News
July 21, 2010
"Nature Signs" ahs been selected by the City fo Lousiville CO for their downtown sculpture garden. The piece will be on view for a year beginning this Sept. Unveiling will take place Sunday during labor Day weekend.
Nature Signs includes 16 inkjet prints mounted on aluminum and installed on a cast aluminum directional traffic sign post. The images show views from 3 sides of the sculpture.
June 8, 2010
The Merwin Gallery at Illinois Wesleyan University as extendedan invitation to a solo exhibition for March 2011. I will be exhibiting “Now For The Painter”; large-scale projection plus new inkjet prints developed specifically for the Merwin space.
Merwin Gallery
Hours: Location:
Monday-Friday: 12-4PM Ames School of Art
Tuesday Evening: 7-9PM Illinois Wesleyan University
Saturday & Sunday: 1-4PM 6 Ames Plaza West
Bloomington, Illinois 61702-2900
January 4, 2010
happy New Year, 2010 feels good, lots happening. I will be highly focused on the up coming site-specific multi-media exhibition at the Nature Museum in Chicago. They call me theirs will be the Museum's go-to exhibition this spring and summer. The space is huge so there is much to do! Additionally, there are big plans for LiveBox, including the exhibition of Flow Interrupted at Hyde Park Art Center Chicago, and a screening/lecture program of Because The Night at the Aurora Picture Show Houston; both coming up in February.
The following pics are from an event sponsored by The Rymer Gallery Nashville, were Now For The Painter is currently on exhibition.
November 23, 2009
Review - Now For The Painter
For her previous installation at Rymer Gallery, Chicago-based Catherine Forster created a lush forest setting. This time around, her inspiration comes from JMW Turner — specifically, the painter's last seascapes.
"Now for the Painter," Forster's homage, consists of 10 archival laser prints — each a numbered version of the exhibition title — some with crashing waves reminiscent of Turner's seascapes, others with tranquil colors and shapes suggesting landscapes (at which Turner was also adept).
Hung on Tuscany gold panels painted to the artist's specifications and covering the room's brick walls, all the prints are taken from the four short, ethereal videos Forster created for the project.
These source videos, the most intriguing elements of the show, are the smallest elements in the installation. Filmed without sound and gently out of focus and featuring boats Forster made from the pages of Art Forum magazine, they perfectly capture the light, colors and essence of Turner's watercolors.
"Now for the Painter" is on view through Nov. 14 at The Rymer Gallery, 233 Fifth Ave. N. An artist's reception for this show and an exhibition of paintings by Gabriel Mark takes place 6-9 p.m. Nov. 7. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call 752-6030 or go to www.therymergallery.com.
— MiCHELLE JONES,
FOR THE TENNESSEAN
For her previous installation at Rymer Gallery, Chicago-based Catherine Forster created a lush forest setting. This time around, her inspiration comes from JMW Turner — specifically, the painter's last seascapes.
"Now for the Painter," Forster's homage, consists of 10 archival laser prints — each a numbered version of the exhibition title — some with crashing waves reminiscent of Turner's seascapes, others with tranquil colors and shapes suggesting landscapes (at which Turner was also adept).
Hung on Tuscany gold panels painted to the artist's specifications and covering the room's brick walls, all the prints are taken from the four short, ethereal videos Forster created for the project.
These source videos, the most intriguing elements of the show, are the smallest elements in the installation. Filmed without sound and gently out of focus and featuring boats Forster made from the pages of Art Forum magazine, they perfectly capture the light, colors and essence of Turner's watercolors.
"Now for the Painter" is on view through Nov. 14 at The Rymer Gallery, 233 Fifth Ave. N. An artist's reception for this show and an exhibition of paintings by Gabriel Mark takes place 6-9 p.m. Nov. 7. Regular gallery hours are 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Call 752-6030 or go to www.therymergallery.com.
— MiCHELLE JONES,
FOR THE TENNESSEAN
October 27, 2009
The exhibition at LAL was a dream - I was able to experiment with new work and new materials. The exhibition was a site specific installation of "They call me theirs". I was able to liberate the "Hanging Garden" form static walls using green landscape extension cords. It was a great experience and a chance to see a bit of Kentucky.
October 13, 2009
ArtGrease has chosen my video "...my actions smack of the soil" to be featured on their long-running public access television show dedicated to media art. You can catch ArtGrease Episodes on Buffalo Public Broadcasting channel 20 - Saturdays at 8pm & Mondays at 11pm. The video will also become a part of ArtGrease"s extensive Media Library.
September 17, 2009
Autumn is my favorite time of year, the light is exquisite and the art season begins! This fall is hectic with exhibitions at X-Initiative in NY, The Rymer Gallery in Nashville, LAL in Lexington, plus art direction for the opera “No Exit”.
