RACHEL GOODYEAR

CV

Born. 14th June, 1978, Oldham, Lancashire, UK.
Lives and works in Manchester
EDUCATION:
1997 - 2000
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Leeds Metropolitan University
1996 - 1997
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Hopwood Hall College, Rochdale
Represented by:
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London,

Solo Exhibitions and Commissions

2021
Solo exhibition, (postponed from Spring 2020 due to Covid-19) Leeds University Art Gallery, curated by Dr Catriona McAra, with accompanying essay by Professor Patricia Allmer and publication in partnership with Corridor 8 including creative response by emerging writer-in-residence.
2020-2021
Limina, York Art Gallery, new drawings and large-scale animation installation, a 'Human Nature' commission by York Mediale and York Museums Trust.
2017
Catching Sight, The New Art Gallery Walsall
2016
Approaching the Surface, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
Glimpse, The Lowry, Manchester.
2015
Fragments, solo installation, The Viewing Room, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
Restless Guests, The Drawing Center, New York
Restless Guests, The Drawing Center, New York
2014
Muzzles and Murmurs, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
2013
Artificial Night, International Three, Manchester
2012
A Tethered Swarm, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
2011
Modifications of the Host, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
2009
The converging ends were misaligned, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
They never run, only call, The International 3, Manchester
2008
Unable to stop because they were too close to the line, The Royal London Hospital
2006
Unable to stop because they were too close to the line,Fairfield Hospital, Manchester, commissioned by LIME and Pennine Trust
2005
We will cancel your membership and you will owe us nothing, The International 3, Manchester
2003
Nothing and Something, Bankley Gallery, Manchester

 

Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
The Way We Are 2.0, Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen (Until 2021)
20:20 Twenty Years of Collecting Contemporary Art, The New Art Gallery, Walsall
2019
A Trick of the Light, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
Interface, curated project by The Drawing Room, London for Draw Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London
Enough is Definitely Enough, General Practice, Lincoln
The Drawing Room Biennial, The Drawing Room, London
Monty, Copperfield Gallery, London
2018
Feminine Hygiene, animations and projection installation for Salford Cathedral, in collaboration with composer Dr Laura Bowler and The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Commissioned by Sounds from the Other City Festival
The Look of the Draw, Memo Project Space, London
2017
Drawing Biennial 2017, Drawing Room London
2016
Telling Tales, Freud Museum, London; Touchstones, Rochdale; Glasgow Women's Library
I Prefer Life, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Bremen
Je,...(I,...), Innsbruck International Biennial of the Arts, Austria
2015
Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London
Blind Spots, The Contact Theatre, Manchester
Portraits, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
2014
Two by Two 2014, Texas
2013
Curitiba Biennial, Curitiba, Brazil
New Works at the Walker, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London
Wanderlust, Contemporary Art Society, London
Thought Spill, Barnaby Festival, Macclesfield
Beastly Hall: A Place where artists and creatures collide, Hall Place, Bexley
2012
Drawing Stories: Narration in Contemporary Graphic Art, Museum Folkwang, Essen
A Private Affair, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston
2011
New to the Collection, Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster
Artist Profile Display, Manchester Art Gallery
House of Beasts, Meadow Arts, Attingham Park, Shropshire
Personal Tempest, Neue Galerie für Moderne Kunst, Innsbruck
2010
Kissing in Tunnels, The Moving Body in The City Festival, animation commission by Lumen Arts, Leeds
Passion Fruits, The Olbricht Collection, me Collectors Room, Berlin
Northern Art Prize, Finalist, Leeds Art Gallery, selected by Richard Deacon, Patricia Bickers, Paul Hobson, Peter Murray, and Tanja Pirsig-Marshall
Negotiable Values, Chinese Art Centre, Manchester. Toured to 501 Arts Space, Chongqing, China
2009
Four Women, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York
Drawing Show, Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf
Bad Girls Don't Go to Heaven, REMAP2, Athens, in conjunction with the 2nd Athens Biennale
Removed from the eyes of strangers, Co-Lab, Copenhagen touring to Galerie Andersson Sandström, Stockholm
Best Of Manchester Awards, Urbis, Manchester
To Draw, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen
The Intertwining Line: Drawing as Subversive Art, Cornerhouse, Manchester
2008
Made Up, Tate Liverpool, The Liverpool Biennial
NEXT Chicago, solo project, Pippy Houldsworth
Rotate, The Contemporary Art Society, London
After Dark, Eleven, London
The Golden Record, curated by Mel Brimfield, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
The Unheimlich, Leeds Metropolitan University; The Nunnery, London
ARTFutures, Bloomberg Space, London
On that which remains, Nassauischer Kunstverien, Wiesbaden, Germany
2007
Preview Berlin, International Three, Manchester
The Aesthetics of Anxiety, Marc de Puechredon, Basel
Wildwood, Project Space, Leeds
The Drawing Cabinet, Marc de Puechredon, Basel
Drawing 2007, The Drawing Room, London
2006
Beer Money Commission, Mill Workers, Salford
Flip, Chung King Project, Los Angeles
Exposed, Manchester Square, London
Drawing Links, touring exhibition, The Drawing Room, London; International Three; Outpost, Norwich
Conditions of Carriage, Insertspace for Sideshow, Nottingham
2005
Compendium, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
ARTfutures, Bloomberg Space, London
Conversations on Feminism, Cornerhouse Projects, Manchester
Drawing 200, The Drawing Room, London
Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno
Post Notes (touring show), ICA, London; Midway Contemporary Art Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004
Print Portfolio, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Joy, The International 3, Manchester
2003
Seesaw, Atelier Grammaphon, Hanover
The Eve of Destruction, The International 3, Manchester
Artranspennine03, Manchester
Minimise Culture, Floating IP, Manchester
Pizza Express Prospects, The Truman Brewery, London
Handstand The Bassoon Club, Manchester
Art sans Frontiers, le Chateau de Saint-Ouen, France
Priceless, Oval Productions , Manchester
2002
Suite on Ice, Islington Mill, Salford
Art Take Away, Cornerhouse, Manchester
2001
The Second Builders Arms Biennial, International 3, Manchester
Chimera, site-specific installation, Bakewell Parish Church, Peak District
2000
Bloodstream, Islington Mill, Salford
The Grotto Show, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Graduates 2000, Stroud House Gallery, Gloucestershire

