Catherine Forster is a filmmaker, artist, curator and educator. Her artwork explores themes of identity, social development and the impact of pop culture on individuality. She completed her artistic training at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Catherine Forster exhibits internationally, recent screenings and exhibitions include: the 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, Magmart Film Festival, Casoria International Contemporary Art Museum (Italy), and the Portsmouth Film Festival (United Kingdom). Forster is the founder and director of LiveBox Gallery, a non-for-profit focused on filmic and new media art. Curatorial projects in 2007 include programs for The Directors Lounge, Berlin; Three Walls, Chicago; Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago; and the Around the Coyote Art Festival, Chicago.