Ronald Forbes RSA, RGI (born 1947 in Braco, Perthshire, Scotland)[1] is an artist who is primarily a painter but who has also made films throughout his career.
[1] After periods between 1969 and 1973 when he taught in the secondary and further education sectors, Forbes moved into teaching posts in art schools.
[5] Forbes’s art reflects the complex visual languages of modern life while referencing mythology and art history,[6] and, as Dr Tom Normand wrote in "Portfolio: Treasures from the Diploma Collection of the Royal Scottish Academy", 2013, "his work has explored a philosophical discourse that speculates on the nature of reality.
"[8] Dennis Adrian, Chicago historian, critic and collector, wrote in Riddles and Puzzles: Paintings by Ronald Forbes, There have been solo, group and curated exhibitions of Forbes’s work in Scotland,[10][11][12][13] England, Ireland,[14] USA, Australia, Japan, France and the Netherlands.
2017-18 Music, Myth and Magic Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland, work from the permanent collection 2016-2018 A Sense of Place McManus, Dundee’s City Art Gallery and Museum, work from the permanent collection 2010-15 RSA Annual Exhibition Curated Section: 2015 Realised, curator Alan Robb 2014 Focus on Film, curator Ronald Forbes 2010 The Expressive Artist and Social Involvement curator Ian McCulloch 2014 Life Cycles: John Grant Clifford, Ronnie Forbes, Alastair Ross 2014 Life Cycles: John Grant Clifford, Ronnie Forbes, Alastair Ross Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay 2006 Parallel Paths, Doug Cocker and Ronald Forbes The drawing and development processes of each artist.