Benjamin Forster’s practice explores drawing, bringing together digital technologies, installation and print to trace the boundaries of logic, economy and the role of the artist in art making. He received a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Australian National University in 2009. In 2010 he relocated to Perth to complete simultaneous residencies at Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) and SymbioticA. Forster was the winner of the 2010 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award Non-Acquisitive prize. In 2011 through a National JUMP Mentorship, he was mentored by Steve Bull (head boy, pvi collective) and participated in the Splendid Arts Lab.


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