Coop and Patti were introduced to Forrest's "Tattletale Grey" which Coop refers to as "Haunting Reflections" in 2007. Forrest Solis, like many of the new artists the Coopriders supported and discovered through their Art Community involvement were thanks to their choice to support the SDAI - San Diego Art Institute. Solis exhibited this artwork in 2007 at the "49th Juried International Exhibition", SDAI - Museum of Living Artists, San Diego, CA. which they acquired at the event. "To my way of thinking 'Haunting Reflections' is a masterwork of edgy art" - Coop Cooprider SDAI_Exhibition_2007

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Forrest Solis received her B.F.A. in 2001 from the Kansas City Art Institute and an M.F.A. in 2003 from Indiana University. While studying at Indiana University, she received the prestigious Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship. Solis taught as Assistant Professor of Art at DePauw University, Indiana, until 2006 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Arizona State University in Phoenix. Her paintings have been exhibited regionally and nationally, including Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA; Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL; Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA; Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; and Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ. In October 2009, ARC Gallery in Chicago opened Playthings, a solo exhibition of Solis' paintings. Her work has been published in Direct Art, Studio Visit and Visual Overture Magazine.

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