FORBES SANG

Forbes Sang is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Tkaronto (Toronto). Sang received his BFA from OCAD University in 2021 and has recently been accepted to NSCAD University, where he will complete his MFA. Sang’s artistic practice conceptually centers around the racial conflict within his identity. As a Canadian-born Jamaican, Sang’s work dissects his own race, familial relations, and selfhood. Through photography, collage, and painting, Sang is able to critique how race and class shape the space he navigates and construct identities within Western societies. Sang’s work has been acquired by the Royal Bank of Canada; he has shown in solo and group exhibitions, such as Ambiguity: An Exploration of Identity at BAND in 2022 and Funhouse at the Art Gallery of Hamilton in 2022. Sang recently had his second solo exhibition, Playbook, at Cry Baby Gallery in 2024.

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EDUCATION

2024 - 2026, mFA, nsCAD UNIVERSITY

2021, BFA Photography, OCAD UNIVERSITY


AWARDS

2024, Roloff Beny Graduate Scholarship, NSCAD University

2023, nominee for the New Generation Photography Award, National Gallery of Canada

2020, nominee for BMO 1st Art competition, OCAD UNIVERSITY

2017, Media Arts Certification, Ontario Scholar, Holy Trinity Secondary School


EXHIBITIONS

2024, LIVE PAINTING, Art GEMS, Toronto, ON (upcoming)

2024, Auction, Art GEMS, Toronto, ON (upcoming)

2024, GROUP exhibition, Cry Baby Gallery, Toronto, ON

2024, solo exhibition, Cry Baby Gallery, Toronto, ON

2023, Auction, Art with Heart - Casey House, Toronto, ON

2023, live painting, stackt market, Toronto, ON

2023, SOLO Exhibition, chef’s hall, Toronto, ON

2022, Group Exhibition, Funhouse, Art gallery of hamilton, Hamilton, ON

2022, Auction, Art with Heart - Casey House, Toronto, ON

2022, Solo Exhibition, Ambiguity: An Exploration of Identity, BAND (Black Artists’ Networks In Dialogue), Toronto, ON

2021, ONLINE GROUP EXHIBITION, GRADEX, OCAD UNIVERSITY

2021, Online Group Exhibition, Activate Agitate, OCAD UNIVERSITY

2020, Group Exhibition, Festival Of The Body Exhibition OCADU University 100 McCaul Street Toronto ON

2019, Group Exhibition, PDA: Public Display Of Art, Not A Collective, Citadel Campaign 304 Parliament Street Toronto, On

2016, Group Exhibition, Capture Oakville, Oakville Camera Club, 2302 Bridge Road Oakville, ON


publications

2023, Pitch (magazine)

2021, hues vol 1 (magazine)

2018, Uncle Ceddy (ZINE)


other

2022, Artist Talk (the talk)

2022, rbc private collection, Toronto, on