Chuck Forsman was born in Nampa, Idaho, in 1944 and received his BA and MFA degrees from the University of California at Davis. He is a decorated Vietnam Veteran and taught painting at the University of Colorado from 1971 until 2008. Mr. Forsman is credited with being one of the earliest painters to link landscape painting with environmental issues. He has had over 40 oneperson exhibitions. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, Phoenix Art Museum, Wichita Art Museum, Knoxville Museum of Art, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Yellowstone Art Museum, and the Whitney Gallery of Western Art at the Buffalo Bill Historic Center, among others. A three-time recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award and three Faculty Fellowships from the University of Colorado, among other awards, Forsman’s work has toured such venerable institutions as the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
Chuck is represented by Robischon Gallery in Denver, Colorado and lives with his wife, Kristin Lewis in Boulder, CO. They have two daughters and a grandson.
