Professor of Fine Arts - Painting, University of Colorado, Boulder
EDUCATION
1971 MFA - University of California, Davis
1970 Skowhegan School of Painting | Sculpture, Skowhegan, MN
1967 BA - University of California, Davis
MILITARY SERVICE
1968-69
Served as illustrator and photographer in Vietnam, Awarded Bronze Star
SELECTED AWARDS
2002 University of Colorado Faculty Fellowship
1996 West Publishing “Art and the Law” Purchase Award
1995 Colorado Council on the Arts CO Visions Recognition Award
1995 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
1993 West Publishing “Art and the Law” Purchase Award
1988 University of Colorado Faculty Fellowship
1988 West Publishing “Art and the Law” Purchase Award
1986 Ucross Foundation Residency
1985 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
1979 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
1979 University of Colorado Faculty Fellowship
1979 American Academy of Arts and Letters, Hassam Fund Purchase Award
VISITING ARTIST (By Invitation)
2000 University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
2000 Marie Walsh Sharp Foundation, Colorado Springs, CO
1998 Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
1997 Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
1995 New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NV
1993 University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CAN
1991 St. Johns College, Santa Fe, NM
1990 Anderson Ranch, Aspen, CO
1988 Illinois State University, Normal, ILL
1986 University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
PUBLISHED BOOKS
Lost in Vietnam, George F. Thompson Publishing, Staunton, Virginia, color photographs with an essay by Le Ly Hayslip (2018)
Walking Magpie - On and off the Leash, George F. Thompson Publishing, Staunton, Virginia and the Denver Art Museum, 79 black and white photographs with an introduction by Erich Paddock (2013)
Along Buddha’s River – Currents of Change on the Mekong, self-published on-line with Blurb, photos and text by Chuck and Shannon Forsman (2011)
Western Rider – Views from a Car Window, Center for American Places, Staunton, VA the University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Il, - 78 black and white photographs with an introduction by William Kittredge and a conclusion by Gregory Conniff (2003)
Arrested Rivers, Paintings by Chuck Forsman with essays and poems by Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Roger C. Echo-Hawk, Gary Holthaus, and Charles Wilkinson, Published by the University Press of Colorado (1994)
PUBLIC and CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Anschutz Corporation, Denver, CO
Benson Minerals Group, Inc. Denver, CO
Cabot Corporation, Boston, MA
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
Colorado Historical Society, Denver, CO
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Denver, CO
Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
Hallmark Cards, Kansas City, MO
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Kemper Financial Services, Chicago, IL
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Princeton University Museum of Art, Princeton, N.J
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
Union League Club of Chicago, IL
United Bank of Denver, CO
University of California, Davis, CA
University of Colorado Art Museum, Boulder, CO
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
West Publishing Company, Minneapolis, MN
Whitney Museum of Western Art, Cody, WY
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
SOLO | GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2023
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2020
O’Sullivan Art Gallery, Regis University, Denver, CO
2018
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2017
State Capitol, Denver, CO (two person)
Mr. Pool, Boulder, CO
2015
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (two person)
2014
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2013
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2011
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2010
Washington Pavilion for the Arts and Science, Sioux Falls, SD
2008
Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO
2007
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2006
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
2005
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2004
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
2002
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1999
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1997
William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA
Olin Art Gallery, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
1996
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
1995
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KA
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie, TX
Cheney Cowles Museum of Art, Spokane, WA
Emanuel Gallery, Community College of Denver, Denver, CO
Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT
1994
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC, NY
Arrested Rivers travels to: University of Colorado Fine Arts
Department Galleries, Boulder, CO
1993
Gallery One, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1992
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO 1990
University of Colorado Fine Arts Department Galleries 1991
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC (two Person)
National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM 1990
University of Colorado Fine Arts Department Galleries
1988
Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC
1986
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Recent West, NYC,
Paine Art Center and Arboretum, Oshkosh, WI,
Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI,
Tucson Art Museum, AZ (color catalogue)
1985
Denver Art Museum, "Recent West", Denver, CO
1983
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC
Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT
Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, CO (two person)
1981
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC
Wichita Art Museum: (retrospective, color catalogue), KS
1979
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC
1978
St. Charles on Wazee Gallery, Denver, CO
1977
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC
1976
Boulder Public Library, CO
1975
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC
1974
Boulder Public Library, CO
1973
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NY
1972
Fine Arts Dept. Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder