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EDUCATION

Tyler School of Art, Temple University, (1977-1979) M.F.A. Sculpture and Ceramics, Philadelphia PA

Kansas City Art Institute, (1977) Post Graduate Studies in Sculpture, Kansas City MO

Indiana University, (1971-76) B.A. Fine Arts, Religious Studies, Bloomington IN

TEACHING

Indiana University Northwest, (2016-present) Emeritus Professor of Fine Arts, College of Arts & Sciences, Gary, IN

Indiana University Northwest, (1995 – 2016) Professor of Fine Arts, Gary IN

Indiana University Northwest, (1998-2001) (2007 – 2011) Chair, Department of Fine Arts, Gary IN

University of Chicago (Spring 1999) Midway Studios, Visiting Artist

Indiana University Northwest, (1985-1995) Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Gary IN

University of Chicago, (Fall 1985) Midway Studios, Adjunct Faculty, Chicago IL

Indiana University Northwest, (1979-1985) Assistant Professor of Fine Arts, Gary IN

Tyler School of Art, Temple University, (1980) Visiting Professor, Philadelphia PA

Rutgers University, (1979) Adjunct Professor of Sculpture, Camden NJ

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

“Night and Day” commissioned by the Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana (2019)

“Biography” Museum of Outdoor Arts, Marjorie Park, Englewood, CO (2012)

“Tapestry” commissioned by the IUN Chancellors Society in honor of former Chancellor Bruce Bergland, IU Northwest (2011)

“Prairie Passage” (Terry Karpowicz-Neil Goodman) Munster Centennial Park (Ht. 17’ Length 32’) Munster IN (2009)

IUN Sculpture Garden, “Shadows and Echoes” 10 permanent large scale sculptures Indiana University Northwest, Gary IN (2005)

Lincoln Financial Sculpture Park, Hartford CT (2009)

“Geography Earth”, Burnham Park at Soldier Field, Chicago IL (2003)

Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, 15′ x 35′ Bronze Wall Installation (2000)

The Dow Centennial Sculpture Garden, Midland MI (2000)

Jewish Heritage Museum, Danville CA    8′ x 20 ‘ Bronze Wall Installation (1998)

“Passage”, McCormick Place South Pavillion, Chicago IL 90′ x 15′ Bronze Wall Installation (1997)

“Subjects-Objects,” Indiana University Northwest, Gary IN (1996)  20’ wall installation

Martin Luther King Drive Gateway Renovation, Chicago IL (1996)

Large Scale Relief, Temple Jeremiah, Northbrook IL (1995) 14′ x 16′ Bronze Wall Installation

Public Library, City of Chicago, Chicago IL

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

AT& T Corporate Center, Chicago IL

The Bedford Group, Northbrook IL

William Blair & Co., Chicago, IL

Brunswick Corporation, Skokie IL

Capital One, Corporate Headquarters, Chicago IL

Crown Consolidated Industries, Chicago IL

Deerfield Capital Management, Rosemont IL

Ernest and Young, Chicago IL

Foley & Lardner, Chicago IL

Guy Anderson, Chicago IL

High Lake Sculpture Garden, West Chicago, IL

Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL

Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis IN

Indiana University Northwest, Gary IN

Ingles and Associates, Detroit MI

JMB Realty, Corporate Headquarters, Chicago IL

Kirkland and Ellis, Chicago IL

Lincoln Financial Sculpture Park, Hartford CT

Lincoln Financial, Ft. Wayne IN

Madden Museum of Art, Greenwood Village, CO

Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Heights IL

Museum of Outdoor Arts, Denver CO

Nathan Manilow Sculpture Garden, Governors State, University Park, IL

Neil, Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago IL

Park Hyatt Hotel, Chicago IL

Purdue University Northeast, Westville, IN

JB Pritzker, Chicago IL

Richar Interiors, Chicago IL

Rockford Museum of Art, Rockford IL

Sachnosf & Weaver, Chicago IL

Sears Corporate Collection, Hoffman Estates IL

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago IL

Tokai Bank, Ltd., Chicago IL

Tribler & Orpitt, Chicago IL

UBS Warburg, UBS Tower, Chicago IL

U.S. Gypsum, Chicago IL

Van Dan Bergh and Associates, Chicago IL

Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kemmholz, Chicago, IL

Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kemmholz, Washington DC

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

“Through a Different Lens”. Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago Ill, Fall 2022

“Close Proximity”, A Retrospective of Sculpture by Neil Goodman, Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, CO (2018)

“Twists & Turns”, New Sculpture, Carl  Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL (2017)

“Looking West”, Elveroh Museum, Solvang, CA (2017)

