Joshua goode

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AutoBiography

As an artist I am researching and developing mythic historical misinterpretations and manipulations in an effort to expose the malleability of our past, present and future.

My alternate history and mythology preserve memories of childhood by reimagining objects and imagery from my youth as iconic ancient artifacts. I created the fictitious Texas based Aurora – Rhoman civilization inspired by the achievements of major historical figures. Having studied history and worked as an archaeologist on many actual excavations, I conduct staged excavations around the world, working with the community as a performance. My constructed artifacts of the invented civilization mix fact and fiction to appropriate and distort the history and myths of each region I engage. The actual and fake objects “found” during these digs have been exhibited in Spain, Germany, Russia, Croatia, Egypt, Italy, China, Belgium and the US, among others.

My faux research institute, The Aurora-Rhoman Institute of Archaeology and Cultural Relics, examines the evidence of my ancient civilization at locations around the world. Inspired by amateur archeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann who discovered Troy and by past elaborate hoaxes like that of the Piltdown Man, I use my “discoveries” to manipulate and verify my invented civilization. The archaeological performance and installation begin with extensive historical research and end in an exhibit. The discoveries and claims are false and absurdly comical but based on real research.

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EDUCATION

2005 Master of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston, USA
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021 (upcoming) Two Headed Mammoth, Art Prospect, St. Petersburg, Russia
(upcoming) The Great Siberian Pyramid, Ural Biennial, Tyumen and Tobolsk, Russia
Treasures of Rhome, Arterritories, Dangu, France
2020 Two-Headed Mastodon Mummy, Art Tooth, Fort Worth, USA
The Fall of Rhome, Cedar Valley College, Dallas, USA
2019 Rhoman Ruins, Ivy Brown Gallery, New York, USA
Mysteries of Mammoth Ranch, Maxim Boxer Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2018 Treasures from the Rhoman Rodeo, James Freeman Gallery, London, England
2017 Pegasus Armor, Ro2 Art, Dallas, USA
Origin of Myth, Ivy Brown Gallery, New York, USA
The Outhouse Oracle, The MAC, Dallas, USA
2016 The Mammoth Balloon Funerary Boat, Museu Moli Paperer de Capellades, Barcelona, Spain
The Two-Headed T-Rex, Razliv Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2015 Die Einhorn T-Rex Mumie, Monchskirchein Museum, Salzwedel, Germany
The Aurolithic Armory, Borey Gallery, St Petersburg, Russia
2014 The Lost City, Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, Croatia
The Great Belgian Pyramids (solo project), Kortrijk Conge, BUDA, Kortrijk, Belgium
Artifacts from the Burial Site of the Unicorn T-Rex, Ro2 Art, Dallas, USA
2013 Origin of Myth, Darke Gallery, Houston, USA
2012 Lost Gods, Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt
Power Objects, Lasala Gallery, Zaragoza, Spain
The Golden Age, Box 13, Houston, USA
Nonthropology, Pageant Soloveev, Philadelphia, USA
2010 What the Thunder Said, Guerilla Arts, Dallas, USA
2009 A Warm Place, Co Lab, Austin, USA
The Plant, Shedding its Skin as Slough, NECC, Haverhill, USA
2008 The Messenger, in participation with Intrude: Art and Life 366, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Beside You in Time, Art Storm, Houston, USA
Lake of Fire, The Ice House, Dallas, USA
2007 Into the Void, Forum Gallery, Brookhaven College, Dallas, USA

SELECTED GROUP AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2021 Can You Hear the Silence?, Ivy Brown Gallery, New York, USA
ReGrowth Riverside, Riverside Park, New York, USA
2020 Tagebuch-Covid 19 Daybook, Monchskirchein Museum, Salzwedel, Germany
Endfragment, Ivy Brown Gallery, New York, USA
Back to the Future, RO2 Art, Dallas, USA
Art Prospect, CEC Artslink, St. Petersburg, Russia
2019 Ho Hum, BravinLee Programs, New York, USA
Opening Party, RedD Gallery, Chania, Crete
A Group of Individuals, Ivy Brown Gallery, New York, USA
2017 Good Mourning 'Tis of Thee, DEMO Gallery, Austin, USA
Making Waves/Moving Minds, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth, USA

