We're thrilled to have AFH alumnus Aristotle Forrester as our first Featured Artist in 2025!

Aristotle brings us Decade of Decisions: A Retrospective of Aristotle Forrester—an intimate yet powerful exploration into the complexities of African American identity and the reclaiming of abstraction. Over the course of 10 years, he has created a collection of artworks that centers ancestral memory through abstract gestures. As a black artist navigating the intersections of personal and collective history, Aristotle presents his perspective on the human experience through the emotive power of pigment and gestural mark-making.

About Aristotle Forrester

Aristotle is originally from Chicago and is currently based in New York. He received his Bachelor of Fine Art degree from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2016, and his Master of Fine Art from Columbia University, New York in 2024. He’s exhibited in many venues and galleries, including LatchKey Gallery (New York), M Fine Arts Galerie (Boston), and the permanent collection of Harvard University (Boston). 

All of the works on display are for sale. You can follow Aristotle’s journey @aristotles_abstractions_ and www.ariforrester.com

Details from Aristotle's works (L to R) Matrimony, Luminous Bower, Manifest II, and Constructing Empyrean.

And please join us for a tour of our seven creative studios—3D Design, Graphic Design, Animation, Creative Tech, Painting, Photography, and Video—to learn about our work and mission or discover something new, in conversation with our teen artists and designers.

We hope to see you there!