“Traveling Light”, Indiana University Northwest, Gallery for Contemporary Art, Gary, IN

“So Small Between the Stars, So Large Against the Sky” Studies for a Monument New works by Neil Goodman, Brauer Museum of Art,

Valparaiso University (2016)

“Pulse” Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014

“Breadth”  Perimeter Gallery,  Chicago, IL  2012  

“Neil Goodman in the Park” Nathan Manilow Sculpture Garden, Governors State University, University Park IL (2010)

“Perimeter Gallery” Projects Room, Chicago IL (2009)

“Public & Private” Neil Goodman/Terry Karpowicz . Lubeznik Art Center, Michigan City IN (2009)

“Near & Far”, Perimeter, Chicago IL (2008)

“Neil Goodman Sculpture with the Urban Landscape” Sears Tower, Chicago IL (2008)

“Portals & Passages”, Indiana State Museum – NI Source Gallery, Indianapolis IN (2006)

“Sculpture”, Safety Kleen Gallery One at Elgin Community College (2005)

“Portals and Passages”, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago IL (2005)

“Lenses and Loops”, Henry Hope School of Fine Arts, Bloomington IN (2004)

Herron Gallery, IUPUI, Indianapolis IN (2004)

“Shadows & Echoes”, Elaine Jacob Gallery of Art, Wayne State University, Detroit MI (2003)

“Monuments”, Klein Gallery, Chicago IL (2003)

Perimeter Gallery, Chicago IL (2002)

Perimeter Gallery, New York NY (2002)

Marc Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis IN (2002)

Indiana University Northwest Gallery for Contemporary Art, Gary IN (2001)

Neil Goodman Sculpture, Koehline Art Center, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines IL (1998)

“Sculpture Since 1985”, (Mid-Career Survey) Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL (1997-98)

New Sculpture, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago (1997)

Subjects-Objects, an installation, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at University of, Oklahoma, Norman OK (1994)

Neil Goodman Selected Works, 1985-1991, Rockford Museum of Art Rockford IL (1993)

Subjects-Objects, Recent Bronze Sculpture, Struve Gallery, Chicago IL (1993)

Large Scale Bronzes, Struve Gallery, Chicago IL (1991)

The Bellingham Series: Small Scale Bronzes, Struve Gallery, Chicago IL (1990)

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: One Person shows (cont’d)

Chicago View, Selected Works from the 1980’s, Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art Herron Gallery, Indianapolis IN (1989)

Recent Bronze Sculptures, Struve Gallery, Chicago IL (1988)

Recent Sculpture, Struve Gallery, Chicago IL (1986)

Sculpture, Barat College Reicher Gallery of Art, Lake Forest IL (1986)

New Bronze Sculpture, Frumkin & Struve Gallery, Chicago IL (1982)

Landscape-Still Life, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL (1981)

Sculpture, Indiana University Northwest, Gary IN (1981)

Sculpture, Purdue University, Union Gallery, Lafayette IN (1981)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

“Organic”, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (2021)

“Selections from the Museum of Outdoor Arts Collection”, Anniversary Exhibition,Ingelwood, CO (2021)

“3-D Inside/Out”, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL (2020)

“Carl Hammer 40th Anniversary Exhibition”, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL (2019)

“Rudder”, Nathan Manilow Sculpture Garden at Governor’s State University, (2019-)

“Legendary”, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL (2019)

“Freshly Picked”, Recent Acquisitions, Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL (2018)

“Just Good Art”, The Chiuck Thurow Gift, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL (2017)

“Objects of Impossibility: Contemporary Abstraction”, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (2017)

“Contemporary Abstraction”, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (2017)

“Modern Arts Midtown”, Omaha, Nebraska (2016)

“Undulating Landscape: Neil Goodman and Jin Hua”, curator Xie Jiankun, Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL (2016)

“Another Iliad” in collaboration with Carole Harmel, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL (2016)

“Return of the Exquisite Corpse” Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL, (2015-2016)

“Sculpture”, South Shore Art Association, Michigan City, IN (2015)

“Head/Hand/Hammer:  Tribute to a Community of Sculptors”, Metropolitan Capital, Chicago, IL (2014)

The Godfathers of Art”, White Ripple Gallery, Hammond IN (2014)

“Sculpture Today: New Forces, New Forms”, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids MI (2011)

“Chicago Odyssey” Portraits of Chicago Artists: A Collaboration with Carole Harmel, Printworks Gallery, Chicago IL (2011)

“Vector The Art of Fabricating”, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS (2011)

“Art Works Chicago: The Fifth Year Retrospective”, Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago IL (2010)