2015 Drava Art Biennale, Muzej Grada Koprivnice, Koprivnica, Croatia
Wagen und Winnen, Galerie Haselhorst, Haselhorst, Germany
Biennial-600, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, USA
Contemporary Venice-Extended, Palazzo Flangini, Venice, Italy
Southern Myths (3 person show), G Gallery, Houston, USA
2014 Sequence and Seriality, Calico, Brooklyn, USA
An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street, American University, Cairo, Egypt
On Paper, Ro2 Art, Dallas, USA
2013 An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street, Center for Book Arts, New York, USA
2012 Indentitat, Autobiografia I Autonarratives, University of Ulster, Belfast, Ireland
An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street, Westminster Library, Westminster, United Kingdom
Arts Libris, Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
Trajan's Column, Joshua Goode and Jennifer Caine, Big Medium, Austin, USA
Constructed Realities- Joshua Goode and Lesli Robertson, K-Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, USA
2011 Indentitat, Autobiografia I Autonarratives, MX Espai 1010, Barcelona, Spain
Sequence and Seriality, Camel Art Project Space, Brooklyn, USA
Goode – Walicki -- Selections, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, USA
2010 The Last Book, Zentral Bibliothek, Zurich, Switzerland
Literary, Gallery 110, Seattle, USA
Paradise Lost--Joshua Goode and Annie Albagli, Washington DC, USA
2009 The Plan is the Body, Big Chimney, Chicopee, USA
Famous by Numbers, Guerilla Arts, Dallas, USA
10 x 10 x 10, Hudson River Valley Quadracentennial, Ellenville, USA
Eye Infection, K Space Contemporary, Corpus Christi, USA
2008 The Last Book, Museum of the National Library of Spain, Madrid, Spain; and National Library of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Selected Professional Activities

2011-present Chair, Dept of Fine Arts, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, USA
2020/21 Guest Critic, Mass Art, Boston, USA
2019 Artist Lecture, National Center for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia
2018 Visiting Artist, UTA, Arlington, USA
2013 Archaeological Field Researcher, University of Michigan, Gault Site, Florence, USA
2012 Archaeological Field Researcher, University of Tubingen, Vogelherd Cave, Germany
2011 Visiting Artist, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, USA
Visiting Artist, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
2009 Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA
2008 Guest Critic, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
2007 Visiting Artist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, USA
2006 Visiting Artist, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
Guest Critic, Rosenberg Foundation Visual Arts Workshop, Dallas, USA

Residencies/Awards

2016 Artist in Residence, CEC Artslink, St. Petersburg, Russia
2015 Artist in Residence, Haihatus, Joutsa, Finland
2014 Artist in Residence, Hilmsen Atelier House, Hilmsen, Germany
2013 Artist in Residence, Hilmsen Atelier House, Hilmsen, Germany
2013 Artist in Residence, Darke Gallery, Houston, USA
2012 Artist in Residence, El Calotipo, Zaragoza, Spain
2011 Dozier Award, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA
2005 Esther B. Kahn Award Finalist, Boston, USA
2005 Nominated for Joan Mitchell Grant, New York, USA

Selected Public and Private Collections

Coleccion Solo, Madrid, Spain
Muzej Grada Koprivnice, Koprivnica, Croatia
Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China (now Himalayas Museum)
Cabildo de La Palma, Madrid, Spain
Penang State Museum, Penang, Malaysia
Iraq National Library, Baghdad, Iraq
The Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, USA (with The Art Foundation)
U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, USA
INA, Zagreb, Croatia
Al Nour Wal Amal Association, Cairo, Egypt
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Razorvision Technologies, Dallas, USA
KLR Partners, Dallas, USA