X-Initiative, Dome Colony X in the San Gabriels, sound installation, NY, Sept 11 – Oct 24
LAL, “They call me theirs”, site specific multi-media installation, Lexington, October 25 – Jan 2
The Rymer Gallery, “Now For The Painter”, Nashville, October 17 – Jan
“No Exit”, video installation, Hoover-Leppen Theatre, Center on Halstead, Chicago, Oct 16,17,&18
DOME COLONY X IN THE SAN GABRIELS
is curated by Fritz Haeg. The sound installation “4 Seasons” can be experienced in the Literary Dome on the ground floor. X-Initiative has taken over the old DIA building 548 West 22nd Street,
New York, NY 10011
T: 917-697-4886
E: www.x-initiative.org
“Now For The Painter” at The Rymer Gallery in Nashville presents new work: series of digital seascapes, video and ink jet prints, inspired by Turner’s late seascapes.
The Rymer Gallery 233 Fifth Avenue North Nashville, TN 37219, www.therymergallery.com
A site-specific version of “They call me theirs” opens in the project room at LAL, Lexington KY. The exhibition will be up through January 2nd, 2010.
Loudoun House | 209 Castlewood Drive | Lexington, KY 40505, www.lexingtonartleague.org
The Opera “NO EXIT” is based on Jean Paul Sartre's 1944 play. The opera was first performed in Boston last year and is produced by the composer Andy Vores, Eric Reda of Chicago Opera Vanguard and Peter Weathers of Northwestern University. The Opera will be performed October 16, 17 and 18th at Hoover-Leppen Theatre, Center on Halstead, 3656 N Halsted, Chicago, IL 60613 | 773.472.6469, and at Northwestern Oct 30, 31 and Nov 1st.
August 19, 2009
Lots of exciting opportunities coming this fall: A solo show of "They call me theirs" at LAL, Lexington Art League. A solo exhibition at the Rymer Galley in Nashville will screen Now For The Painter and a collection of ink jet prints inspired by Turner's late SEascapes. The exhibition opens in November."Now For The Painter" video installation recently exhibited at the Echotrope New Media Arts Festival in Omaha. "No Exit", an opera of Jean Paul Sartre's 1944 play opens Oct 16th - I will be doing video projections for the production.
Now For The Painter, still
June 14, 2009
This coming October, I will have a solo show at LAL, Lexington Art League. I will be creating a site specific installation for "They call me theirs". The exhibition will run October 24th - January 3rd 2010.
Loudoun House | 209 Castlewood Drive | Lexington, KY 40505 | (p) 859.254.7024 | (f) 859.254.7214
Gallery Hours: Tues - Fri, 10 am - 4 pm and Sat, 1 - 4 pm during exhibitions.
May 16,
"Duets" screening at Simultan Festival, 21-23 May in Romania
The Simultan Festival is an annual festival for video, media art, experimental electronic music and a/v projects. Based on a different theme every year, the festival presents video art projections, live performances, installations, and lectures. This year’s edition runs under the theme Trans:position and will take place in Timisoara, Romania.
May 15, 2009
"Duets" opening at antena - "(re) load"
Artists:
Catherine Forster
Amanda Gutierrez
Patrick Lichty
Shane Mecklenburger
Mark L. Franz
Mari Ortiz
Rob Ray
Sara Schnadt
Michael Una
Opening Friday May 15 from 6pm-10pm
May 15 - June 13, 2009
New media art is an art genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art technologies, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology. The term differentiates itself by its resulting cultural objects, which can be seen in opposition to those deriving from old media arts (i.e. traditional painting, sculpture, etc.). This show is a small portion of what some artists have created in Chicago.
ANTENA
1765 S. Laflin St.
Chicago IL 60608
www.antenapilsen.com
antenapilsen (at) gmail.com
Saturdays noon-5pm or by appointment
May 12, 2009
"Intelligent Design" was awarded the Golden Palm at the Mexico International Film FEstival. "We Shop" received a Bronze Palm award.
May 10, 2009
LiveBox participates in Artists Run Chicago at Hyde Park Art Center
The Hyde Park Art Center exhibition documents the great entrepreneurial/DIY spirit of Chicago's art scene by showcasing alternative spaces in the city from 2000 to the present. LiveBox installation "Best Friend and Muse" includes: Krista Birnbaum, Tim Geers, Katy Higgins, and Julia Oldham. These artists have created fresh and compelling projects with animals as their primary inspiration, metaphor, or medium.
March 24, 2009
I'm thrilled to announce that the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of Chicago will be exhibiting "They call me theirs" for the Museum's winter schedule Jan-May 2010. The exhibition will be a site specific multi-media installation and their go-to destination show. It is an exciting opportunity and I look forward to exploring the site, particularly over the summer.
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The Nature Museum is located at 2430 N. Cannon Drive in Lincoln Park, just north of the Lincoln Park Zoo. |
March 10, 2009
I will participating in "re-load: new media art" at Antena Gallery, May 15 - June 13, 2009. I will be exhibiting a new video projection: Duets.
Duets is a 1 or 2 channel video projection with multi-channel sound. The piece explores the pull between engagement and retreat.