“Art Chicago” Perimeter Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago IL (2010)

“Sculpture Invasion 2” Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton College, Des Plaines IL (2010)

“Heartland Art: Selections from the Indiana Collection” Indiana State Museum (2010-2011)

“Art Chicago” Perimeter Gallery, Chicago IL (2009)

“Chicago Artists Month Neil Goodman & Vera Klement”, U.S. Equities, Chicago IL (2008)

“Seven Sculptors” Perimeter Gallery, Chicago IL (2008)

“THINK ART” Bridge Art Fair, Miami FL (2007)

“Natural Inclinations” Christopher Art Gallery, Chicago Heights IL (2007)

“Art Works Chicago”, Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago IL (2007)

“Sculpture Invasion”, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines IL (2007)

“Art Works”, Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago IL (2007)

“Art Chicago”, Merchandise Mart, Chicago IL (2007)

“The Exquisite Snake”, Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston IL (2007)

Neil Goodman/Toshiko Takaezo, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago IL (2006)

Gordon Powell/Neil Goodman, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago IL (2006)

“Columbus Sculpture Invitational”, Columbus IN (2006)

“Art Chicago”, Chicago IL (2005)

“Professional Members Exhibition (International Sculpture Center)” Cliff Dwellers Club, Chicago IL (2005)

“Some Things Happening: 25 Years of Herron Gallery Exhibitions”, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis IN (2004)

“Art Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago IL (2004)

“Art Chicago”, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago IL (2003)

“The Chicago School II”, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL (2002)

“Shadows & Echoes”, Site specific installation, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis IN (2002)

“Sculpture”, Perimeter Gallery, New York NY (2002)

“Transcultural Visions” (Polish-American contemporary art) Muzeum Narodowe W Szczecinie (2002)

“Transcultural Visions” (Polish-American contemporary art) Zamek Ksiazat Pomorskich (2002)

“Art Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago IL (2002)

“Abstract Truths”, Hinsdale Center for the Arts, Hinsdale IL (2002)

“A Gathering of Friends”,The Clay Studio Harrison Gallery, Philadelphia PA (2002)

Museum of Outdoor Arts, International Sculpture Collection IV (2001), Denver CO

Museum of Contemporary Art Benefit Auction, Chicago IL (2001)

“Transcultural Visions” (Polish-American contemporary art) curated by Gosia Koscielak, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL (2001)

Also traveled to Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park IL (2001) Traveled in several museum venues throughout Poland

International Sculpture Collection IV, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago IL curated by Terry Karpowicz, (2001)

“Interiors” Benefit Auction, RenaissanceSociety, Chicago IL (2000)

Drawings by Sculptors and Maquettes ,Printworks Gallery, Chicago IL (2000)

NIAA IUN Faculty Alumni Show Munster IN (2000)

“Midland Historical Society” Drawings for the Dow Centennial Park, Midland MI (2000)

“Art Against Aids” Benefit Auction (1999) Chicago IL

Art Chicago, (1999) Perimeter Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

The 3rd Occasional Survey of Abstract Art in Chicago (1998-99) Klein Artworks, Chicago IL

Absolute Vision (1998) Perimeter Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago IL

Art Chicago (1998) Perimeter Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago IL

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: Group (Cont’d)

SOFA (1998) Perimeter Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago IL

The Chicago-Indiana Connection: Examining Artistic Inter-Relationships Between Northwest Indiana and Chicago, (1997)

Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso IN

Art Chicago (1997) Perimeter Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago IL

Art in Chicago, 1945-1995, (1996-1997) Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL

Constellations, (1996) Ingrid Fassbender Gallery Curated by Paul Krainak, Chicago IL

Reveries, (1996) Knox College, Galesburg IL

Art Chicago, (1996) Richard Gray Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago IL

Contemporary American Sculpture, (1996) Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, South Bend IN

The New Pier Show, (1995) Struve Gallery, Chicago IL

Contemporary Spirituality, (1995) Struve Gallery, Chicago IL

Radius, (1995) Institute Place, Chicago IL

Traveling All Campus IU Art Exhibition, (1995) IU Museum of Art, Bloomington IN

Sofa, Designs for Living, (1994) Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, Chicago IL

