Julia Goodman

12:47 AM

Julia Goodman creates low and high relief handmade paper sculptures. Goodman’s work holds strong through lines with the history of rag paper as she gathers, sorts, tears, soaks, and pulps fabrics. She transforms discarded bedsheets and t-shirts into malleable pulp to press against brick walls, concrete, textiles, woodcarvings, flat surfaces, and even her own hands. By working with fabrics that exist in close proximity to our bodies -- objects that hold personal histories both mundane and profound -- she highlights layers of relationships and caretaking, the love and loss that shapes our lives. Goodman earned an MFA from California College of the Arts (2009) and a BA in International Relations and Peace & Justice Studies from Tufts University (2001). She studied art at Santa Monica College (2002-2006). Recent exhibitions include: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.; Contemporary Jewish Museum, CA; San Jose Museum of Art, CA; DePaul Art Museum, IL; Poetry Foundation, IL; Salina Art Center, KS; Saint Mary’s College, IN; California College of the Arts Hubbell Street Gallery, CA; and the Berkeley Art Center, CA. Her residencies include JB Blunk Residency, Inverness, CA; Recology SF, CA; Creativity Explored, CA; and Salina Art Center, KS. Her work is included in the collections of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, DePaul Art Museum and Google. Goodman lives and works in Berkeley with artist Michael Hall and their young child. She is represented by Euqinom Gallery in San Francisco, CA