 

Residencies
2016
Wimbledon School of Art, Centre for Drawing
2015
Enclave, London
2013
Flux Factory, Long Island City, New York
2010
The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Funded by Arts Council England individual artist award.
2008
Berlinspace, Kreuzberg, Berlin

 

2021
Vitamin D3, Today's Best in Contemporary Drawing, Phaidon
Of Wolves and Wild Women, solo publication to accompany exhibition at Leeds Arts University, published by Corridor 8
2019
Dorothea Tanning, essay by Ann Coxon, Tate Publishing
2017
Catching Sight, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, solo publication
2013
Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing, published by Elephant
Curitiba Biennial, Biennial catalogue
2012
Drawing Stories, catalogue, published by Folkwang/Steidl, cover artist and essay by Tobias Burg
2011
Modifications of the Host, solo publication published by Yorkshire Sculpture Park
2010
Dawn Chorus, limited edition etching collection, published by Pippy Houldsworth, London
Interviews-Artists issue 2, edited by Nicholas James
2009
The Northern Art Prize 09, catalogue, essay by Nigel Walsh
2008
Made Up, Liverpool Biennial catalogue
The Intertwining Line, exhibition catalogue
Wrongteous, compiled and edited by Leo Fitzmaurice
Café Royal Issue 2, drawing zine
2007
Cats, Cold, Hunger and the Hostility of Birds, solo publication of drawings published by Aye Aye Books
2006
The Drawing Book, featured artist
Becks Futures publication, Nominated Artists section, nominated by Adam Carr
Drawing Links, exhibition catalogue
2005
Wideshut publication, curated by Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
2004
Some Mild Peril, publication compiled by Nick Jordan

 

Collections
The New Art Gallery Walsall, UK
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Progressive Art Collection, OH
West Collection, PA
Madeira Corporate Services Contemporary Art Collection, Oporto
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Bury Art Gallery and Museum, Greater Manchester
Collection Pennine Arts, UK
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Sanders Collection, Amsterdam
Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster, UK

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