Catherine Forster

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 ...

Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) MFA Studio Painting and Drawing, 2002
London Business School (United Kingdom) Masters in Business Administration, 1987
University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
BSC Microbiology, BSC Medical Technology

Awards

ARTOTEQUE Global Art Annual Exhibition, London 2005/6
Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, Master Artist Graciela Sacco, 2005
Spatial Arts laboratory ROJARUKA Residency, Latvia 2005
SAIC Fellowship 2002
SAIC Teaching Assistantship Awards for Painting & Drawing and Photography, 2002
Nippon Steel U.S.A. Award, 2000 and 1999

Exhibitions and Screenings

Broadcasts and Festivals
Liverpool Biennial, The Projection Gallery, Golden Oldies, United Kingdom, 2006
San Diego International Women Film Festival, The Other Parent, 2006
Magmart Film Festival, Casoria International Contemporary Art Museum, Italy, 2006
Portsmouth Film Festival, Tiny Bubbles, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 2006
Damn Short Film Festival, Ready, Boulder, NV, 2006
Culture TV, The Other Parent, Golden Oldies, 2006
DigiFest Italy, by invitation: The Other Parent, 2006
Videoart.net, featured artist, Humpty Dumpty, 2006
DigiChann...