January 28, 2009
"They call me theirs" has been extended at The Rymer Gallery Nashville. Recent review in the Nashville Scene, by David Maddox:
..., green and yellow belong to Catherine Forster's "They Call Me Theirs." She has taken over one small room at Rymer, painted it green and lined it with metal panels printed with photos that started as video images of vegetation and foliage. Forster took those pictures and applied thick trails and smears of green and yellow paint on them, and then took photos of those results. At first glance the paint looks like organic growth, and it comes across more distinctly than the underlying photos, which are second-generation images and therefore much grainier. The paint seems more alive than the gauzy vegetation underneath. Forster decomposes organic forms, combines them with artificial material (paint), and then by photographing creates an equivalency. Forster has performed a sort of recombinant DNA between these elements, and with the metal panels where they end up.
January 13, 2009
Happy New Year!
"Bits and Pieces" curated by LiveBox will screen at Hyde Park Art Center coinciding with Mary Lou Zelazny's retrospective at the HPAC. LiveBox is pleased to announce that a collaboration between the HPAC and Around the Coyote will also bring "Bits and Pieces" to the ATC Gallery. Exhibition dates for HPAC and ATC to follow. Participating artists: Gregg Biermann, Sean Capone, Valerie George, Henry Gwiazda, Ellen Lake, Jodie Mack, Ruth Pringle, Michael Szpakowski, and the ManosBuckius Cooperative.
December 19, 2008
Opening night photos from "They call me theirs" at the Rymer Gallery
December 8, 2008
Terrific turnout at "They call me theirs" opening at the Rymer Gallery in Nashville. My last shots before the crowd arrives (opening night photos by photographer to follow).
November 14, 2008
The Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN will be presenting a solo exhibition of the Hanging Garden and Box Set. The exhibition titled "Buds and Bytes" will run from Dec 6th - 27th. Opening reception Dec 6th.
| The gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday from 11:00am-6:00pm or by appointment 233 Fifth Avenue North Nashville, TN 37219 info@therymergallery.com |
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October 23, 2008
The Flint Institute of Art will be exhibiting "The Other Parent" during the month of January, 2009.
October 21, 2008
Around The Coyote Festival moved their festival to the west Loop without a hitch this weekend. The Media Arts program curated by LiveBox was enthusiastically received, check out the LiveBox site. Images from opening night:
October 6, 2008
San Diego Inlt. Women Film Festival was a blast so was San Diego! Intelligent Design screened at the Pacific Theater in the historic Gaslamp district. Photos from the Festival:
August 26, 2008
"We Shop" has been selected for the São Paulo International Short Film Festival, in Brazil. Festival runs from August 21 - 29th.
August 24, 2008
"Golden Oldies" has been selected for the KY7 Biennial, Lexington, KY. Exhibition runs from Oct 18 - Dec 21. The KY7 Biennial is the beginning in a series of exhibitions, presented by the Lexington Art League, showcasing new work by living artists in Kentucky and all of its contiguous states including Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, celebrating the richness and variety of visual arts deploying video and new media.
Loudoun House Gallery
209 Castlewood Drive, Lexington-Fayette, KY, 40505
(859) 254-7024
August 22, 2008
Exciting news, "They call me theirs" has been received enthusiastically and HPAC has decided to extend the exhibition through Nov 22nd.
Excerpts from Newcity Review:
RECOMMENDED
A hanging garden awaits, beckoning with its strong, curving branches, verdant
foliage and draping vines of—paint? This synthesis of nature and human
participation leads the viewer into Catherine Forster’s installation,
“They Call Me Theirs.” Forster extracted images of trees from
her own digital film stills, then modified them manually with drips and squiggles
of paint reminiscent of Jackson Pollock, before digitizing the final images
and printing them on aluminum sign panels. Her goal, stated Forster, was to
create a scene “that was more lush than nature could actually provide.”
Next Forster invites the viewer to enter a “cabin,” more appropriately
labeled a minimalist prefab, complete with the smell of fresh Home Depot lumber.
Indoors, the viewer is drawn to the video playing on a tiny screen perfectly
sized for private viewing. Looped video runs through Forster’s scenic
documentation of the four seasons in the area around her home and Midwestern
nature preserves, while digitally manipulated audio projects from two sources
provide the expected sounds of nature, such as buzzing bees, cawing crows
and wind rustling through trees. Forster admitted that the sound system was
the most complicated part of her installation, as, tellingly, she had difficulty
recording audio that did not include human noise. Her close-up shots of nature
exacerbate the sense of confinement created by the small cabin. The video
does not present a continuous journey through one environment, but rather
distinct encounters with nature, distilled by human and digital mediation.
In sum, Forster tidily encapsulates the human experience of nature in all
its artificial glory. (Karen Huang)
August 4, 2008
Hyde Park Art Center opening
August 3, 2008
Opening Reception "They call me theirs" at Hyde Park Art Center.
