RACHEL GOODYEAR

CV

Born. 14th June, 1978, Oldham, Lancashire, UK.
Lives and works in Manchester

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

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.

Limina, York Art Gallery, new drawings and large-scale animation installation, a 'Human Nature' commission by York Mediale and York Museums Trust.

Catching Sight, The New Art Gallery Walsall

Approaching the Surface, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
Glimpse, The Lowry, Manchester.

Fragments, solo installation, The Viewing Room, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
Restless Guests, The Drawing Center, New York

Restless Guests, The Drawing Center, New York

Muzzles and Murmurs, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London

Artificial Night, International Three, Manchester

A Tethered Swarm, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London

Modifications of the Host, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield

The converging ends were misaligned, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London

They never run, only call, The International 3, Manchester

Unable to stop because they were too close to the line, The Royal London Hospital

Unable to stop because they were too close to the line,Fairfield Hospital, Manchester, commissioned by LIME and Pennine Trust

We will cancel your membership and you will owe us nothing, The International 3, Manchester

Nothing and Something, Bankley Gallery, Manchester

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

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

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

Drawing Biennial 2017, Drawing Room London

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

Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London

Blind Spots, The Contact Theatre, Manchester

Portraits, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

Two by Two 2014, Texas

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

Drawing Stories: Narration in Contemporary Graphic Art, Museum Folkwang, Essen

A Private Affair, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston

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

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

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

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

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

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

Print Portfolio, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

Joy, The International 3, Manchester

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

Suite on Ice, Islington Mill, Salford

Art Take Away, Cornerhouse, Manchester

The Second Builders Arms Biennial, International 3, Manchester

Chimera, site-specific installation, Bakewell Parish Church, Peak District

Bloodstream, Islington Mill, Salford

The Grotto Show, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

Graduates 2000, Stroud House Gallery, Gloucestershire

Wimbledon School of Art, Centre for Drawing

Enclave, London

Flux Factory, Long Island City, New York

The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Funded by Arts Council England individual artist award.

Berlinspace, Kreuzberg, Berlin

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

Dorothea Tanning, essay by Ann Coxon, Tate Publishing

Catching Sight, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, solo publication

Walk the Line: The Art of Drawing, published by Elephant

Curitiba Biennial, Biennial catalogue

Drawing Stories, catalogue, published by Folkwang/Steidl, cover artist and essay by Tobias Burg

Modifications of the Host, solo publication published by Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Dawn Chorus, limited edition etching collection, published by Pippy Houldsworth, London

Interviews-Artists issue 2, edited by Nicholas James

The Northern Art Prize 09, catalogue, essay by Nigel Walsh

Made Up, Liverpool Biennial catalogue

The Intertwining Line, exhibition catalogue

Wrongteous, compiled and edited by Leo Fitzmaurice

Café Royal Issue 2, drawing zine

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

Wideshut publication, curated by Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

Some Mild Peril, publication compiled by Nick Jordan

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