Catherine Forster

Catherine Forster is a filmmaker, artist, and curator based in the Chicago area. She received an M.F.A from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her artwork has been shown in exhibitions at the, San Diego Art Institute, Notebaert Nature Museum Chicago, Carnegie Art Museum, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Merwin Gallery Illinois Wesleyan University, central Michigan University, City of Louisville Colorado Sculpture Garden, South Bend Regional Art Museum, Flint Institute of Art, Orange County Contemporary Art Center, Exit Art (NY), Hyde Park Art Center Chicago, and the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania, to name a few. Films by Forster have been screened at the Sao Paul International Short Film Festival, Echotrope New Media Arts Festival (Omaha), Simultan Media Arts Festival (Romania), Echo Park Film Center (LA), Magmart Film Festival Casoria International Contemporary Art Museum (Italy), Directors Lounge (Berlin), and San Diego International Women Film Festival. Forster is also the founder and director of a non-profit nomadic new media art space, the LiveBox Gallery

Forster's trajectory as an artist began with careers in microbiology and business, each experience presented a pathway to her current practice. Observation...

2013 Museum of Contemporary Art, NY, Creating With Sound, Video and Time
2002 School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), MFA Studio Painting and Drawing,
1987 London Business School (United Kingdom), Masters in Business Administration
1977 University of Washington (Seattle, WA), BSC Microbiology, BSC Medical Technology

Selective Solo Exhibitions
2015 "ME NOT", The Rymer Gallery, Nashville TN
2013 cactus,flower,f%#k-off,love,roses, SUBTERRANEAN, Chicago
2012 They call me theirs, The Peggy Notebaert Museum, Chicago, IL
2011 Still Waters, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
2011 Relish the Drift, The Merwin Gallery Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
2009 No Exit, Northwestern University and Chicago Opera Vanguard, Evanston, IL
2009 They call me theirs, LAL Art Center, Lexington, KY
2009 Now For The Painter, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
2009 The Other Parent, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI
2008 They call me theirs, The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
2008 They call me theirs, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2008 Preserves, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL
2008 Reagan’s Children, Chicago Opera Vangaurd, Chicago, IL
2008 Catherine Forster, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Roja Portraits, Art on Armitage, Chicago, IL

Selective Group Exhibitions
2015 ME NOT, Central Michigan Univ. Gallery, MI
2015 53rd Intl. Show, San Diego Art Institute, CA
2014 Home, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, CA
2014 Home, Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA), Santa Ana, CA
2013 Flower Girl, Director...