Christina Forrer

Mining fables and fairytales, Christina Forrer's weavings and works on paper depict topsy-turvy topography navigated by characters in action. Unnerving family tableaus, terrifying heroics, and magical metamorphosis establish the artist’s mythical worlds. Characters transform from one being to another, across metaphysical boundaries, and rendered in bold colors and patterns. The intense expressiveness and improvisation present in Forrer's practice finds tension in the repetitive planning required in weaving, creating a distinctive psychological space.

Christina Forrer (b. 1978, Zürich) lives and works in Los Angeles. Selected solo exhibitions include Parker Gallery, Los Angeles (2025); Luhring Augustine, New York, NY (2022 and 2019); Christina Forrer: MATRIX 187, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (2021-2022); Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL (2021 and 2018); Feet of the Devil, Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art, Savannah, GA (2019- 2020); Swiss in Situ | Christina Forrer: Grappling Hold, Swiss Institute, New York, NY (2017); Cat Lady, The Finley, Los Angeles, CA (2016); and Grice Bench, Los Angeles, CA (2016 and 2014). Selected group exhibitions include You Stretched Diagonally Across It: Contemporary Tapestry, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX (2025); Burning Down the House: Rethinking Family, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland (2024); Narrative Threads: Textile Art Now, Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, TX (2023); Christina Forrer and Rebecca Morris, Parker Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2022); Mario Merz Prize: Finalists Exhibition, Fondazione Merz, Torino, Italy (2022); Bianca Beck, Tamara Gonzales, Christina Forrer, Beeler Gallery, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH (2021); THIS IS AMERICA, Kunstraum Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany (2021); Made in L.A. 2020: A Version, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA (2020-2021); Happy !, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, FL (2019-2020); Dirty Protest: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (2019); Niko Pirosmani: Promeneur entre les mondes, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles, Arles, France (2019); and Unorthodox, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY (2015). She is the recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant (2014). A catalogue of her work was recently published by Gregory R. Miller & Co. and Luhring Augustine in 2025.