EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, 2017
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2013
The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
AWARDS
Finalist, SMOCA Good n’ Plenty Grant, Scottsdale, AZ, 2017
Finalist, VCU Fountainhead Fellowship, Summer 2017
Grant Recipient, Arizona State University, Spring 2017
Philip Curtis Graduate Fellowship, Fall 2016-Spring 2017
Special Talent Award, Arizona State University, Fall 2014-Spring 2016
Gerry Grout Visual Arts Scholarship, Fall 2014-Spring 2015
Arizona State University, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts for Art Scholarship recipient, Fall 2014-Spring 2015
The University of Texas at Tyler, President’s List, Spring 2013
The University of Texas at Tyler, Art Talent Scholarship, Fall 2012
Tyler Junior College, Promises to Keep Scholarship, Fall 2010
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
Phx Art Now IV, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ, Oct.-Nov. 2022
2018
Alumni Exhibition, UT Tyler Meadows Gallery, Tyler, TX, August – Sept. 2018
In Your Own Backyard, XICO Art & Culture, Phoenix, AZ, May-June 2018
Open Studios, GlogauAIR Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany, March 2018
2017
Shape Shifters, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ, Sept. – Nov. 2017
Baggage, Rhetorical Galleries, Phoenix, AZ, May-June 2017
Inverse Conversations V, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, April 2017
Baggage, MFA Solo Thesis Exhibition, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, Mar. 2017
Abstract in the Singular: Part Two, Fine Arts Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ, Mar. 2017
Abstract in the Singular: Part One, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, Feb.-Mar. 2017
2016
Eleven, Eric Fischl Gallery, Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ, October 2016
Nathan Cummings Fellowship Travel Grant Exhibition, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, April 2016
Inverse Conversations II, 13 Contemporary Art Space, Qing Zhou, China, March-May 2016
Inverse Conversations, a group exhibition, Remnin University, Beijing, China, March 2016
Geometry in the Expanded Field, a group exhibition, Fine Art Complex 1101, Feb. 2016
MAS Attack 10: An ARTRA Curatorial Event, Fine Art Complex 1101,Tempe, AZ, January 2016
2015
Portmanteau, a Group Exhibition, Public Image, Phoenix, AZ, Dec. 2015
Somewhere Between Black and White, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe,AZ, Nov. – Dec. 2015
Aesthetic Alchemy, a Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ, Oct.-Nov. 2015
Incept, A Painting & Drawing Art Collective Exhibition, {9} The Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, October 2015
Two Conversations, A Two-Person Exhibition, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, October 2015
2015 Summer Juried MFA Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, May-August 2015
Realizations, an MFA Group Exhibition, Frontal Lobe Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, May 2015
Inverse Conversations: Tradition RE/Formed, Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, January 2015
2014
The Eight on Seventh, an MFA Painting Group Show, Mother Bunch Brewery, Phoenix, AZ, December 2014
New Graduate Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, October 2014
Solo Pop Up Show, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX, June-July 2014
Juried Student Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, UT Tyler, Tyler, TX, May-Aug. 2014
2013
The East Texas All-Star Showcase, Downtown Tyler Square, Tyler, TX, Sept. 2013
Bohemian Variety Show, Apex Theatre 20, Tyler, TX, Sept. 2013
6” X 6” Exhibition, Gallery Main Street, Tyler, TX, June 2013
Juried Student Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, UT Tyler, Tyler, TX, May-Aug. 2013
21st Annual Cup Sale, NCECA, Houston, TX, March 2013
Senior BFA Exhibition, Fine Arts Complex Gallery, UT Tyler, Tyler, TX, March 2013
Axiom, UT Tyler Student Exhibition, NCECA, Houston, TX, March 2013
PUBLICATIONS
Baggage at Rhetorical Galleries at the PHICA shipping containers, The Arts Beacon, Jeffrey Kronenfeld, June 1, 2017
Rachel Goodwin’s “Baggage” Explores Consumer Culture, Phoenix New Times, Tom Carlson, March 17, 2017
Rachel Goodwin’s “Baggage” was like a [blank] in a [blank] store, PHXSUX, Troy Farah, March 19, 2017
13 Metro Phoenix Creatives React to Trump’s Plans to Eliminate Arts Funding, Phoenix New Times, Lynn Trimble, January 27, 2017
Studio Visit Magazine, Juror Mike Lash, Summer 2016 Edition
Something Between Black and White, Exhibition Catalog, Fiber Arts Network, Feb. 2016
Two artists discuss corporate America and digital technology with “Two Conversations”,
Ryan Santistevan, Arizona State Press, October 7, 2015
Realizations at Frontal Lobe, Mikey Estes, The Arts Beacon, May 12, 2015
8 Cool Things We Saw at ASU Grant Street Open Studios in Phoenix, Mikey Estes, Phoenix
New Times, April 14, 2015