Artist Lindi Forde in front of a blue artwork holding a cup of tea

Lindi Forde


Lindi Forde is an abstract artist from Melbourne who holds a Bachelor of Photography and now paints full time.

Exhibiting regularly in group and solo shows, her work explores colour and gestural mark making with occasional references to the grid.

In 2018 Lindi collaborated on Trace Lines, a collection of poetry and photographic images with the second edition of poems and artworks, Aperture, releasing in June 2023.

Lindi was a finalist in Quadrant Gallery’s 2023 ‘Feel Good’ art prize. Her work is held in private collections in Australia and New Zealand.

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Exhibitions and awards

Education
2017: Extended Studio Practice, Victoria College of the Arts (Melbourne University)
2016: Bachelor of Photography, Photography Studies College, Melbourne

Exhibitions
2022
Group show - Small Works, Cook Street Collective, Flinders (Vic)
Solo - Five Kms Away, Cook Street Collective, Flinders (Vic)

2021
Group show - Six Senses, Southern Buoy Gallery, Mornington (Vic)
Solo - Signposts, Aegean Designs, Portsea (Vic)

2020
Group show - Present Tense, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale (Vic)

2017
Solo - Suite Surrender, Ballarat International Foto Biennale (Vic)

2014
Group show - Side by Side, Firestation Print Studio, Armadale (Vic)

2013
Solo show - Floored, Cube Gallery, Richmond (Vic)

2011
Solo show - One Heart, Sofitel on Collins, Melbourne (Vic)

Awards
2023
Finalist - Feel Good Art Prize, Quadrant Gallery, Hawthorn (Vic)

Publications
2008
Series
UC Publishing, Oxford University Press & Multicultural Foundation

Books
2018
Trace Lines
Poems & Images, David Bryson & Lindi Forde
Convex Press, Melbourne

2023
Aperture
Poems & Art, David Bryson & Lindi Forde
June Release
Convex Press, Melbourne

Artist Lindi Forde in her studio