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Heather Goodchild’s work strives to uncover and explore stories and symbols with universal resonance. Focusing on textiles as a medium, she creates felt portraits, rugs, quilts, silk screened prints, soft sculpture, and dioramas.
Much of the inspiration for her techniques and approach comes from folk music and art. The naive and anonymous quality of these deceptively simple works provides a window into shared human experiences. The stories and symbols of organized religions and societies also strongly influence her work; the rituals and literature of Freemasonry and Christianity and their codified expressions of human experiences and ideals fascinate her especially.
Through the installations and objects that she creates, Goodchild engages the viewer in stories that are at once mysterious and hauntingly familiar.
Goodchild’s work has been shown at various Toronto venues including the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, the Gladstone Hotel, and sis boom bah gallery. She has also exhibited at the Douglas Udell gallery in Edmonton.
Heather Goodchild lives and works in Toronto, Canada.Her work can be purchased at Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects in Toronto.
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Artist CV
HEATHER GOODCHILD
www.heathergoodchild.com
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
The Below is like the Above
Queen Specific (Toronto), August-October 2008
The Path of Anna Ward Brouse
Gallery Stratford (Stratford ON), March-May 2008
The Revelations of Anna Ward Brouse
Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Project (Toronto), December 2007
From Some Wilderness Place
Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon), March 2007
Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects (Toronto), May 2007
FATAL (Fairest Among Thousands Altogether Lovely)
Six Shooter Gallery (Toronto), September 2006
The Room Tells the Story
Sis boom bah Gallery (Toronto), May 2004
The Mammal Show
Sis boom bah Gallery (Toronto), June 2003
9 Tragedies
Sis boom bah Gallery (Toronto), June 2003 (remounted)
Art System, February 2002
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Solid Gold
Magic Pony Gallery (Toronto), December 2008
Decade
Katharin Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects (Toronto), Fall 2008
Road Works
Adam Baumgold Gallery (New York), April 2008
Craft Up
YYZ Artist’s Outlet (Toronto), December 2007
Desire
Harbourfront Centre (Toronto), Spring 2007
Parlour Room
Katharine Mulherin Sideshow (Toronto), October 2006
Hello Dolly
Spin Gallery (Toronto), July 2006
Beautify
Harbourfront Centre (Toronto), Spring 2006
Hollow
With Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay
1080 Bus Gallery (Toronto), December 2005
Tell: An Exploration of Narrative Craft
Harbourfront Centre (Toronto), Fall 2005
Best Of: An Exhibition of Award Winners from the 2004 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
First Canadian Place Gallery (Toronto), February 2005
Leave it to Drever
Douglas Udell Gallery (Edmonton), February 2005
Three Night Stand
The Gladstone Hotel (Toronto), December 2004
The Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
Nathan Phillips Square (Toronto), July 2004, 2005
The Electric Eye Show
sis boom bah Gallery (Toronto), May 2004
The Borden Street Show
Luft Gallery (Toronto), Jan 2004
REVIEWS
• Leah Sandals, “Goodchild’s gifts,” NOW Magazine, Dec 13, 2007
• Fran Schechter, “Crafts get heavy,” NOW Magazine, Dec 2007
• Lorne Roberts, “Worth the trip to Brandon gallery for twisted folk art,” Winnipeg Free Press, March 29, 2007
• David Jager, “Goodchild goes back,” NOW Magazine, October 19, 2006
• Peter Goddard, “Dollies who are sick, sick, sick,” The Toronto Star, August 5, 2006
• Kevin Temple, “Winning Works: Best of TOAE show hits Bay street,” NOW Magazine, February 3, 2005
• Peter Goddard, “Home is where the art is on Borden St.” The Toronto Star, January 24, 2005
• David Balzar, “The Borden Street Show,” eye Weekly, January 22, 2004
• Sarah Liss, “Dead Good,” NOW Magazine, April 25, 2002
• David Balzer, “Murder, She Wrought,” eye Weekly, June 12, 2003
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Ontario Arts Council Grant for Craft Projects, 2009
Toronto Arts Council Grant for Visual Art, 2008
Ontario Arts Council Grant for Fine Craft, 2007
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2005
Best in Fiber award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, 2004
Ontario Arts Council Grant for Fine Crafts, 2004
EDUCATION
Ryerson Polytechnic University, B.A.A. Fashion Design, 2000
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