Frances Goodman
Born 1975 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Lives and works in Johannesburg
Bio
2003
Graduated from HISK (Higher Institute for Fine Art), Antwerp, Belgium
2000
Graduated from Goldsmiths College (MA Fine Arts), University of London, UK
1997
Graduated from University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Awards / Grants
2014
Cecily Brown Fellowship for outstanding woman artist, USA
2004
Werkvbeurzen, Flemish Community, Belgium
2002
Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, Scholarship, South Africa
Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, Scholarship, South Africa
2000
Visiting Arts Award for JUNCTURE, Visiting Arts, UK
Martienssen Prize First Prize Winner, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand, Anya Millman Travel Scholarship, South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand Sculpture Merit Award, South Africa
Solo exhibitions
Upcoming
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2014
The Sweetest Ride, TMproject, Geneva, Switzerland
2013
Sub Rosa, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Cars and Girls, Whatiftheworld, Cape Town, South Africa
2012
Touched, (Art)Amalgamated, Chelsea, New York, USA
2011
Goodman Garage, Westdene, Johannesburg, South Africa
Forever, NSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
Till Death Us Do Part, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2010
Keeping Up Appearances, Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium
2009
Morbid Appetites, Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
2008
Careless Whispers, Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
Young Guns, Project Space, Aeroplastics, Brussels Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2007
Wishful Thinking, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2005
Petite Mort, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2004
Wanting, KULAK, University of Kortrijk, Belgium
David, Gallery in the Round, SA National Festival of the Arts, Grahamstown, South Africa
2003
Intimate/Inanimate Moments, Solo Project, The Process Room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
2000
Two-person exhibition with Moshekwa Langa at the Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Group exhibitions
Upcoming
Divine Comedy, MMK Museum für Mordern Kunst, Frankfurt
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid
Palazzo Correo, Venezia
Hayward Gallery, London
National Galery, Harare
Nirox Sculpture Park, Gauteng, South Africa
2014
Infecting the City, Cape Town, South Africa
States of Mind, Maison Particulière, Brussels, Belgium
2013
Goodman Gallery Booth, FIAC, Paris, France
Goodman Gallery Booth, Johannesburg Art Fair, South Africa
Goodman Gallery Booth, The Armory, New York, USA
2012
Positive Tension, Whatiftheworld, Cape Town, South Africa
Fox with Issues, Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
(Art)Amalgamated Booth, Art MRKT Hamptons, New York, USA
Open Studios, ISCP, New York, USA
Group Exhibition, PG Contemporary, Houston, USA
Aeroplastics Booth, ArtBrussels, Brussels, Belgium
Fireflires, Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium
ADVANCE/NOTICE… Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2011
Summer Show, Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Goodman Gallery Booth, FIAC, Paris, France
Betoverd Bos (The Enchanted Forest), Aalter, Belgium
Not Human, Nor Stone, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
EAT ME, Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Horizon, CC Brugge, Bruges, Belgium
El Mapa: Cartografias Criticas, Medellin, Colombia
Goodman Gallery Booth, Art Dubai, Dubai
Goodman Gallery Booth, The Armory, New York, USA
2010
The Map to Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia
Lust and Vice. The Seven Deadly Sins from Dürer to Nauman, Zentrum Paul Klee and Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
In Other Words, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
In Context, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Lingering Whispers, The Crypt, St Pancreas Church, London, UK
US, Iziko, National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Aeroplastics Booth, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
The Goodman Gallery Booth, Jo’Burg Art Fair, South Africa
The Goodman Gallery Booth, The Armory, New York, USA
2009
That’s All Folks, Bruges Stadhallen, Bruges, Belgium
The Goodman Gallery Booth, Art Basel, Miami, USA
To Die For, Tres Bien Shop, Malmo, Sweden
Spheres, Galleria Continua, La Moulin, France
US, Johannesburg Art Gallery & Goodman Gallery Project Space, Johannesburg, South Africa
Beauty and Pleasure, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
The Goodman Gallery Booth, The Armory, New York, USA
The Goodman Gallery Booth, Jo’Burg Art Fair, South Africa
Aeroplastics Booth, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