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615
Phone: (773) 324-5520
Fax: (773) 324-6641
July 31, 2008
10 hours to dismantle, load, transport and unload cabin!
July 30, 2008
Installation update: construction images
July 17, 2008
"They call me theirs" progressing on target. Extinct northern white pine salvaged from the old Sears building to be used for cabin. An exciting find!, installation begins July 21st - opening 3rd August, 3-5PM, Hyde Park Art Center
fabricator Blake Noah working on Cabin
June 19, 2008
August 3rd opening of "They call me theirs" at Hyde Park Art Center.
A new multi-media installation by Catherine Forster titled They Call Me Theirs, addressing man’s desire to mediate the natural environment through technology, will be on view at the Hyde Park Art Center from August 3 to October 5, 2008. They Call Me Theirs reverses the experience of the outdoors by neatly packaging the four seasons in a “box set” that plays on a video monitor inside a rustic cabin, suggesting that our efforts to purify our experience with nature have actually taken us farther away from it.
The project incorporates two gallery spaces and includes sculpture, video and prints.
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615
Phone: (773) 324-5520
Fax: (773) 324-6641
May 12, 2008
Carnegie Art Museum exhibition Photos and Phantasy, "Swing" images:
April 30, 2008
Illinois Art Council Grant awarded for upcoming exhibition "They Call Me Theirs", scheduled to exhibit at The Hyde Park Art Center from August 3rd - October 5th.
April 8, 2008
April 23 –
April 26, 2008
A Celebration of Earth Day
Special Event Earth Night and Reception for the Earth Day Exhibition:
Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 5 – 8pm
Showcasing collaborative work by (art)n/Ellen Sandor with Claudia Hart, Carla
Gannis and Martyl, plus a multi-media installaltion by Catherine Forster
kasia kay art projects
gallery
1044 W Fulton Market St., Chicago
P. 312-492-8828 www.kasiakayartprojects.com
CHICAGO, IL: kasia kay art projects gallery is excited to present Earth Day, an exhibition and event that will take place during the week of Earth Day, 2008. As questions of environmental sustainability become increasingly pressing, art’s ability to provoke thought, and, most importantly, discussion, are vital. The Earth Day exhibition will feature the work of (art)n and its collaborations with Claudia Hart, Carla Gannis and Martyl, with Chris Kemp, Thomas Meeker and Janine Fron. All of the collaborative work of (art)n has been lit with an LED system, the newest energy efficient lighting technology, which has been provided by Lightology. Also Catherine Forster’s multi-media installaltion Preserves will be exhibited in the lower level gallery. The exhibition is a part of the EARTH NIGHT event, which will take place in the Fulton Market district on Wednesday April 23, from 5 to 8 pm. For a full list of participants, go to: www.explorefultonmarket.com. Please come and celebrate!
March 1, 2008
I'm thrilled to be included in "Photos and Phantasy at the Carnegie Art Museum. Teh exhibition will be showing "Swing-Kevin 2"
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Photos and Phantasy: Selections
from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation
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Also on view:
In Focus: Selected photographs from the Museum’s permanent collection,
including works by Darryl Curran, Jane Gottlieb and Kim Kosai
Opening Reception:
Saturday, March 8, 2008 from 2 to 4pm.
Carnegie Art Museum/424 South C Street/Oxnard/CA 93030
Thursday through Saturday 10am – 5pm
Sunday 1-5pm. Closed holidays.
General information: (805) 385-8157/ Tours: (805) 385-8171
January 22, 2008
If you happen to be in LA this May check out the ECHO Park Film Center, the Center will be installing a collection of my single channel videos from 2003-2007. They will also screen a new documentary short "We Shop" in the microcinema. Coming up this Friday in Syracuse is a screening of "Intelligent Design", and "WE Shop" will premier in Europe at the DirectorsLounge Berlin Festival this February. Info below.
"Intelligent Design" 
"We Shop"
Spark Contemporary Art Space
SPARKVIDEO Announcement
This month's video selection, Kitties and Babies, curated by Ann Hirsch, features
a mix of international and local artists. Artists include: Yu Araki, Frank
McCauley, Sacha Fink, Katie Micak, Catherine Forster and more!
FRIDAY JANUARY 25TH, 8PM "INTELLIGENT DESIGN BY
CATHERINE FORSTER
SPARK
1005 E. Fayette St.
Syracuse, NY 13210
http://www.sparkartspace.com/
The fourth Directors Lounge Berlin
will take place from 7. - 17. February, at the time of the 58th Berlin International
Festival. Expect video art and experimental film from all flavors and parts
of the world. Several curated programs, specials, accompanied by DJs and VJs
ensure ten cosmopolitan days and nights.
SCREENING SCHEDULE FOR "WE SHOP",
CATHERINE FORSTER, AVAILABLE SOON
daily from 6 pm - open end
Directors Lounge Berlin
Berlin Mitte, Friedrich Str. 112A
Berlin, Germany
http://www.directorslounge.net
Echo Park Film Center
Screening through the month of May: collection of video projects by Catherine
Forster, plus the screening of her new documentary short "We Shop".
Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street (@ Sunset Blvd)
Los Angeles, CA 90026
http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/
January 16, 2008
Commission: video project for opera “Reagan’s Children”, Chicago. Single channel video developed for entire score (1 1/2 hours).
"Our 40th president was "everybody's grandfather", and his portrait looms large over our cultural mantel - the legacy of this national patriarch casts a wide shadow over American politics today. REagan wasn't just a father in metaphor, his own family has been a constant presence in the public eye. It's this other legacy that "REAgan's Children" puts to the stage.
Reagan's Children is an apolitical piece, an exploration of fatherhood across three generations: it's the story of one man from the Greatest Generation, in the words of his children, the voice of Baby Boomers, as set to music by a composer whose date of birth places him squarely in Generation X." - Joe Tracz (press release)
Performance: Feb 18, 2008 - Martyer's 3855 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60613
May 2008: Echo Park Film Center, installation of video collection (2003-2007)
plus screening of “We Shop”, Los Angeles CA
December 16, 2007
Miami was an experience this year, over 20 art fairs and a very discerning crowd. "Box Set" was well received at the Bridge Art Fair Miami. "Brushed - winter #7" and the Box edition 2/6 are with new collectors, ... and the weather was great.
October 26, 2007
Curatorial project Video Art and New Media Lounge at the Around The Coyote Festival 2007 and be viewed on LiveBox gAllery website. View short video documentation
October 3, 2007
I hope you can join me at the opening of Intelligent Design III at kasia kay art projects. I will be exhibiting "Box Set", an installation composed of a handcrafted hardwood box, 5 videos, a book and ink jet prints; and 'Intelligent Design" a video installation.
You can also check out an interview about the work on ArtStyle
kasia kay art projects
The Intelligent Design Project III
October 12-November 24, 2007
Opening Reception October 12, 6-9 pm
Box
Set
Intelligent Design
August 30, 2007
"...my actions smack of the soil" (3 min single channel video) will be screened at The Beverly Arts Center Chicago on Sept 27th as part of their Small Film Festival. Featured installation works and an accompanying film series exploring connections between the natural and the synthetic, through art, social structures, ecology, and other approaches. Molehills is the initiation of a dual-part examination of these themes, to be investigated further in the fall 2008 exhibit, Mountains.
2407 W. 111th St.,
Chicago, IL 60655
773/445-3838
"my
actions smack of the soil" 2007, still
August 21, 2007
Sept 1st opening of Alpan International 2007, juried by Heng-Gil Han, Curator at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning in Queens, New York. I will be exhibiting "Swing" prints.
Contemporary Fine Arts /
Long Island
2 West Carver Street, Huntington, NY 11743
Phone: 631 423 4433 Fax: 631 249 3089
Email: info@alpangallery.org
June 6, 2007
Alpan Gallery anounces
winners of Intl. Juried exhibition. Close to three hundred entries were received
for Alpan International 2007. International entries were from Belgium, Canada,
China, Croatia, England, Netherlands and Poland. Works from the following
selected artists will be included in Alpan International 2007 exhibition,
September 1st through 27th, 2007.
JUROR'S SELECTIONS:
JAMES CHO, HENDERSON, NV
SUNGJU CHOI, BROOKLYN, NY
DAVID COLON, EUREKA, CA
WENDY COOPER, SAVANNAH, GA
ODETTA ENGLAND, LONDON, UK
CATHERINE FOSTER, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL
KATHY GOODEL, NEW PALTZ, NY
FELICE KOENIG, BUFFALO, NY
ISABELLA NATALE, NEW YORK, NY
JIA JEN LIN, ALLSTON, MA
DALE O’DELL, PRESCOTT, AZ
JENNIE THWIG, PHILADELPHIA, PA
June 1, 2007
Curatorial project "Notions of Wilderness" opens at Kasia Kay Art Projects Chicago. Conceptions of wilderness have been important subjects for visual artists throughout history. Notions of Wilderness includes artists deploying multiple mediums to uncover their context of wildness.
April 13, 2007
Curatorial project "Place in a Flat World" opening at ThreeWalls. Place in a Flat World challenges the homogenization of globalization through the poetry, mystery, singularity and history found in the artists’ immediate environs.
Exhibiting artists:
Sonja Hinrichsen
Rachelle Viader Knowles
Philipp Geist
Brooke White
Jiang Zhi
LiveBox: Inter-Place
April 9, 2007
South
Bend Regional Museum of Art
Biennial 24 opening reception April 13th
March 3, 2007
South
Bend Regional Museum of Art
Biennial 24
March 3 - May 13, 2007
Now in its 24th incarnation, the South Bend Regional Museum of Art’s
all media Biennial 24 presents a diverse look into contemporary artwork made
by artists living in the Midwest. Open to artists residing in Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin, this exhibition is an up-to-date
dialogue of art happening in our own backyard.
