/ BIOGRAPHY
JENNIFER GOODMAN
Born Melbourne, Australia
1975–1976: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) – Painting
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Further to Fly, Gallerysmith, North Melbourne, Victoria
2020 Colour, Gallerysmith, North Melbourne, Victoria
2019 Inner Responses, Turner Galleries, Perth, Western Australia
2017 The Long Wait for the Angel, Gallerysmith, North Melbourne, Victoria
2015 Apropos, Gallerysmith, North Melbourne, Victoria
2014 COUNTER-CURRENT, Gallerysmith, North Melbourne, Victoria
2012 Senses & Thoughts, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2010 Ocular Spectra, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2008 The Edge of Time, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2006 The Balance of Asymmetry, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2004 New Work, John Buckley Fine Art, Prahran, Victoria
2002 Chromatic Progressions, John Buckley Fine Art, Prahran, Victoria
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2023 Weaving Together - Tapestries from the Artbank Collection, Artbank Melbourne, Victoria
2023 Omnia Art Prize 2023, St Kevin's College, Toorak, Victoria
2023 XV: PAST PRESENT FUTURE, Gallerysmith, North Melbourne, Victoria
2022 John Leslie Art Prize 2022, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
2022 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Paddington, Queensland
2022 Omnia Art Prize 2022, St Kevin's College, Toorak, Victoria
2021 I Am Here, curated by Katherine Hattam, Arthouse Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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, Victoria
2018 Of Colour & Light 2018, West End Art Space, West Melbourne, Victoria
2018 John Leslie Art Prize 2018, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
2018 Abstraction#TwentyEighteen, Langford 120, North Melbourne, Victoria
2017 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, The Gallery at Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, Brighton, Victoria
2017 ATWAIR16, Artists in Residency, Australian Tapestry Workshop, South Melbourne, Victoria
2016 0+1 Digital Prints, Stephen McLaughlin Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2016 Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
2016 The 39th Alice Prize, Araluen Art Centre, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
2016 DENFAIR, Gallerysmith Stand, Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre, Victoria
2016 McClelland Collection, McClelland Gallery+Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria
2016 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Arts and Culture Centre, Brighton, Victoria
2015 Gold Coast Art Prize Exhibition, Gold Coast City Gallery, Queensland
2015 Sydney Contemporary, Gallerysmith Stand, Carriageworks, Sydney, New South Wales
2015 Winter Solstice, Gallerysmith, North Melbourne, Victoria
2015 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Arts and Culture Centre, Brighton, Victoria
2015 Two of a Kind, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Darebin, Victoria
2014 Melbourne Art Fair, Gallerysmith Stand, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton, Victoria
2013 COPY CUT PASTE: Contemporary Collage, John Buckley Gallery, Prahran, Victoria
2012 Summer Salon, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2012 National Works on Paper Exhibition, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria
2012 A Private View: Art Collecting in the City of Glen Eira, Glen Eira City Council Gallery, Caulfield, Victoria
2012 Frames of Reference, Langford 120, North Melbourne, Victoria
2012 Winter Collectors’ Exhibition 2012, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2011 Conversations, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2011 Fleurieu Art Prize, Hardy's Winery, McLaren Vale, South Australia
2011 The Substation Contemporary Art Prize, The Substation, Newport, Victoria
2011 Muswellbrook Open Art Prize 2011, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW
2009 Winter Collectors' Exhibition 2009, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2008 This Way Up: Abstract works from the La Trobe University Art Collection, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Victoria
2008 The Contemporary Collage: Australian collage and assemblage, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2007 The Summer Exhibition, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2007 Stan and Maureen Duke Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery, Queensland
2007 Banyule City Council Works on Paper Art Award, Banyule Arts Space, Ivanhoe
2007 City of Darebin La Trobe University Acquisitive Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Victoria
2006 A4 Art-Reunion, West Space Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2006 The Christmas Collectors’ Exhibition, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2006 Snapshot, John Buckley Gallery, Richmond, Victoria
2005 The Chandelier Show, Ladner & Fell Gallery, Armadale, Victoria
2005 Art for Science, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Charity Exhibition, Nellie Castan Gallery, South Yarra, Victoria.
