Curriculum Vitae
Nikolas Soren Goodich b. 1969, Los Angeles
131 N Orange Dr.
LA, CA, 90036
nikolasgoodich@gmail.com
www.nikolassorengoodich.com
www.luminouscommunitycenter.org
IG: @Luminous_Public_Artist
Education
- Virginia Commonwealth University, 2017 – 2019 BFA – Painting and Printmaking
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fall 1998 – Major: Painting
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1989 – 1990 Major: Painting
- Rhode Island School of Design, 1987 – 1989 – Major: Painting
- Otis Parson School of Design, 1986, Summer Program, Painting and Printmaking
- Rhode Island School of Design, 1985, Summer Program, Painting
Exhibitions
2023 – 2024
- Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA, Solo Show, Fall 2024
- Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 23rd Japan International Art Exhibition, June 2024
- Gallery 169, We Need Mirrors To See Ourselves, Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica, CA, Nov – Jan
2022
- Chiefs and Spirits Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands, Art Karlsrhue Art Fair, Karlsrhue, Germany, July
2021
- Leonides Molinar Gallery, We The People, New York , NY, Nov
- Context Art Miami, Luminous Symmetries II, Coagula Curatorial Gallery, Miami, FL, Nov - \ Dec
- LA Art Show, Luminous Symmetries, Coagula Curatorial Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July – Aug
- Chiefs and Spirits Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY, March
2020
- Startup Artfair LA, Venice, CA, February 14 -16, Jurors: Peter Frank, Andi Campignone
- California Society of Printmakers, 106th Annual Exhibition, Piedmont Center for the Arts, CA, Winter
- Arc Gallery, Reflections, San Francisco, CA, May-June, Crated by Shelley Barry, Slate Contemporary Gallery
- Bliecher/Gorman Gallery, LA Art Show, Feb
2018
- Ada Gallery, Everyone in the Pool, Richmond, Virginia, June-Aug
2017
- Chou Souvage, Online Gallery, Ontario, Canada
- Bliecher/Gorman Gallery, Spectrum Gestalt IV, June, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2016
- Berlin Gallery Weekend, Berlin, Germany, with Provincetown painter Steve Lyons
2015
- Corporate & Museum Frame, Twenty-Three New Prints, Richmond, VA, July
2014
- Gallery 169, Anamnesis and Aporia, Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica, CA, Oct – Nov
2013
- Coagula Gallery, The New Testosterone, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by Mat Gleason
2003
- Nature Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia, collaborations with Photographer Nellie Appleby
2002
- J. Wayne Stark Galleries, A Multicultural Vision: Selections from the Charles Rowell Collection, Texas A&M University
Public Art Commissions
- East LA Polyglot, mixed media plexiglass assemblage lightbox painting, 8’ x12’, 2003, Commissioned by developer Jerry Schneiderman, Permanent Installation at Downtown LA loft
- Translucent Polyphonic, two-sided mixed media plexiglass assemblage painting, 16” x 4” x 3”, 2002, Commissioned by Amoeba Records, Hollywood, CA, year-long temporary installation
- Donkey Taxi, mixed media layered plexiglass lightbox painting, 7’ x 5’ x 12”, 2001, Collaboration with photographer Nellie Appleby, Commissioned by Jim Budman, six-month temporary installation in storefront window, Soho, New York, NY
- Primal Scene, mixed media on panel, 12’ x 8’, 2000, Commissioned by Crossroads High School of the Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica, CA, permanent Installation in library
Public Speaking
- Lecture at The Institute of Contemporary Art Museum for Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts, Richmond, VA, VCU Arts Lecture Series, Nov 2023
- TED Talk for TEDx Boston Planetary Stewardship Week, Can Luminous Public Art Save Us From Ourselves, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, Boston, MA, Nov 2022
Honors/Grants/Scholarships
- Juried member of The California Society of Printmakers, January 2020
- VCU, Out of State Student Scholarship, Fall 2018 and Spring 2019
- VCUarts, Painting and Printmaking Department, Gerald Donato Scholarship Fall 2018
- VCUarts Dean List: Fall 2017, Spring and Fall 2018, and Spring 2019
- Tau Sigma Honors Society membership 2017 - onward
Press
- Artillery Magazine, Nikolas Soren Goodich, Peter Frank, Jan 2024
- Diversions LA, We Need Mirrors To See Ourselves – Nikolas Soren Goodich Reflects Our Lives, Genie Davis, Dec 2023
- Office Magazine, Light Up with Nikolas Soren Goodich, Oona Oglesby, Nov 2021
- Dot Red, Interview: Nikolas Soren Goodich, Aug 2021
- Whitehot Magazine, Upstream Towards Nikolas Soren Goodich, Mat Gleason, Coagula Curatorial Gallery, Sept 2020
- RVA Magazine, Veteran Mixed-Media Artist Nikolas Soren Goodich Discusses Returning to VCU & The Impact on His Work, Andrew Goetzinger, Spring 2018
- Not Random Art: The Contemporary Art Review, Feature: Nikolas Soren Goodich, Summer 2017
Print Media
- Making Callalloo: 25 Years of Black Literature, Edited by Charles Henry Rowell
St. Martins Press, New York, NY
Jacket Illustration: Blue Man, oil on canvas, 4.5’ x3.5’, 1990
Painting from collection of Professor Charles Henry Rowell, Texas A&M University
- Callalloo, Volume 22, Number 1, Edited by Charles Henry Rowell, Johns Hopkins 1999
University Press, Baltimore, MD
Cover: Blue Man, oil on canvas, 4.5’ x3.5’, 1990
Painting from collection of Professor Charles Henry Rowell, Texas A&M University