Exhibiting artists:
* Catherine Forster (inkjet prints, video)
of Crystal Lake, Illinois
* Timothy Ripley (oils on canvas) of Chicago, Illinois
* Michael Banning (paintings, oil and gouche) of Chicago, Illinois
* Dawn Roe (C-type prints) of Chicago, Illinois
* Ian Whitmore (inkjet prints) of Bloomington, Indiana
* Mary Rachel Fanning (inkjet prints) of Chicago, Illinois
* Robert Horvath (oil paintings) of Champaign, Illinois
* Kay Westhues (color photography) of Walkerton, Indiana
* Keer Tanchak (oils on aluminum) of Chicago, Illinois
* Chris Kahler (acrylic paintings) of Charleston, Illinois
* Scott Stulen (mixed media) of Rochester, Minnesota
* Rod Northcutt (sculpture) of Chicago, Illinois
* Dan Rule (colored pencil drawings) of Belleville, Illinois
* Nina Rizzo (acrylic paintings) of DeKalb, Illinois
* Amy Casey (acrylic paintings) of Cleveland, Ohio
The museum uses this pool of artists to acquire new works into its permanent collection with a $3,000 purchase award. Four other artists will receive a $750 merit award sponsored by the museum’s Art League. Awards will be announced a reception on April 13th.
South Bend Regional Museum of Art
120 South St. Joseph Street
South Bend, Indiana 46601
Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.,
Saturday & Sunday, Noon - 5 p.m.
Closed Monday and major holidays
Admission & Membership
Free for members
$5 donation requested for nonmembers
Phone: (574) 235-9102
Fax: (574) 235-5782
February 3, 2007
I was just been contacted by the South Bend Regional Museum of Art, I will be a participating artists in the Museum's 24 Biennial. The exhibition will open March 3rd, reception will take place in South bend, IN on the 13th of March. I will be exhibiting "Swing" and "Golden Oldies".
January 2, 2007
"Roja Portraits" solo show with ART ON ARMITAGE beginning January 2nd and pruning through the month. ART ON ARMITAGE is a window gallery in Chicago dedicated to art exhibitions, installations and other creations on busy Armitage Avenue, just west of Pulaski. It brings art out of the confines of the traditional art gallery and into the realm of the public.
ART ON ARMITAGE 4125 W. Armitage Ave. (just west of Pulaski) Chicago IL 60639 tel. (773) 235-8583
"Golden Oldies" has been selected for the Rhizome ArtBase. Founded in 1999, the Rhizome ArtBase is an online archive of new media art containing some 1600 art works, and growing. The ArtBase encompasses a vast range of projects by artists all over the world that employ materials including software, code, websites, moving image, games and browsers to aesthetic and critical ends.
December 11, 2006
Miami was unbelievable, it is hard to put into words. So much art, so many shows, so many parties. Going was an extraordinary experience. It was an honor and exciting to be in the "Best of The Best" video program at Scope, and the iPOD "Golden Oldies" was highly received, numerous curators and writers shared with me that it was one of the smartest pieces they had seen in the show. The "Swing" prints sold well, one is now in the Weisman Art collection in Los Angeles. It was a thrilling weekend.
ArtInfo included "Golden Oldies" in their news feature on Miami, check it out: ARTINFO
December 1, 2006
If you are in Miami next week, Scope Miami Art Fair will be screening my video "Humpty Dumpty" at 6PM, opening night Thursday Dec 7th.
Cinema-Scope
"Best of the Best"
In collaboration with Gen Art and Perpetual Art Machine, Chief Curated by
Lee Wells.
curators were invited to organize 7 short programs for opening night, 6-8PM
6:00
PM - "Phantasm" , curated by Raphaele Shirley
Borders and thresholds crossed as the real is questioned and restated. Certitudes
and projections are revisited when what surrounds us is shattered and rebuilt.
In the works selected; dreams, sensations and aspirations command and redefine
what we perceive and believe to be.
George Barber, "Shouting Match", 2004, 5'00
Catherine Forster, "Humpty Dumpty", 2004, 1'06
Andrew Sroka, "Slam", 2005, 1'00
Cinzia Sarto, "Una Sporca Vacanza, 2005, 8'00
Paul Sakoilsky, "Haroot's first experiment after arrival on earth",2005,
1'26
Programs following:
6:20 PM "Darkness and Light", curated by chris Borowski
6:40 PM "I Regress", curated by Christina Vassallo
7:00 PM "SciFi Sort of with Coll Effects Sometimes and Sometimes Not",
curated by Melissa Schubeck, Joymore
7:20 PM "Monica Duncan: Video Work", curated by Aaron Miller
7:40 PM "My world is More fucked Up than Your World", curated by
Lee Wells
8-10 PM "Bound for Greatness", additional videos screened at the
Verge Party
Gen Art and Scope Miami in association with Flamingo South Beach invite you
to experience “Culture on the Verge” celebrating the opening night
of Scope Miami’s 2006 Art Fair. Early in the evening, guests will be
able to preview exhibitions from over 95 of the top international galleries,
all housed in a stunning artist-designed 40,000 square foot pavilion created
specifically for this year’s Scope Miami. After 9:00pm the party will
move outdoors to the open-air VIP tent for “Culture on the Verge”
highlights including interactive art installations, DJ’s, live music,
performances, video art from over 100 countries, and more.
