Bio

Julia Goodman works at the intersection of papermaking, textiles, sculpture, and painting. Her work is held in the collections of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, DePaul Art Museum, Recology San Francisco, and Google. Unimaginable Units of Time marks her first solo museum exhibition at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art. Recent group exhibitions include National Museum of Women in the Arts, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, DePaul Art Museum, Poetry Foundation, and Berkeley Art Center. Her residencies include JB Blunk Residency, Recology SF, Creativity Explored, Salina Art Center, The Space Program, and The Eames Institute.

Goodman was selected for the 2020 Women to Watch Award by the San Francisco Advocacy for the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She earned an MFA from California College of the Arts and a BA in International Relations and Peace & Justice Studies from Tufts University. In between she studied art at Santa Monica College where she started making paper in 2003 with a kitchen blender and old window screens. She teaches papermaking at CCA and leads workshops throughout the Bay Area, including at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Exploratorium, and NIAD. She lives in the Bay Area with artist Michael Hall and their family.