Born in Washington DC, lives and works in Berlin since 2017
Member of the women’s artists group Frauenmuseum Berlin, Germany
Since 2021 cofounder of artists group Kaleidoskop, Berlin, Germany
STUDIES
1986-1987 Elverum folkehøgskole, Elverum, Norway (Norwegian arts and language)
1987-1989 Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa (liberal arts studies)
1989-1990 Istituto Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy (Painting under Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky)
1990-1991 BFA: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Il (full merit scholarship, printmaking focus)
1992 Residency under Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky, La Cipressaia, Italy
1992-1994 MFA: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Il
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1996-1999 Picture Researcher for book packager DoGi, Florence, IT
2001-2008 Self employed art and English teacher, Pistoia, IT
2009-2017 Art teacher, Fairfax County Public School System, Fairfax, Virginia
AWARDS
2022 NEUSTART KULTUR-Grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2024 Schichten und Geschichten, with Kaleidoskop, SomoS Arts, Berlin, Germany
2024 Kaleidoskop, Kaleidoskop Group,, Studio Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Caty Forden, Malerei, Galerie 100, Berlin, Germany
2022 DREAMHOUSE, K-Salon, Berlin, Germany (catalog)
2022 Le Philosophe, with Jan Thomas, Galerie Lake, Oldenburg, Germany
2020 STADTGLÜCK, with Frauke Bohge, Kunsthalle Brennabor, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany (catalog)
2020 Stadt & Land, with Nicolai Kraneis, Galerie Gondwana, Berlin, Germany
2014 Portraits, Arlington Public Library, Arlington, Virginia
2007 Cantieri, Capannone, Cambiamenti, Comune di Prato, Prato, Italy
GROUP EXHIBITIONS - SELECTION
2023 BeStimmt, online show Frauenmuseum Berlin, Germany
2023 Schöne Jugend, diekleinegalerie, Berlin, Germany
2023 Kaleidoskop, 48 Stunde Neukoelln, Pequod Books, Berlin, Germany
2022 TOLLE FRAUEN MALEREI, Schindler Lab, Potsdam, Germany
2022 Zehdenick: Bilder einer Stadt, Klosterscheune Zehdenick, Germany
2022 Fresh Legs Berlin 2022, Inselgalerie, Berlin, Germany
2022 Der Stand Der Dinge, Kunstvereins Ebersberg, Ebersberg, German
2022 Die Zeit falten und weitergehen, Feinart Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2021 Coppelia 2 - Inselgalerie, Berlin, Germany
2021 Kultur Fördern Gesetz, Public Art Initiative, Berlin, Germany
2020 Stadtfindetkunst - Posters - Art in public spaces, Berlin, Germany
2020 BERLIN 20/20 - 100 Jahre, Schöler Berlin, Berlin, Germany (with catalog)
2020 Intra Views - Feinart Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2012 Stories Real and Imagined - Gallaudet University, Washington DC
COLLECTIONS
The National Museum of Women in the Arts Library and Research Center, Washington DC
Joan Flasch Artists' Books Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Il
The John M. Flaxman Library, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Il
Private Collections in Berlin, Chicago, Florence, Pistoia, Rome, Washington DC
PUBLICATIONS
THE NEW YOU, A Tale of Reawakening, 2022, 10.00 Euro, edition of 300.
Open thread stitching and embossed cover, German / English, 23 x 16.5 cm, 28 pages, 14 images of which 2 are double-page. Text by Dr. Birgit Szepanski. Design by Doro Spiro. Supported by the Neu Start Kultur Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn.
STADTGLÜCK, 2020 ISBN: 978-3-00-066508-0, 15.00 Euro, edition of 500.
Double sided catalog for Caty Forden and Frauke Bohge on the occasion of the Exhibition StadtGlück at Kunsthalle Brennabor, Brandenburg an der Havel, October 2020. German / English, 33 x 19 cm, 80 pages, 68 color images of which one is double-page, with a text by Christian Kneisel and citations from a conversation between Caty Forden and Dr. Birgit Szepanski (Über Orte und Farben in der Stadt, 2020), design by Anja Thurm.
LINKS TO PAST EXHIBITIONS