40,000 sq ft Pavilion Booth Fair Roberto Clemente Park
101 NW 34th St (at NW 2nd Avenue),
Wynwood Art District, Miami
November 7, 2006
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) "New Media" show opened Saturday night November 4th. "Golden Oldies" was well received, the exhibition looked great and the crowd was having a good time. Gorgeous night in LA, very glad I decided to go out for the opening!
October 25, 2006
"Tiny Bubbles" will be screened at the Portsmouth Film FEStival in Portsmouth, UK. Saturday 11th November at the Third Floor Arts Centre, Portsmouth and then for the silent film night on the 14th.
October 16, 2006
Open House Project was a huge success, opening on Saturday night and extended one week, by popular demand, through the 16th. I was exhibiting "Golden Oldies" and two prints from "Swing", photos from opening night:
The San Diego Intl. Women Film Festival, SDWFF, was an amazing experience. I went out for the screening of "The Other Parent". The Festival was very well organized and the film screened at MOPA, The Museum of Photographic Art at Balboa Park. Photos:
September 5, 2006
Announcement:
Juxtaposition
Arena
A combination
of combinations
Experience an exhibit unlike any other gallery show for one night only! Fourteen
artists join curator and director Andrew Hicks for “Juxtaposition Arena”—a
dismantling of gallery norms. Experience visual art on the walls, screens,
and in space as projected images overlap, blur, and create a unified meta-piece.
Sound artists and a live band will perform in addition.
When: Friday September 8, 2006 at 7:00PM
Where: Mindfield Experiments, 3701 Ravenswood Ave Ste 251, Chicago 60613 map
Line: Brown line, Addison Stop
About: Mindfield Experiments is an 1800 sq. ft. unique loft space with a one-of-a-kind
“video ceiling” and a programmable, interactive floor.There is
no charge for this event.
| The Artists: Alan Strathmann Emily Siefkin David Edkins Tina Shah Taylor Hokanson Matthew Nelson Catherine Forster Emily Kuehn Jodie Mack Todd Dunne Katie Lauffenburger Andrew Hicks Gordon Kummel Gosia Koscielak Sandra Ridolfi Rosas Audio Performance: Katherine The Beggars Solow Schedule: Opening, 7:00 Katherine, 9:30 The Beggars, 10:00 solow, 11:00 |
The Space:
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August 31. 2006
Review of Crossmediale by Micael Workman, New City
But reflected in the art in the current show, CrossMediale 1, is a composite of Koscielak's real promise. Right inside the door stands Galina Shevchenko's monstrous architectonic, shining silver Mylar drapery, hung from near the ceiling and dotted with miniature video monitors. Playing on them are Shevchenko's scribbled drawings, animated and backdropped against video of tulips shot in Chicago. Melinda Fries has a three-monitor wall-hung piece against the front wall of the main room, broadcasting surveillance video shot in the Kinzie industrial corridor, showing a lot parked full of construction trucks, including a crane on a flatbed. Overlaying the scene are recordings of freight trains that Fries made while riding from "Chicago to Portland via Kansas City." Catherine Forster of the fantastic video art curatorial project Lightbox has a clever three-screen fake vanity mirror and lightbox installation playing a looped DVD of "Rachel's Makeover." It's both tender and terrifying in its close-up scrutiny of a woman's face. There's a lot of good work.
August 21, 2006
"Other Parent" has been accepted to the 4th annual San
Diego Women
Film Festival being held October 5-8, 2006 in San Diego at the
Museum of Photographic Arts and Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park.
August 18, 2006
I am participating, as an invited artist, in Digi Festival Italy. The piece
is "The Other Parent". The Festival runs from Aug. 15 - Sept. 15
and includes movies, music, video art, animation and digital art/photography.
My work is under "video art". Voting is currently in process on
line for "audience favorite". The winners from each catagory will
have screenings and exhibitions in Florence and Milan this October. You can
view the festival offerings using this link http://www.digifestival.net/videoart.html
the link will take you directly to the video art section. Enjoy and vote!
best,
Catherine
August 6, 2006
CrossMediale show was spotlighted on numerous international art and culture blogs as one of the shows to see this month. I exhibited "Rachael's Makeover", great crowd and exciting art work looking at the bridge between new media and painting. Photos below of the installation "Rachael's Makeover".
