JENNIFER GOODMAN
Born, 1956, lives and works in Melbourne
Education
1975-76 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) – Painting
Solo Exhibitions
2024 To a Love so Deep, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2022 Further to Fly, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2020 Colour, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2019 Inner Responses, Turner Galleries, Perth
2017 The Long Wait for the Angel, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2015 Apropos, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2014 counter-current, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2012 Senses & Thoughts, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond
2010 Ocular Spectra, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond
2008 The Edge of Time, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond
2006 The Balance of Asymmetry, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond
2004 New Work, John Buckley Fine Art, Prahran
2002 Chromatic Progressions, John Buckley Fine Art, Prahran
Curated Group Exhibitions
2023 Weaving Together – Tapestries from the Artbank Collection, Artbank Melbourne
2023 XV: PAST PRESENT FUTURE, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2021 I Am Here, curated by Katherine Hattam, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
2020 Modernisters for Barpirdhila, online Instagram exhibition, @modernisterfor
2020 Of Light & Colour - Women Abstract Artists Biennial, West End Art Space, West Melbourne, Victoria
2020 Art Aid Gippsland, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
2019 Abstract Salon, Langford 120, Stephen McLaughlin Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Of Colour & Light 2018, West End Art Space, West Melbourne, Victoria
2018 Abstraction#TwentyEighteen, Langford 120, North Melbourne, Victoria
2017 ATWAIR16, Australian Tapestry Workshop, South Melbourne, Victoria
2016 0+1 Digital Prints, Stephen McLaughlin Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2016 DENFAIR, Gallerysmith stand, Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre
2016 McClelland Collection, McClelland Gallery +
Sculpture Park, Victoria
2015 Sydney Contemporary 15, Carriageworks, Sydney
2015 Winter Solstice, Gallerysmith, Melbourne
2015 Two of a Kind, Bundoora Homestead,
2014 Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
2013 COPY CUT PASTE: Contemporary Collage, John Buckley Gallery, Prahran
2012 A Private View: Art Collecting in the City of Glen Eira, Glen Eira
City Council Gallery
2012 Frames of Reference, Langford 120, North Melbourne
2012 Winter Collectors’ Exhibition 2012, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond
2011 Conversations, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond
2009 Winter Collectors' Exhibition 2009, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond
2008 This Way Up: Abstract works from the La Trobe University Art Collection,
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
2008 The Contemporary Collage: Australian collage and assemblage, John
Buckley Gallery, Richmond
2007 The Summer Exhibition, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond
2006 A4 Art-Reunion, West Space Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Snapshot, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond
2005 The Chandelier Show, Ladner & Fell Gallery, Armadale
2005 Winter Collection, Port Jackson Press Gallery, Armadale
2003 Spring Exhibition, John Buckley Fine Art, Prahran
2000 Recent Geometric Abstraction: Robert Jacks and Beyond, John Buckley
Fine Art
Award and Prize Exhibitions
2023 Finalist, Omnia Art Prize 2023, St Kevin's College, Toorak,
Victoria
2022 Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize 2022, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale,
Victoria
2022 Finalist, Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Paddington,
Queensland
2022 Finalist, Omnia Art Prize 2022, St Kevin's College, Toorak,
Victoria
2019 Artist in Residence, Turner Galleries Art Angels Artist in Residence
Program, Perth,
2018 Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale,
Victoria
2017 WINNER, Local Art Prize, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside
Gallery, Victoria
2016 Finalist, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Gallery, Brighton,
Victoria
2016 Finalist, Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, New South
Wales
2016 Finalist, The 39th Alice Art Prize, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, NT
2016 Artist in Residence, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
2015 Finalist, Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
2015 Finalist, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Gallery, Brighton,
Victoria
2012 Finalist, National Works on Paper Award, Mornington Peninsula
Regional Gallery
2011 Finalist, Fleurieu Art Prize, Hardy's Winery, McLaren Vale, South
Australia
2011 Finalist, The Substation Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation,
Newport, Victoria
2011 Finalist, Muswellbrook Open Art Prize, Muswellbrook Regional Arts
Centre, NSW
2007 WINNER, City of Darebin La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize 2007,
Victoria
2007 Finalist, Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Queensland
2007 Finalist, Banyule City Council Works on Paper Art Award, Victoria
Articles, Essays, Reviews and Publications
Nelson, Robert, Jennifer Goodman and the Language of Air, To a Love so
Deep ex. cat, 2024
Gross, Rebecca, ‘Happy House’, Art/Edit #39, 2024
Browne, Andrew, In the Abstract Realm, Further to Fly ex.cat. 2022
Maunder, Tess, Thinking in Folds, Colour ex.cat. 2020
Dodge, Alan R, ‘Jennifer Goodman 'Colour’’, The Review Board website,
April 2020
Wolifson, Chloe, The Long Wait for the Angel, ex.cat. 2017
Snell, Ted, ‘The Long Wait for the Angel’, Artist Profile, November
issue, 2017, pp 118-121
Green, Sharon, 'Artist from Brighton wins local award in Bayside Acquisitive
Art Prize', The Discoverist 8 June 2017
'Jennifer Goodman', Art Collector Special Edition Sydney Contemporary
2015, pp.36-37
Goodman, Adrian, (film maker),'COUNTER-CURRENT', short film, November 2014
Tabacco, Wilma, COUNTER-CURRENT… and all that jazz, COUNTER-CURRENT,
ex.cat.
