
Christine Forni is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting and sculpture, alternative photography, drawing, and installation. She has exhibited at venues such as Ueno Royal Japanese Art Museum, DeCordova Sculpture Museum, Piedmont’s Museo di Scienze Naturali to Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art. Born in Cleveland, Forni spent her younger years in the industrial cities of Pittsburgh and Detroit while living next to a small forest preserve; these layered alternate environments inform her practice today.
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Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Remembering Sophia’s Garden
Ignition Projects, Chicago, IL2017
(un)Common Resemblance
Academia Romana in Bucharest, Romania2016
Specimen
Rue de Rocroy Space, Paris, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS2020
Face to Face
Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago,Art-in-Place
CNL Projects and Terrain Exhibitions, Chicago, IL2019
Black & White
Galerie Camille, Detroit, MI2018
Landmass Performance
North Park Village Nature Center, Chicago, ILFugitive Narratives
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, ILChicago Sculpture International Biennale
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL2017
A.I.M.P.E.
Awagami’s Hall of Awa Japanese Handmade Paper Museum Exhibition, Tokushima, JapanSpeaking Alone Together,
Galerie Crous, Paris, France2016
Tempo Memoria
Museo Internazional Italian Art, Turin, ItalyDrawing the Line
Espace F15, Paris, France2015
53rd Art Exchange Symposium
Busan Federation of Art & Culture, South KoreaSeductive Material
Zhou B Art Center, ChicagoFront & Center
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago2014
Rockford Art Museum Biennale
Rockford, IL52nd Art Exchange Symposium
Busan Federation of Art & Culture, South KoreaLa Frontera
Velvet DaVinci Gallery, San Francisco, CAThe Galaxy of the Brain
University of Chicago Health & Wellness Center, Chicago, IL2013
Artists Respond to Genocide
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, ILLa Frontera
Museo Franz Mayer, Mexico City, MexicoCultural Symbiosis
Centro Cultural de Baja California, MexicoThe Ring
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA2012
Art Energy Future
Museo di Scienze Torrino, Turin, ItalySynergy
Artspace 191, Vienna, Austria2011
Objects of Status, Power and Adornment
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA2006
40th Memorial International Enameling Art Exhibition
Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan2004
La Exposicion, Llamada Figuraciones
Centre d’Artesania de la Generalitat de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain2002
Ornamental 8
DeCordova Museum and Sculptural Park, Lincoln, MA -
Education
2017
Paris College of Art
BFA, Fine Art, Cum Laude1989
Iowa State University
BA Graphic Design, Emphasis Metalsmithing -
Collections
Ruth Horowich, private collection
Eugenie Benser, private collection
Sara Jane DeHoff, private collection
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Awards
2020
Residency, Oregon Caves National Monument, Cave Junction, OR2019
Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Residency, Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN2018
Honorable Mention, Awagami’s Japanese Handmade Paper Museum Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan2017-2019
Residency, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL2016
Residency,École du Breuil d’Horticulture, Paris, France2015
Residency, Muséum National d’Historie Naturelle, Paris, France
Hyde Park Art Center, Center Program, Chicago, IL2011
Chicago Artists Month, Featured Artist, Chicago, IL