Bettina Forget is an art-science researcher, educator, and visual artist. Her creative work explores astronomy, science fiction, and feminism. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including ISEA (Barcelona), CYFEST-13 (Saint Petersburg), and the Planetarium Rio Tinto Alcan (Montreal). Her Ph.D research at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, examines the re-contextualization of art and science, and how trans-disciplinary education may disrupt gender stereotypes.
Forget joined the SETI AIR program in 2016 as Researcher in Residence and became the program’s Director in 2020. In this capacity she facilitates the collaboration between artists and the SETI Institute’s scientists, foregrounds art-science research, and weaves a network of institutional partners active in art, science, and technology.