John Goodman

John Goodman was born in California and graduated from the University of California at Davis.

A self-taught artist, Goodman draws inspiration from the early modernists and the Bay Area Figurative Movement. He has exhibited in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. Goodman's paintings reside in numerous collections in the United States and Europe.

Roberta Carasso wrote of Goodman's work, "John Goodman's paintings are a dichotomy of understated minimalism with reductive use of color that conveys a subtle, but evident sense of smoldering energy.The artist uses very thick paint that he sculpts, and draws in to, as he forms a rich tactile field of painterly surfaces.His images are consistently figurative, yet in each, there is a strong pull towards abstraction.

Nathan Oliveira was an inspirational mentor to Goodman. In 2001, Oliveira said "John Goodman is one of the few Bay Area painters who still has faith in the language of paint."
About his own work, Goodman says "painting is the coming together of two things - a specific subject, a model or landscape, and something elemental in the artist which allows us to connect, empathize, love or feel compassion."

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Solo Exhibitions

2014 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Arlequin, San Francisco, CA
2003 Café Borrone, Menlo Park, CA
2001 Crossroads Café, San Francisco, CA
1998 Anna Veyna Design, San Francisco, CA
1997 Café Borrone, Menlo Park, CA
1996 California State University, Hayward, CA
1995 Wright and Veyna, San Francisco, CA
1994 Café Borrone, Menlo Park, CA
1990 Inglis Art, Menlo Park, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013 Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA
2013 Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA
2012 Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2010 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Art Space 712, San Francisco, CA
2008 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 City Picture Frame, San Francisco, CA
2005 Elins Eagles-Smith, San Francisco, CA
2003 William Lester Gallery, Inverness, CA
2002 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
2002 City Picture Frame, San Francisco, CA
2001 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1999 erl originals Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
1998 Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Bradford Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
1996 STAGE Interiors, San Francisco, CA
1995 Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA
1995 Magic Theatre, San Francisco, CA
1994 Bingham Gallery, San Jose, CA
1993 Bingham Gallery, San Jose, CA
1990 Uncensored Art Show, Woodstock, NY

Museum Shows

2012 The Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2010 Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2009 Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2009 Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
2008 Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2007 Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2006 Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2003 O’Hanlon Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1997 Triton Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
1993 Triton Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
1992 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

Selected Publications and Media

• John Goodman, Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, 2013
• Legacy in Continuum: Bay Area Figuration, The Bakersfield Museum of Art, 2012
• Painterly Painting: The Next Level, The Art Museum of Los Gatos, 2008
• The Mercury News. Newspaper: Painterly Painting draws 13 notable artists to town, December 15, 2008
• Floating Stone Productions. Film: The Collector, Allan Stone’s Life in Art 2007
• Artist’s Sketchbook. Drawn to Better Company, June 2006
• A Bay Area Tradition An Artists’ Group’s Focus on Figure Drawing, ePress, 2005
• The Undressed Art: Why We Draw by Peter Steinhart, Knopf, 2004.
• Gallery and Studio. Navigating the Pluralistic Pleasures of “Talent 2001” December 2001/January 2002
• Gallery and Studio. Talent 2000: An Antidote to Trendiness November/December 2000
• Sunset Magazine. Same room, two looks April 2000
• Woodstock Times. Newspaper: Dispensing with censors, January 18, 1990
• San Jose Mercury News. Newspaper: Artists join to illuminate thriving work, July 18, 1990

Education

University of California, Davis, Bachelor of Arts, Theater