Bernier Eliades Booth, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
The Goodman Gallery Booth, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2008
BB3 Being Here: Mapping the Contemporary, Bildmuseet Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Deadly Serious, Exprmntl Gallerie, Toulouse, France
Specta Booth, Kopenhagen
Goodman Gallery Booth, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Specta Booth, SWAB, Barcelona, Spain
BB3 Being Here: Mapping the Contemporary, Bucharest Biennial, Bucharest, Romania
ZA Young Art From Africa, Palazzo della Papesse, Siena, Italy
Aeroplastics Booth, Rottedam Art Fair, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Goodman Gallery Booth, Jo’Burg Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa
Spier Contemporary, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2007
About Beauty, Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Spier Contemporary, Africa Art Centre, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Goodman Gallery Booth, Art Basel, Miami, USA
Gallery Specta Booth, Copenhagen Art Fair, Denmark
Rare Essence, Aeroplastics, Brussels, Belgium
Making Waves, SABC Collection Exhibition, Cape Town Castle, Cape Town, South Africa
Lift Off II, Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Compulsions, Gallery Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006
Women: Photography and New Media: Imaging the Self and Body through Portraiture, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Goodman Gallery Booth, Art Basel, Miami, USA
Farrago, Bernier Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece
Goodman Gallery Booth, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Nie meer, de Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
There and Back / Africa, Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
2005
Threat Zone, Triangle Project Space, San Antonio, Texas, USA
prologue reclaiming Europe from a new feminist perspective, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
Art out of Place, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich, UK
Double Check Re-Framing Space in Photography: The Other Space, Parallel Histories, Camera Austria, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
2004
Double Check Re-Framing Space in Photography: The Other Space, Parallel Histories, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Celje, Slovenia
Goodman Gallery Booth, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
Your Heart is No Match for my Love, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, USA
Mo(NU)ment(at)Bornem, Weert, Hingene and Bornem (Klein-Brabant), Belgium
Show Us What You’re Made Of, The Premises, Johannesburg, South Africa
After Hours, In/Out, Hisk, Antwerpen, Belgium
2003
Distance of Memory, Nairs House of Culture in Vulpera Tarasp, Nairs, Switzerland
Opzij van het Kijken, Watou Art and Literature Festival, Watou, Belgium
Something About Love, Casino, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Open Studios, Higher Institute of Skone Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
2002
Viper, Basel New Media Festival, Basel, Swizerland
Portrait, Sound Space, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sensing Sculpture, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
Fluid, Bonnington Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK; Middlesborough Art Gallery, UK; Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
Unprincipled Passions, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK
Fluid, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK
JUNCTURE, the Granary, Cape Town, South Africa
Body: Rest and Motion, Oudtshoorn Festival, South Africa
JUNCTURE, Studio Voltaire, London
Emotions and Relations, Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Customised Jeans Exhibition, Cinch, London, UK
EAST International, Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich, UK
Goldsmiths MA Exhibition, Goldsmiths College, London
1999
Not Quite a Christmas Show, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Celsius: (new) art from the (new) South Africa, IFA Gallery, Bonn, Germany
Group Exhibition, the Lavender, London, UK
The Paper Show, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Martienssen Prize Exhibition, Gertrude Posel Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Fine Art End of Year Exhibition, Gertrude Posel Gallery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Closer than Bronze, Sandton Civic Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Women’s Voice, touring various cities in Germany
Public collections
Chase Manhattan Collection, New York, USA
BHP Billiton SA Limited Collection
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Rand Merchant Bank Headquarters, London, UK
South African Broadcasting Corporation Collection, South Africa
UNISA Collection, South Africa