Selected Publications

2021 Art Blooms Alongside Nature, Hilarie Sheets, New York Times, June 4
Ivy Brown's Meatpacking District Gallery is a Place Where Creatives Can Play,
Meredith Mendelsohn, Introspective Magazine, Jan 31
2020 Guide to the Works of Public Art Festival
"Art Prospect", Lilit Ter-Akopian, Russian Glamour Magazine, June 4
2019 Making Art Fun Again!, "Rhoman Ruins" by Joshua Goode at Ivy Brown, Linda DiGusta, Art 511 Mag, September 13
2017 Give thanks and go see these 5 essential DFW gallery exhibits in November, Kendall Morgan, Culture Map Dallas, November 17
Reading Joshua Goode's Childhood Mythologies in a Post Fact World, Zachary Small, ArtSlant, March 16
Joshua Goode Makes a Case for Ordinary People in New Fauz Archaeological Exhibit, Jennifer Smart, Dallas Observer, February 24
4 Fascinating Dallas Art Exhibits, Kendall Morgan, Culture Map Dallas, February 9
The A+C Top Ten: February, Listed as #3, Nancy Wozny, Arts and Culture Magazine, February 6
2016 Alternative History: Gold Chainmail Peter I can be seen in St. Petersburg, NTV evening television news segment, Russia, July 27
2015 Einhorn ist jetzt komplett, Anke Pelczarski, Jeetze-Kurier, Salzwedel Newspaper, Germany, July 3
AMoA Show to Feature Experimental Sculpture, Amarillo Globe-News, Chip Chandler, August 12
Installation lockt in die Salzweder Monchskirche, Anke Pelczarski, Jeetze-Kurier, Salzwedel Newspaper, Germany, May 27
Entista oudompi Haihatus, Esa Jokinen, Keskisuomalainen Newspaper, Finland, March 24
2014 Hrvatska radiotelevizija (Croatian Television)-Emisije na zahtjev: Pola ure kulture, 19.3.2014
Artist Joshua Goode talks about latest Discovery: a Unicorn T-Rex, Lauren Smart, Dallas Observer, February 28
2013 Video: Artist Discovers Ancient Texas Civilization...in Germany, Peter Simek, D Magazine, Front Row, August 12
Texanische Fahne weht uber Hilmsen, Anke Pelczarski, Salzwedel Volksstimme, July 31
An Inventory of Al-Mutanabbi Street, The Center for Book Arts, New York, New York
You'll Dig Joshua Goode's Archaeological Show at Darke Gallery, Meredith Deliso, Houston Press, February 12
Paintings Expand Meanings of Sculpture by Whitney and Goode, Molly Glentzer, The Houston Chronicle, February 21
2012 Lost Gods Promises Historical Insight, Steven Viney, Egypt Independent, July 2
Joshua Goode, Power Objets, Heraldo de Aragon, June 26
Indentitat, Autobiografia I Autonarratives, MX Espai 1010, Spain
2010 Special “Eye” to Watch, Joshua Goode, June Mattingly, Modern Dallas, Aug. 13
Joshua Goode’s What the Thunder Said, Jon Breazeale, The Examiner, March 31
Video Interview-What the Thunder Said, Cindy Chaffin, KERA Art and Seek, March 23
A Funerary Installation at Guerilla Arts Reveals New Life in the Dallas Art Scene, Peter Simek, D Magazine, Front Row, March 17
2009 Famous By Numbers at Guerilla Arts, Jon Breazeale, The Examiner, October 19
Guerilla Arts in Our Mist, Robert Wilonsky, Dallas Observer, October 20
Tuesday Morning Roundup, Jerome Weeks, KERA Art and Seek Blog
10x10x10 Returns, Pawagnasset Journal, David Lee, July 10
Art Scene: Recycling Concept of Beauty, Elizabeth Reese, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, May 1
Beside you in Time, Sarah Hill, ArtsHouston, February
2008 Intrude: Art and Life 366, Volume #8, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
In Shadows, Goode examines faith in Oak Cliff, Jesse Hughey, Dallas Observer
Joshua S. Goode at Ice House, Oak Cliff Tribune, Dallas, Texas

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