Catherine Forster
BIOGRAPHY
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, South Bend Regional Art Museum, Flint Institute of Art, Hyde Park Art Center Chicago, Orange County Contemporary Art Center, Exit Art and Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania, to name a few. Films by Forster have been screened at the Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival (Brazil), Echo Park Film Center Los Angeles, Portsmouth Film Festival (UK), Magmart Film Festival, Casoria International Contemporary Art Museum (Italy), and San Diego Women’s Film Festival. Her artwork explores themes of identity, social development and the impact of popular culture on individuals and their environs. Forster is also the founder and director of a non-profit nomadic new media art space, the LiveBox Gallery.
RESUME
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
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 2005/6
SAIC Fellowship 2002
SAIC Teaching Assistantship Awards for Painting & Drawing and Photography, 2002
Nippon Steel U.S.A. Award, 2000 and 1999
Solo Exhibitions
Flint Institute of Art, “The Other Parent”, Flint, MI, 2009
The Rymer Gallery, "Buds and Bytes", Nashville, TN, 2008
Hyde Park Art Center, “They call me theirs”, Chicago, 2008
Kasia Kay Art Projects, “Preserves”, Chicago, 2008Kasia Kay Art Projects, “Preserves”, Chicago, 2008
“Reagan’s Children”, alternative opera, video for 5 Acts, Chicago, 2008
Echo Park Film Center, installation of video collection (2003-2007), Los Angeles, 2008
Art on Armitage, “Roja Portraits”, Chicago, 2007
Group Exhibitions and Screenings
2008
Carnegie Art Museum, Photos and Phantasy, Oxnard, CA
Society for Photographic Education, Mid Atlantic Conference, “Technocracy”, Pittsburgh, PA
KY7 Biennial, “Golden Oldies”, Lexington, KY
São Paulo International Short Film Festival, “We Shop”, Brazil
San Diego Womens Film Festival, “Intelligent Design”, San Diego, CA
Artists' Television Access, Cable Channel 29, ‘my actions smack of the soil”, San Francisco, CA
Echo Park Film Center, “We Shop”, Los Angeles CA
Spark Contemporary Art Space, Kitties and Babies, Syracuse, NY
Directors Lounge Berlin, “We Shop”, Berlin, Germany
2007
South Bend Regional Museum of Art, Biennial 24, South Bend, IN
Kasia Kay Art Projects, “Intelligent Design”, Chicago
Alpan Gallery, Alpan Intl., Long Island, NY
Schmack Gallery, “2X2”, Umeå, Sweden
Berkeley Arts Center, small film festival, “…my actions smack of the soil”, Chicago,
The Directors Lounge 2007, “Humpty Dumpty”, Berlin, Germany,
Around The Coyote Festival, Female Lens, “My Favorite Rhymes”, Chicago,
CultureTV, screening “… my actions smack of the soil,
Bridge Art Fair Miami
2006
Scope Miami Art Fair, “Best of The Best” video program, curated by Lee Walls, Miami
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, “New Media”, Santa Ana, CA
Contemporary Art Center, “Video Cocktail”, “ The Babysitter”, North Adams, MA
Exit Art, “The Drop”, “52,000 Gallons”, New York City
Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery, Vision 11, Chicago
Third Floor Arts Centre, “Tiny Bubbles”, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Gosia Koscietak Gallery, "CrossMediale", “Rachael’s Makeover”, Chicago
Mindfield Experiments, “Juxtaposition Arena”, “Tiny Bubbles”, Chicago
Evanston Alternative, “Open House Project”, Evanston, IL
Liverpool Biennial, The Projection Gallery, “Golden Oldies”, United Kingdom
San Diego International Women Film Festival, “The Other Parent”
Magmart Film Festival, Casoria International Contemporary Art Museum, Italy
Portsmouth Film Festival, “Tiny Bubbles”, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Damn Short Film Festival, “Ready”, Boulder, NV
Culture TV, “The Other Parent”, “Golden Oldies”
DigiFest Italy, by invitation: “The Other Parent”
Videoart.net, featured artist, “Humpty Dumpty”
