Nikki Forrest

Nikki Forrest is a visual and media artist based in Montreal. Her practice includes drawing, installation, and sound, but she is best known for her short experimental videos which have shown at numerous festivals, galleries, and museums, including: the Mix Festival, New York, the Glasgow Film and Video Workshop, Dundee Contemporary Arts, the Oberhausen Short Film and Video Festival, Ausland, Berlin, Le Center d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Signal and Noise, Vancouver, MSVU Gallery, Halifax, the Images Festival, Toronto, and the Festival international du film sur l’art, Montreal. Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and Concordia University. Forrest has also recently participated in several international artist residencies, including: the CALQ residency in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the Canada Council studio at Cité internationale des arts in Paris.