2005 Winter Collection, Port Jackson Press Gallery, Armadale, Victoria.
2003 Spring Exhibition, John Buckley Fine Art, Prahran, Victoria
2000 Recent Geometric Abstraction: Robert Jacks and Beyond, John Buckley Fine Art, Prahran,Victoria
Articles, Essays, Reviews and Publications
In the Abstract Realm by Andrew Browne, exhibition catalogue essay, Gallerysmith, 2022
Jennifer Goodman 'Colour' by Adrian Goodman, short film, April 2020
The_Reviewboard: Jennifer Goodman 'Colour' , by Alan R. Dodge, Instagram, April 2020
Jennifer Goodman: 'Colour' , by Paula Silbert, Paula Silbert Arts Consultancy, Instagram, Mar 2020
Jennifer Goodman - Thinking In Folds, by Tess Maunder. Colour, exhibition catalogue essay, Gallerysmith, March 2020
The Long Wait for the Angel, by Chloé Wolifson, Exhibition catalogue essay, Gallerysmith, 2017
'Jennifer Goodman: The Long Wait for the Angel', by Ted Snell (Artist Profile, Issue 41, pp.116 - 119, 2017)
'Jennifer Goodman', Art Collector Special Edition Sydney Contemporary 2015, pp.36-37
Adrian Goodman, 'COUNTER-CURRENT', short film, November 2014
Megan Backhouse, 'COUNTER-CURRENT', exhibition review, Art Guide, Issue 92, 2014
Wilma Tabacco, 'COUNTER-CURRENT... and all that jazz', COUNTER-CURRENT, exhibition catalogue essay, Gallerysmith, November 2014
Dan Rule, ‘CUT COPY PASTE: Contemporary Collage’, The Age, Life & Style - In the Galleries, 25 May 2013, p.5
Dan Rule, ‘Senses & Thoughts’, The Age, Life & Style - In the Galleries, 10 November, 2012, p.7
Alan R. Dodge, Senses & Thoughts, exhibition catalogue, John Buckley Gallery, October 2012
Penny Webb, ‘The best of art’, The (Melbourne) Magazine, October 2012, p.88
Robert Nelson, ‘Geometric Progression’, The Age, 20 November 2010, p.20
Julie Karabenick, Ocular Spectra, exhibition catalogue essay, John Buckley Gallery, October 2010
Cynthia Wynhoven, ‘Form, shape and colour in conversation’, Lorne Independent, August 2009, p.29
Robert Nelson, ‘Air of trepidation in world of contrast’, The Age, 22 October 2008, p.18
Jeffrey Makin, ‘Jennifer Goodman, The Edge of Time’, The Herald Sun, 13 October, 2008, p.34
Ashley Crawford, ‘Around the Galleries’, The Age, 11 October, 2008, p.20
Simon Gregg, The Edge of Time, exhibition catalogue, John Buckley Gallery, September 2008
Ted Snell, ‘Jennifer Goodman’ in Untitled. Portraits of Australian Artists, Payes S. (Ed.) Macmillan Art Publishing, 2007 p.134
Zoe Turner, ‘Art: Untitled: Portraits of Australian Artists by Sonia Payes’, M/C Reviews, 30 September 2007
Melinda Marshall, ‘Mastering art's tightrope act’, The Stonnington Leader, 4 September, 2007 p.12
Megan Backhouse, ‘Best on show’, The Age, 15 August, 2007 p.17
Julie Karabenick (Ed.), Geoform: Geometric form and structure in contemporary abstract art, www.geoform.net
Ted Snell, The Balance of Asymmetry, exhibition catalogue, John Buckley Gallery, August, 2006
Jeffrey Makin, ‘Shining light in our art market, The Herald Sun, 15 May 2006
Narelle Curtis (Ed.), Art For Science, exhibition catalogue, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, 2005, p.14.
James Makin (Ed.), Winter Collection 2005:Port Jackson Press Gallery, Port Jackson Press, Melbourne, 2004, pp.21-22
Roger Taylor, “High and Low”, 3RRR, 4 June 2002
Jeffrey Makin, ‘Review: Visual Arts’, The Herald Sun, 3 June 2002
Collections
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, Victoria
Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Vic
University of Western Australia
Monash University Collection, Victoria
Murdoch University Collection, Western Australia
McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Victoria
La Trobe University Art Museum (gifted from the Dr Joseph Brown Collection)
Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Western Australia
North Metropolitan College of TAFE, Western Australia
Artbank
Embassy of Australia, Washington, USA
City of Fremantle, Western Australia
City of Wanneroo, Western Australia
City of Darebin, Victoria
City of Melville, Western Australia
Arthur and Suzie Roe Collection
Private Collections: Australia, USA, UK
Awards and Residencies
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, WA
2018 Finalist, John Leslie Art Prize, 2018, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria
2017 Winner, Local Art Prize in the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Brighton, Victoria
2017 Finalist, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, 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 Finalist, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre, Brighton, Victoria
2016 Artist in Residence, Australian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne, Victoria
2015 Finalist, Gold Coast Art Prize, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Qld
2015 Finalist, Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Brighton, Victoria
2012 Finalist, National Works on Paper Prize, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria
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