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Catherine Forster (contact info)

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
Hyde Park Art Center, “They call me theirs”, Chicago,
Kasia 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

Exhibitions and Screenings

2008
Carnegie Art Museum, Photos and Phantasy, Oxnard, 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, INKasia Kay Art Projects, “Intelligent Design”, Chicago
Alpan Gallery, Alpan Intl., Long Island, NY
Art on Armitage, “Roja Portraits”, solo show, Chicago
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.