Catherine Forster

Website: http://www.catforster.com

I am a filmmaker, artist, curator and educator. My artwork explores themes of identity, social development, and the impact of mediation on relationships with others and the environment. I completed my MFA at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Exhibiting internationally, my recent screenings and exhibitions include: Carnegie Art Museum (Oxnard CA); Echo Park Film Center (Los Angeles); South Bend Regional Art Museum; Orange County Contemporary Art Center, Exit Art (NY); Contemporary Art Centre (Vilnius, Lithuania); Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago); Liverpool Biennial, The Projection Gallery (United Kingdom); Kasia Kay Art Projects (Chicago); San Diego Women Film Festival; Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles; Magmart Film Festival; Casoria International Contemporary Art Museum (Italy); and the Portsmouth Film Festival (United Kingdom). I am the founder and director of LiveBox Gallery, a non-for-profit focused on filmic and new media art. Curatorial projects include programs for The Directors Lounge, Berlin; Three Walls, Chicago; Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago; Around the Coyote Art Festival, Chicago; and the Artropolis Chicago Art Fair Video Lounge.

Interview

Catherine Forster’s ArtStyle Blog interview by Anna Joelsdottir was published in September, 2007.

Grants / Awards

Illinois Art Council Grant, 2008
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Merit Scholarship, 2007
Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, Master Artist Graciela Sacco, 2005
Spatial Arts Laboratory ROJARUKA Residency, Latvia 2005
ARTOTEQUE Global Art Annual Exhibition, London 2005/06
SAIC Fellowship, 2002
SAIC Teaching Assistantship Awards for Painting & Drawing and Photography, 2002
Nippon Steel U.S.A. Award, 2000 and 1999

Gallery / Exhibitions

Recent / Upcoming Exhibitions 2008:
They call me theirs, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Photos and Phantasy, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
Nature Preserves, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago
Installation of videos from 2003-2007, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles CA
Kitties and Babies, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
We Shop, Directors Lounge Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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