Backhouse, Megan, ‘PREVIEWS: The Art Guide Australia Shortlist’, Art Guide
Australia, November/December 14, p.51
Rule, Dan, ‘CUT COPY PASTE: Contemporary Collage’, The Age, Life &
Style - In the Galleries, 25 May 13, p.5
Rule, Dan, ‘Senses & Thoughts’, The Age, Life & Style - In the
Galleries, 10 Nov, 12, p.7
Alan R. Dodge, Senses & Thoughts, exhibition catalogue, John Buckley
Gallery, Oct 12
Webb, Penny, ‘The best of art’, The (Melbourne) Magazine, October 2012,
p.88
Nelson, Robert, ‘Geometric Progression’, The Age, 20 November 2010, p.20
Karabenick, Julie, Ocular Spectra, exhibition catalogue, John Buckley Gallery,
Oct 10
Wynhoven, Cynthia, ‘Form, shape and colour in conversation’, Lorne Indepn’t,
Aug 09,
Nelson, Robert, ‘Air of trepidation in world of contrast’, The Age, 22
Oct, 08, p.18
Makin, Jeffrey, ‘Jennifer Goodman, The Edge of Time’, The Herald Sun, 13
Oct, 08, p.34
Crawford, Ashley, ‘Around the Galleries’, The Age, 11 October, 2008,
p.20
Gregg, Simon, The Edge of Time, ex. cat., John Buckley Gallery, September 2008
Snell, Ted, ‘Jennifer Goodman’ in Untitled. Portraits of Australian Artists,
Payes S. (Ed.) Macmillan Art Publishing, 2007 p.134
Turner, Zoe, ‘Art: Untitled: Portraits of Australian Artists by Sonia Payes’, M/C
Reviews, 30 September 2007
Marshall, Melinda, ‘Mastering art's tightrope act’, The Stonn’ton Leader,
4 Sept, 07 p.12
Backhouse, Megan, ‘Best on show’, The Age, 15 August, 2007 p.17
Karabenick, Julie, (Ed.), Geoform: Geometric form and structure in contemporary
abstract art, www.geoform.net
Snell, Ted, The Balance of Asymmetry, exhibition catalogue, John Buckley
Gallery, August, 2006
Makin, Jeffrey, ‘Shining light in our art market’, The Herald Sun, 15
May 2006
Curtis, Narelle, (Ed.), Art For Science, exhibition catalogue, Murdoch
Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, 2005, p.14.
Makin, James, (Ed.), Winter Collection 2005: Port Jackson Press Gallery, Port
Jackson Press, Melbourne, 2004, pp.21-22
Makin, Jeffrey, ‘Review: Visual Arts’, The Herald Sun, 3 June 2002
Collections
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Artbank
City of Darebin
City of Fremantle
City of Melville
City of Wanneroo
Embassy of Australia, Washington, USA
Edith Cowan University
Geelong Gallery
Gippsland Art Gallery
Intrapac, South Melbourne, Victoria
John Curtin Gallery
La Trobe University Art Museum (gifted from the Dr Joseph Brown Collection)
McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park
Monash University Collection
Murdoch University
North Metropolitan College of TAFE
Skin and Cancer Foundation of Victoria, Carlton, Victoria
University of Western Australia
