By the Dripping Tree Painting

Born in Tacoma, WA. USA, now living and working in Chicago. Catherine Forster is a filmmaker, artist, curator and educator 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 Carnegie Art Museum, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Chicago, 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, Echo Park Film Center, Magmart Film Festival Casoria International Contemporary Art Museum (Italy), Directors Lounge (Berlin), and San Diego International Women Film Festival. Her artwork explores themes of identity, social development, and the impact of mediation on relationships and the environment. Forster is also the founder and director of a non-profit nomadic new media art space, the LiveBox Gallery.

Forster was trained as a painter, receiving her MFA in 2002 from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago; since then she has been immersed in media arts and lense based work. Forster finds the camera eye a singular observational tool, exposing missed moments and hidden narratives.