511 West Main St. Apt 106, Madison, WI 53703 

Cell: 618-203-2287, Email: kate.l.forer@gmail.com

Education

University of Wisconsin – Madison 2021-present

MFA in Sculpture

Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2017-2022

Majors: Studio Art and Art History

Chancellor’s Scholar, Honors Program

John A. Logan College, Carterville, Illinois

Various classes: January 2016 – August 2019 

Professional Experience

University of Wisconsin- Madison: Fall 2021-Present, Woodshop TA-IS, Assist with instruction, hold open shop hours, demonstrate safe use of equipment.

Kohler Art Library : Fall 2021- Present. Evening and Weekend Supervisor. Supervise library, shelve, scan, and locate books

SIUC Craft Shop: Summer 2017, Teaching Intern, Assisted with teaching K-12 summer camps on figure drawing, ceramics, jewelry, painting, and academic topics.

WSIU: January 2018-2019, Outreach student assistant. Collaborated on production of still and video projects, assist outreach at enrichment events for pre-K-grade school students to promote artistic and scholastic engagement

Awards

2020 Bullard-Hardy Scholarship Spring 2020, Awarded by SIUC School of Art and Design to an Exceptional Junior Studio Art Major 

2019 Windgate Charitable Foundation Undergraduate Research Fall 2019, Awarded by SIUC School of Art and Design for research into modular construction in art

2018 Bilder Painting Scholarship Fall 2018, Awarded by SIUC School of Art and Design for a BFA student’s work in Painting

2018 First Place, Undergraduate Art Work, C4 Juried Art Exhibition, Southern Illinois University 

2018-19 Tedrick Undergraduate Research Fellowship and REACH Award for Sculpture, Southern Illinois University, Undergraduate research assistantship for exploration in modular construction

Solo Exhibitions

2019 Units; an Exploration of Modular Construction, Vergette Gallery, School of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL.

Group Exhibitions

2022 Body Politics, ARC Gallery, Chicago IL

2021 Cliffhanger, Art Lofts Front Gallery, Madison WI

Payless Art Show, Pop-up at 1003. W. Historic MItchell St., Milwaukee, WI

2020 Counterpoints 2020, Missouri Fiber Artists, Online Exhibition

MINI/MICRO, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2020 James L. Applegate Student Art Exhibition, Illinois Board of Higher Education 

Building, Springfield IL

2019 COLAB, SIU Surplus Gallery, Carbondale IL