Artist Statement
My art asks the question, “How do you define American Blackness?” Is it the way one speaks, the music one listens to, or the religion one practices? Conversely, how does one define American Whiteness? Is it all things that society defines as normal, good, or right?
Regardless of one’s opinion, it is easy to develop stereotypical categories as definitions. Yet how do we define the individual who sits on the border between White and Black, sometimes referred to as the “Oreo”. In my childhood, I was deemed the "Oreo" by my peers. Growing up in a majority White school system, I stood out as the Black who practiced the White religion, Catholicism. As I was subjected to ridicule by both races, I wondered what by definition is an "Oreo"? By discussing the American racial polarity between Black and White, I intend through my work to dissect set definitions of race and to expose the grey, messy in between."
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Education
2019- MFA , Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH,
2016- BFA, magna cum laude 2D Studies, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Experience
2019-2018- Graduate Assistant, Columbus College of Art and Design. Clean and maintain Graduate study space , updating MFA social media, and assisting with student projects.
2018- Teaching Assistant, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus OH. Assisted With Courses : Painting Introduction Survey, Intro to Jewelry
2016-2017- Office Worker, The University of Toledo, Toledo OH. Manned the front desk and handled phone calls and appointments for the Department of Pharmacy
Awards/Grants
2018-Student Enrichment Grant, Columbus OH
2015-Juried Student Exhibition Dean’s Award, Toledo OH
Exhibitions
2021
Closing the Distance “Group Exhibition” Toledo Museum of Art. Toledo, OH
2020
In Celebration of Black History Month “ Co-exhibition” Way Public Library, Perrysburg, OH
2019
The Gold Lining “Co-Exhibition” River House Arts. Toledo, OH
Wild Art Columbus “Group exhibition” Wild Goose Creative. Columbus, OH
LAUNCH Artist: Faith Goodman, “ Solo exhibition” Second Sight Project, Columbus, OH
Eighth Annual Young Hearts Exhibition “ Juried Group exhibition” Sean Christopher Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Replacing the Sun? CCAD MFA Thesis Show ”Group exhibition” Beeler Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2018
CHROMA: The Best fo CCAD. “ Group exhibition” Canzani Center, Columbus Ohio.
Tenth Annual Figurative Drawing & Painting Exhibition,” Juried Group exhibition” Lore Degenstein Gallery, Selinsgrove Pennsylvania
2017
Heterogenous: State of American “Group Exhibition” Secor Building, River House Arts, Contemporary Art Toledo, Toledo Ohio
2016
BFA Thesis Show “ Group Exhibition” Center of Visual Arts Main Gallery, Toledo Ohio
2015
Juried Student Exhibition “ Group Exhibition” Center of Visual Arts Main Gallery, Toledo Ohio
CAST Exhibition “ Group Exhibition” Secor Building , Toledo,OH
2013
Artomatic 419!, “Group Exhibition” Toledo Arts Commission 911 N. Summit St,Toledo OH
Nexus 7, “Group Exhibition” Center of Visual Arts Main Gallery/The University of Toledo, Toledo Ohio
Women’s Art Exhibition “ Group Exhibition” Catherine S. Eberly Center for
Women, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Residencies
2019
LAUNCH Residency, Second Sight Studios, Columbus, OH
Collaborative Projects
2018- Contemporary Consumption: The Ease and Regrets of Online Shopping, SOFA Connect. Chicago, Illinois
2016- Leaders of Our Community & Entrance Mural Frederick Douglass Community Center, Toledo Ohio
2013- One Million Bones Project, Washington DC
Press
SOFA CONNECT,” Contemporary Consumption The Ease and Regrets of Online Purchasing” November, 2018 Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design. Date accessed: December 13 2018.
Athena Cocoves, “GROUP EXHIBIT EXPLORES ISSUES OF CLASS AND CULTURE IN AMERICA”, February 7, 2017 Toledo City Paper. Date accessed : February 4 2018,
Loraine Lynn, “Heterogeneous: States of American,” Josh Byers, David Cuatlacuatl, and Faith Goodman @ River House Arts” loraintude: Exhibition reviews, Art criticism, and Critical writing (Blog) February 22, 2017