010 "Statewide Drawing and Print Competition", The Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
-Publications, Press, & Podcasts
Podcast Create Magazine’s ‘Create!’ 12/7/25
Podcast "Reasonably Fine Art "with Charlie Hunter January, 2023
Podcast “Learn to Paint” with Kelly Anne Powers December 2022
Podcast “ Gently Does It” with John Dalton August, 2022
Blog Article deYoung Museum, San Francisco CA 2022
Article by Kim Atherfold for Liberal Eclectic, Australia 2021
Article by Kim Atherfold for Liberal Eclectic, Australia 2020
Artists & Illustrators Magazine, Step by Step Demonstration, July, 2022
Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, 24 American Self-Portraits, 2021
Realism Today, Learning through Limitations, October, 2020
Artists & Illustrators Magazine, Step by Step Demonstration, July, 2020
Artists & Illustrators Magazine, Step by Step Demonstration, September, 2020
Interviewed for The podcast "Easy Does It" by John Dalton, April, 18 2020
Artists & Illustrators Magazine, Feature Article, March 2020
artfoodhome.com blog post September 2019
Spoke Art San Francisco Annual, 2018
Interviewed for The podcast "Easy Does It" by John Dalton, September, 26 2018
Ladder and Key, May 6, 2018
The Guardian, April 9, 2018
Sixth Finch Online Journal for art and poetry, Winter Issue, 2018
Color Views Magazine, Issue 2, 2018
Dazed Magazine Interview, Re: Redbull House of Art, November 2017
Redbull House of Art Q&A, July 2017
Supersonic Art Blog, September, 2017
Detroit Free Press (mention), May, 2017
Times Free Press, May 28, 2017
Interviewed for The podcast "Easy Does It" by John Dalton, January 2017 78 "Felicia Forte: Economy and Finesse"
Huffpost, November 4, 2016
“Forte,” article written for Huffington Post Blog by Daniel Maidman, September 28th, 2016
Featured artist, Artfoodhome.com, May, 2016
Interviewed for The Savvy Painter Podcast, April 7, 2016
"Learning Through Limitations" article written by Felicia Forte Artists on Art Magazine, Winter Issue 2016
The New York Optimist, feature, September 30, 2015
Feature Article, The Artist's Magazine, April/May 2015
Artist Feature, Plein Air Journal, April, 2014
Professional Artist Magazine, "Artist Spotlight" Feature, November/December, 2013
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-Residency
2017 Artist in Residence, Redbull House of Art, Detroit, MI
2013 Artist in Residence, de Young Museum of Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
-Teaching
Protecting Your Creativity While Running a Small Business, talk and exhibition hosted by the San Francisco Public Library 5/7/26
Painting classes/workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area 2025-Present
Private online Creative Coaching 2020-Present
Online group Creative Coaching 2023-Present
Private, online, technical painting instruction 2016-2020
National and International Painting Workshops 2015-2023
Private painting instruction in studio, 2007-Present
Sadie Valeri Atelier, Instruction in Drawing and Painting, weekly classes 2012-2015 and workshops 2012-2018
Faculty, Plein Air Convention and Expo, Monterey, CA 2014
Teaching Residency at The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA, December 2013
Painting demonstration at The Legion of Honor Museum for the opening day celebration of the Anders Zorn Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, November 2013
Sharon Art Studio, San Francisco, CA, Drawing Workshops, 2013
Menlo Art League, Portrait Painting Demonstration and Lecture, 2013
The Disney Family Museum, "You Are What You Paint" Workshop, 2012
The Disney Family Museum, "Introduction to Portraiture" Workshop, 2012
The Disney Family Museum, Guest Artist, Portrait Drawing Demo, 2012
The Disney Family Museum, Portrait Drawing Instructor, 2011
The Disney Family Museum, Guest Instructor, Animal Sketching Workshop, 2011
The San Jose Museum of Art, Figure Drawing Workshop in conjunction with Robert Mapplethorpe photography exhibit, 2011
The Pacific Art League, Portrait Drawing Workshop, 2011
-Awards
2018 Second Prize, BP Portrait Award
2017 Grant and residency recipient, Redbull House of Art, Detroit, MI
2007 Jean Gates Trust Award, The Art Students League, New York, New York