1955. – I. zagrebački triennale, Zagreb;
1957. – Izložba primijenjene umjetnosti, Dubrovnik i Rijeka,
1959., 1960. – Izložba jugoslavenske primijenjene umjetnosti, SSSR, Poljska, Rumunjska, Bugarska, Mađarska 1959.
1959. – II zagrebački triennale, Zagreb
1963. – Izložba Oblikovanje, MUO
1966. – II. Zagrebački salon

Laforest Lidija — artist, photographer and graphic designer
(1926, Herceg-Novi — 1216, Zagreb)

An artist, a photographer and a graphic designer. She enrolls in the Department of Painting at the Academy of Applied Arts in 1949 and graduates in 1955. From 1959 to 1960, she works as graphic draftswoman, photo lab technician and aesthetic design advisor at the Savezni centar za obrazovanje rukovodnih kadrova u privredi (“Federal Center for Economic Education of Management Personnel“) in Zagreb, where she oversees aesthetic work, does graphic design of publications, advertisements and posters, makes reversal films and designs workspace interiors. As graphic designer, she works on joint projects with companies and institutions like Neva, Pliva, the Zagreb Clinic for Female Reproductive System Diseases and Delivery and the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Zagreb. Photography makes an important chapter in Lidija Laforest's life. In 1961, she passes the master’s exam in photography and becomes “Master of Photography”. She uses photography both as a working tool and as a medium which allows her to experiment and play with art techniques.

Exhibitions

1955 – 1st Zagreb Triennial, Zagreb
1958 – Izložba primijenjene umjetnosti (“Exhibition of Applied Arts”), Dubrovnik and Rijeka
1959, 1960 – Izložba jugoslavenske primijenjene umjetnosti (“Exhibition of Yugoslav Applied Arts”), USSR, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary
1959 – 2nd Zagreb Triennial, Zagreb
1963 – The Oblikovanje (“Design”) exhibition, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
1966 – 2nd Zagreb Salon
1968 – Grafički dizajn (“Graphic Design”), an invitational exhibition by members of the Graphic Design Section of ULUPUH (Association of Artists of the Applied Arts of Croatia), Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
1968 – Produkt dizajn 2 (“Product Design 2”), an exhibition by the members of the Industrial Design Section of ULUPUH, Art Pavilion, Zagreb
1973 – Umjetnici primijenjenih umjetnosti Jugoslavije Njegošu (“An Exhibition by Yugoslav Artists of Applied Arts in Honor of Njegoš”), Cetinje
1997 – Jury member at the 30. Hercegnovski zimski salon (“30 th Herceg-Novi Winter Salon”)