DigiChannel.net, featured artist, “Extended Family Series”
BRIDGE Art Fair, Miami
NOVA Art Fair, Chicago
2005
Atlantic Center for the Arts, “The Makeover” and “Shopping Bag”, Florida
Contemporary Art Centre, CACTV, “The Other Parent”, Vilnius. Lithuania
ROJARAKU , “Stranger On Foot” video screening outdoors, Roja, Latvia
Roja, Latvia “Roja Toes” poster installation of Village Portraits in Roja town center
Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius, Lithuanian Commercial TV, “The Extended Family”, Vilnius, Lithuania
2004
Hyde Park Art Center, screening “The Date”, Chicago
Univ of St Luis, screening The Extended Family”, Chicago
Klein Art Works, “Tart”, Chicago
2003
The POND and Klein Art Works Gallery, “Time”, Chicago
Klein Art Works Gallery, “Full Frontal”, Chicago
Artists Space, Night of 100 Drawings, New York
2002/2001
SAIC MFA Thesis Show
Art Coalition of Chicago
Embassy Suites, Chicago
Nippon Steel. U.S.A., Chicago
2002/2001
Ceres Gallery, NYC
Phoenix Gallery, NYC
Foundation of Arts and Sciences, NJ
Nippon Steel U.S.A., Chicago
Videography
2007 “We Shop”, documentary, 8:50 min
2007 “Intelligent Design”, 3:32 min,
2007 “…my actions smack of the soil”, 3 min
2006/ongoing "Golden Oldies" series
- "Tiny Bubbles", 2:42 min loop
- "Under the Boardwalk”, 2:38 min loop
- "Under the Boardwalk”, 2:38 min loop
- "Starry Starry Night", 3 min loop
2006 "Play Date", 5:03 min
2005 "The Makeover", 5 min, 3 screen loop
2005 "READY", 2 min
2005 "On Foot", 10:40 min
2005 "My Favorite Rhymes", 5 min
2005 “Humpty Dumpty, 1:06 min
2004 "The Date", 5 min
2004 "Peru Diary", 3:30 min
2004 "The Babysitter", 5 min
2004 "The Mentor", 2 min looped
2004 "The Other Parent", 3 min looped
Representation
Klein Art Works, Chicago, 2003-2005 (now closed)
Curatorial Projects
Around The Coyote Art Festival, Video Art and New Media Lounge, Chicago, 2007
Directors Lounge 2007, “In Focus”, Berlin, Germany, 2007
Kasia Kay Art Projects, “Notions of Wilderness”, Chicago, 2007
Three Walls, “Place in a Flat World”, Chicago, 2007
LiveBox Gallery at Mindfield, “Space, Place and Interface”, Chicago, 2006
LiveBox at Hejfina, “MOD” 70s, Chicago, IL 2006
The Directors Lounge, “Forming Motion”, with Kim Collmer, Berlin, 2006
Collectors
New Museum of Contemporary Art, Rhizome New Media Artbase, NY
Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
Shoes Or No Shoes Museum, Kruishoutem, Belgium
Madeleine Conway
Carlo Clerici (Italy)
Jorge Alonso
Bibliography
Time Out Chicago, “Intelligent Design’, 2007
Art Style, “Nature in a Box”, by Anna Joelsdottir, 2007
ARTINFO, Miami Basel review, Robert Ayers, 2006
New City, by Michael Wrokman, editor of bridge magazine, review of "Rachael's Makeover", exhibition CrossMediale, Gosia Koscieklak Gallery, Chicago, 2006
New York Arts Magazine, invitational coverage, July/August, 2006
School of the Art Institute of Chicago employed "CREEP" image for marketing purposes, including publication in Time Out Chicago, distribution of brochures and postcards, 2005
Work Experience
LiveBox Gallery, Owner and Director, Chicago 2006
Marwen, Visiting Lecturer/Faculty, 2006
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Adjunct Faculty, 2004 - 2006
Columbia College, Chicago, curator and adviser, 2004 – 2005
Univ of St Luis, Visiting lecturer, 2004
McKinsey & Company, Chicago/New York, Mckinsey Fellow 1996 – 1998
Gemini Consulting, Chicago/London, Vice President 1991 – 1996
CMI, London/Paris, Managing Director and Partner 1988 – 1991
Prior to my career as an artist, I worked in the corporate arena, as a coach and advisor to senior executives. My clients were from numerous Fortune 500 companies in Europe, Asia and the USA. My area of expertise was in organizational effectiveness; this included advisory services to CEOs and management teams on leadership styles and management approaches in times of intense change.