Mia is a research-based multidisciplinary artist located in the Northern Rivers, Australia where she lives with her partner and three children on the edges of Nightcap National Park.

Her practice is a testament to her reverence for nature as muse, with her work deeply engaged with natural world systems and phenomena. She uses digital tools, generative processes (both computer and analog), and biodata to evoke meaningful approaches that observe, process, and reflect the world around us.

In her emerging years as an artist, Mia’s work has been exhibited through Sothebys, 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 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), France (Artpoint), and Australia (Art Pharmacy), and sits in private and public facing commercial collections.

LATEST WORK

ARTIST CURRICULUM

EXHIBITIONS

2 July - 10 August, 2024

Expanded.Art | The Path to the present, 1954 - 2024. Berlin, Germany (group)

17 June - 26 June, 2024

verse.works | All at Once, curated by GrailersDAO (group)

22 May - 30 May, 2024

Sothebys | Natively Digital: Art on Bitcoin. New York, USA (group)

26 Nov 2023 - 31 Jan, 2024

Gallery 152 | York Botanic Art Prize. York, Australia (group)

07 Oct - Dec 03, 2023

Yarilla Arts and Museum | STILL: National Still Life Art Award 2023, judged by Max Delany. Coffs Harbour, Australia (group)

04 Oct - 07 Nov, 2023

Unit London | UNCOMPUTER, curated by GrailersDAO (group)

02 Aug - 05 Aug, 2023

Firstdraft | Firstdraft Auction. Sydney, Australia (group)

08 March - 30 April, 2023

Northern Rivers Community Gallery | Bloom, solo exhibition. Ballina, NSW, Australia (solo)

28 Jan - 25 Feb, 2023

Lone Goat Gallery | <cite>, curated by Ingrid Wilson, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia (group)

October 19 - December 11, 2022

Northern Rivers Community Gallery | BAM Prize. Ballina, NSW, Australia (group)

September 30 - November 20, 2022

Tweed Regional Art Gallery | Wollumbin Art Award, judged by Susi Muddiman and Alison Kubler, Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia (group)

December 1 - December 3, 2022

Time Pieces Gallery | Art Basel, Miami (group)

May 26 - April 26, 2022

1st Dibs | Flowergang, curated by Anna Condo (group)

March 22 - April 5, 2022

Vellum LA | Artists Who Code: Generative Art by Women and Nonbinary Artists, curated by Sinziana Velicescu and Mieke Marple. Los Angeles, USA. Online Auction hosted by Artsy (group)

w1 Curates| Artists Who Code pop-up installation. Flannels, Oxford St, London, United Kingdom (group)

AWARDS 

2022 Emerging Artist Award | Wollumbin Art Award

2021 3rd Prize | Photo Collective Australian Photography Award - Documentary

NOMINATIONS

2024 Arab Bank Switzerland, Digital Art Prize

2023 Yarilla Arts and Museum, STILL: National still Life Award

2023 Gallery 152, York Botanic Art Prize

2022 Byron Arts Magazine, BAM Prize

Wollumbin Award, Tweed Regional Gallery

2020 Queensland Music Awards, Music Video Award  | Moreton - Circles

2016 Queensland Music Awards, Music Video Award  | Black Seaweed - MKO SUN 

DIGITAL ART ACTIVATIONS

August, 2023

StandardVision | Bloom Medley. School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, United States

July, 2023

Artpoint | bloom showcase, Tour First La Défense, Paris, France.

June, 2023

Culture Vault | acid.bloom, Ace Hotel for VIVID, Sydney, Australia

March, 2023

sugarglider.digital | ‘blue iris, pieris japonica, alpine seaholly, in motion’, 385 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia

February, 2023

sugarglider.digital | ‘ornamental kale, in motion’, Rialto Towers, Melbourne, Australia

July, 2022

sugarglider.digital | sugar.glider digital soft launch, 1 Martin Place, Sydney, Australia

March, 2022

StandardVision | bloom showcase, 3rd Street Crossing, Los Angeles (USA)

LECTURES / PANELS

2023

“SXSW: The Digital & Immersive Future of the Arts: How and Why We Need to Get There”, panel with Mia Forrest, Serwah Attafuah, Simone Baker, and Emilya Colliver | SXSW Sydney

“The Art Project Series: What will art projects look like in 2050?”, panel with Mia Forrest, Thea-Mai Baumann, and Simone Baker, moderated by Michelle Wang (Art Pharmacy) | Ace Hotel, Sydney (LINK)

“Artist’s in Conversation”, conversation with Mia Forrest and Thomas Marcusson, moderated by Ingrid Wilson | Lone Goat Galley, Byron Bay, Australia (LINK)

2022

“NFT Panel”, panel with Mia Forrest, Nick Hollins, Michelle Wang and Priscilla Koukoui, moderated by Jaimee Skippon Volke (Byron Bay International Film Festival) | Byron Bay, NSW, Australia (LINK)

“Big Chats”, Panel with Mia Forrest, Amy Woodward, and Brian Keayes, moderated by Andrew Maccoll | The Digital Hub, Peregian, QLD, Australia

“Your Digital Presence: Social, Media, Websites and NFTs”, panel with Mia Forrest, Jonny Niesche and Emily Parker | Queensland College of Art, QLD, Australia

PRESS

2023

Unit London, “Forms from Chance”, Unit London, October 4 (LINK)

sugar.glider digital, “Artist Profile: Mia Forrest”, sugar.glider digital, February 8 (LINK)

Right Click Save, “PHOTOGRAPHY AFTER THE NFT: Leading photographers discuss what is changing in Web3 with Danielle Ezzo”, January 17 (LINK)

2022

StandardVision, “Artist Showcase: A Poetic Expansion of Time with Artist Mia Forrest”, StandardVision, April 6 (LINK)

ARTWORK LICENSING

Australia - please contact Sugar Glider Digital

United States - please contact StandardVision