Heather Goodchild (born 1977) is a Canadian artist and costume designer who produces paintings and textile art installations. She has exhibited in Berlin, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Toronto and throughout Canada. Recurring themes in her work include symbolism, rituals, regalia, societies, traditions, morality, and personal fulfilment.

Early life

Goodchild was born in Toronto in 1977.

Education

Goodchild studied fashion design before switching to art, and graduated from

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with a degree in arts in Fashion Design in 2000.

Career

Painting, sculpting, and textile work

Goodchild's ''Anna Ward Brouse'' exhibit centred around a fictional

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matron with a strong work ethic. In 2012, as the Art Gallery of Ontario's

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, she created the

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''Uniform Factory'' exhibit – which included a garment assembly line with

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slogans and

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icons. In 2013, her work with fabric representations of legends, myths, and secret societies was featured in the

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. In 2014, she created a series of watercolour portraits for the

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video ''Until I find you''. Also in 2014, Goodchild was awarded the

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studio residency, based in Paris. Her piece "Dogs" was one of nine miniature art installations in

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, Toronto as part of the ''Open Field Collective’s 2016 Street Projects.'' Goodchild did the cover art for Feist's Let It Die re-release in 2018. In 2019, Goodchild was awarded the Chalmers Arts Fellowship. She has attended the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, in Greece, and the Varda Artists Residence program in California. In 2020, she exhibited at

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gallery in

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. In 2021, she exhibited at Clint Roenisch Gallery in Toronto. In November and December 2021 she exhibited at Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fibre Arts inaugural Exhibition of Contemporary Rugs.

Film work

Goodchild has worked as a costume designer for the 2006 television show

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and the 2002 short film Evelyn: The Cutest Evil Dead Girl. She has worked on set for the 2002 film

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, the 2001 short film Full, the 2001 film

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and the 2014 short film A Tale of Bad Luck.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodchild, Heather Living people Canadian textile artists 21st-century Canadian women artists 21st-century Canadian artists Canadian costume designers Toronto Metropolitan University alumni Artists from Toronto 1977 births Canadian women costume designers