At first glance, the practice of Clare Goodwin (*1973, Birmingham, UK) appears to be located within a purely abstract minimalist as well as constructivist tradition. This seems to be the case throughout the hard-edged geometric painting compositions, whether materialized as large-scale wall painting installations, on clay, wood or paper. However, the meticulously painted elements in her body of work are in fact based on a deep interest in the human soul, nostalgia and formal image building. The viewer gets a glimpse of the more intuitive side of Goodwin’s work as underneath the neatly applied geometric features in her paintings, there appear floaty pastel like washes that partly prime the canvas. Clare Goodwin thus depicts her reality and the past thereof through abstract representation.

Clare Goodwin’s motives and color compositions are triggered from a British working-class upbringing in the nineteen seventies and early eighties.

She falls back on gathered materials from these eras along with her own personal memories and lived experiences, enabling narrative possibilities with a future presence. Goodwin titles all her paintings with names of people associated with a generation of people from bygone days.

Clare Goodwin holds a bachelor’s degree in painting from Winchester School of Art and a master’s degree, equally in painting, from the Royal College of Art, London. In recent years, Goodwin enhanced her painterly practice by inviting other mediums such as architectural environments and ceramics into her practice.

View Solo and Group Exhibitions in Curriculum Vitae.