On view January 17 - February 11, 2026
Opening Reception Sunday, January 18th, 2026, 1-4 pm
Christine Forni is a painter and sculptor examining links between human behavior and the natural world. Her work focuses on environmental compassion through poetic connections of habitat, alchemy, anthropology, and memory. She has exhibited at venues including Ueno Royal Japanese Art Museum and Awagami Paper Museum (Japan), DeCordova Sculpture Museum (Massachusetts), Museo Franz Mayer (Mexico), Museo Internazionale Italia Arte and Museo di Scienze Naturali (Italy), the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Heaven Gallery at The Franklin and Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago). Forni created Drawing You Outside, an environmental community project collaborating with poets, environmentalists, botanists, historians, physicists, writers, performance, and sound artists. Her botanical sculptural drawing installations evolved during the artist's residencies in Paris at École du Breuil and the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée, where she drew enlarged microscopic details of specimens amassed by naturalists. Her new work simultaneously bridges both painting and sculpture, evoking a visual echo of slide specimens enlarged to many times their normal size, and eloquently points to the observation and analysis that play in the artist’s practice.
GALLERY HOURS & VISITOR INFORMATION
This exhibition will be held in the Second Floor Gallery of the Evanston Art Center (EAC). Masks are optional but strongly recommended for students, visitors and staff.
Gallery Hours
Monday–Thursday: 9am–6pm
Friday: 9am–5pm
Saturday–Sunday: 9am–4pm
HOW TO PURCHASE ARTWORK
Artwork sale proceeds benefit both the artist and the Evanston Art Center. If you are interested in purchasing artwork on display, please contact Emma Rose Gudewicz, Director of Development and Exhibitions, at [email protected] or (847) 475-5300 x 102.
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.