June 15, 2006
Heads up for two shows in July, both opening on the 14th: Kasia Kay Art projects "Visionfest" and Gosia Koscielak Gallery Chicago "CrossMediale"
LiveBox Gallery opening for "Space, Place & Interface" was amazing, strong crowd throughout the evening. View pictures at LiveBox and a great review at Bad at Sports PodCast
May2
I will be participating in DigiFest Italy by invitation, the festival will be screening "The Other Parent", in addition "The Babysitter" and "The Mentro" will be broadcast on DigiChannel.net. The festival is August 15 - Sept 15.
April 17. 2006
Exit Art opening photos:
April 14, 2006
"The Other Parent" will be broadcast on Culture TV, playlist end April, dates to follow.
March 22, 2006
Call for volunteers, I am working on a new project, "Gathering Garnets". The piece is about generational continuity. I'm looking for familial units (any combination of Grandmother, Mother, Daughter, Granddaughter, Sister, Niece) for interview process of about one hour.
March 7, 2006
LiveBox Gallery will have it's first show at the NOVA Art Fair Chicago 27-30. I decided to create LiveBox to fill a real void in Chicago. LiveBox will focus solely on screen based work. Single channel video will be the predominant medium, but any appropriation of the screen will be considered. The Gallery will operate on three fronts: the physical gallery will be a box, a 42" plasma screen mounted in a prominent location, with open access to the public; LiveBox will also create media experiences in temporary spaces and in collaboration with other galleries; finally, LiveBox will have a traveling Video Library. Check out the website for more information. www.liveboxgallery.com
February 11, 2006
Just received notification that I will be in Exit Art's April show "The Drop". Exit Art is major non-for profit space in NYC. They have a compelling track record and I'm thrilled to be a participant. The exhibition explores the political and environmental crisis of water usage. My piece is called "50,000 Gallons", a brief descriptor:
I live
in a household of 3. Our water bill documented that we used 52,000 gallons
of water between January and May of 2005. I pay no attention to the water
I consume; yet I am aware that I use it as if it will always be there in abundance.
I'm not in denial, I simply don't pay any attention to water usage. I propose
to document the entire use of water for my household in a 24 hour period.
The project is a sound piece.
The sound of water is recorded to soothe; mood music deploys water sounds;
small end table sized fountains are available for our homes; alarm clocks
can put us to sleep and wake us with the sound of trickling water. By contrast,
in “52,000 Gallons”, water sounds are harsh and abusive. The sound
records labor and waste. The mood is ambivalent.
JANUARY 4, 2006
Listed as one of the top 150 artists in Chicago by survey carried out by The Chicago Art Foundation.
DECEMBER 5, 2005
ARTOTEQUE Global Art Annual Exhibition announces awards for 2006.
Jurors included:Andrea Pagnez, art critic, fine artist, Editor of World of Art magazine, Venice Biennial curator; Christopher Chamber, art critic, fine artist, Editor of World of Art magazine, New York; Marta Dimitrescu, fine artist, Director of Artoteque.com, editorial director of World of Art magazine, London; Åke Wallén, Director of BGdigitalAB, art collector, Stockholm; Peter Russu, fine artists, Director of Art Addiction, Editor and Publisher of World of Art magazine Sweden.
OCTOBER 9, 2005
The ACA residency was an amazing experience, 20 artists: playwrites, composers and visual artists, creating new dimensions to the work. I completed two pieces drawn from "Shopping" footage shot on location in Concord, NC. To view projects click on "The Makeover " and "Shopping Bag".
AUGUST 1, 2005
I have been accepted as an Associate Artist by the Atlantic Center for The Arts. During the residency this Sept., I will be working with Graciela Sacco. Ms SAcco has recently exhibited at the New Museum in Houston and at several Biennales, she is a photographer, video and installation artist. I am thrilled.
JULY 31, 2005
Rojaruka residency in Latvia was superb. The residency was located on the Roja Gulf, surrounded by a virtually untouched environment. The sea, dunes, pine forests and local fishing village served as a perfect setting to reflect and create. My intent for the projects I embarked on, was to engage the local people. To see the results click on ROJARAKA
June 29, 2005
Just returned from Concord, NC completing the video shoot of "Shopping".
Call for volunteers: I'm looking for individuals activity searching for work who'd like to participate in a project called "Short-Listed". See New Projects for more information. The photo-shoot is quick, no more then 20 minutes and can be done near your home. Email me if you're interested.
June 9, 2005
In July I will be participating in the ROJARAKU Spatial Art Laboratory International Residency in Roja, Latvia. The workshop will cullminate in a collaborative public art project to be exhibited in Roja.
February 25, 2005
CAC-TV broadcast on Feb.. 23rd included footage from "The Babysitter", "The Mentor" and "The Date", as well as "The Other Parent". The latter was broadcast in full. Montages and fragments from The Extended Family series were interspersed throughout the broadcast providing the critical framework for the overall program, which explored TV's impact on individuals.
February 21, 2005
Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania, will broadcast "The Other Parent" on CAC-TV, February 23. 2005.
For more information check out
the museum's web site:
www.cac.lt
www.cac.lt/tv
contemporary art centre
vokieciu 2, lt-01130 vilnius
tel. +37061819216