Himmelfarb-Goodman, Recent Works, (1994) Gallery 72, Omaha NB

The New Pier Show, (1994) Struve Gallery, Chicago IL

Gary Justis-Neil Goodman, Functional Works, (1994) Struve Gallery, Chicago IL

Furniture, (1994) Ingles and Associates, Birmingham MI

Nautical Visions, (1993) Shedd Aquarium, Chicago IL

Five Sculptural Viewpoints, (1993) Evanston Art Center, Evanston IL

Chicago International Art Expo, (1992) Struve Gallery Donnely Hall, Chicago IL

Art for the Blind, (1992) Hadley School for the Blind, Lake Forest IL

Contemporary Still Life, (1992) Rockford College, Rockford IL

IUNW Faculty Exhibition, (1992) Indiana University Northwest, Gary IN

Chicago International Art Expo, (1991) Struve Gallery, Chicago IL

Art Miami ‘91, (1991),Miami Beach FL

Sculpture Chicago, (1990) Klein Gallery, Chicago IL

Hand Crafted Furniture, (1990) Judith Racht Gallery, Lakeside MI

Chicago International New Art Forms Expo, (1989) Navy Pier, Chicago IL

Curators Choice, Survey of Contemporary Indiana Artists, (1989) Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster IN

Sculpture, (1988) Southern Illinois University Museum of Art, Carbondale IL

Chicago International Art Expo, (1988) Struve Gallery Navy Pier, Chicago IL

National Sculpture, (1987) Foster White Gallery, Seattle WA

Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, (1987) Navy Pier, Chicago IL

Art at the Armory, Seventy-fifth Anniversary Exhibition, (1987) New York NY

Models for Large Scale Sculpture, (1986) Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago IL

Sculpture, (1986) Dart Gallery, Chicago IL

Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, (1986) Navy Pier, Chicago IL

Contemporary Still Life, (1985) Struve Gallery, Chicago IL

Chicago International Art Expo, (1985) Chicago IL

Mile of Sculpture, (1984) Chicago International Art Expo, Chicago IL

Heads, (1984) Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

Pilsen Artists, (1984) Northern Illinois University, Swen Parson Gallery, DeKalb IL

Artists Call, (1984) Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL

Invitational Alumni Exhibition, (1984) Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia PA

Chicago International Art Expo, (1983) Navy Pier, Chicago IL

Bronze Sculpture, (1983) Frumkin & Struve Gallery, Chicago IL

Illinois Invitational, (1982) Illinois State Museum, Springfield IL

Neo-Objective Sculpture, (1982) Dart Gallery, Chicago IL

New Realists, (1982) Quincy Art Club, Quincy IL

Chicago Prospective, (1980) Navy Pier, Chicago IL

New Talent, (1979) Wood Gallery, Philadelphia PA

Regional Works, (1979) Abington Art Center, Philadelphia PA

GRANTS & AWARDS

New Frontiers Grant “Large Scale Sculptures”, Indiana University Northwest, $25,000 (2016)

Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Award for Distinguished Scholarship/Creative Activity, Indiana University Northwest, Gary IN (2011)

Project Initiation Grant (2009, 2011), Indiana University Northwest, Gary IN

American Academy in Rome, Nominee for the Rome Prize (2004)

President’s Arts and Humanities Initiative (RUGS), funding for Indiana University Northwest Savannah Center Sculpture Garden $50,000 (2004)

Summer Faculty Fellowship, (1997,1994, 1991, 1988, 1985, 1983, 1982) Indiana University Northwest, Gary IN

Grant-in-Aid, (1997, 1996, 1991, 1988, 1983,1982) Indiana University Northwest, Gary IN

Sabbatical Grant, (2015), (1997), (1987) Indiana University Northwest, Gary IN

Facilities Grant, Indiana University (1996)

Awards in the Visual Arts, nominee, (1985)

Outstanding M.F.A. Graduate, (1979)

Equipment Development Grant (1997)

Tyler School of Art, Temple University Philadelphia PA

SELECTED  BIBLIOGRAPHY: BOOKS AND CATALOGS

“Vector Sculpture” The Art of Fabrication, Jyoti Srivastava, (2019)

“Close Proximity”, A retrospective of Sculpture by Neil Goodman, Museum of Outdoor Arts, (Essay by Margaret Hawkins, Interview by Colleen Smith) Englewood, CO (2018)

“So Small Between the Stars, So Large Against the Sky” New Works by Neil Goodman, Brauer Museum of Art (Essay by Gregg Hertzlieb) Valparaiso University, Exhibition Catalog (2016)

“Another Iliad” in collaboration with Carole Harmel, Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL, Exhibition Catalog (2016)

“Return of the Exquisite Corpse” Printworks Gallery, Chicago, IL (essay by Lynne Warren), Exhibition Catalog (2015-2016)

“Neil Goodman in the Park” Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park at Governors State University, University Park IL (2010)

“Sculpture Invasion” , Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines IL (2010)

“Public & Private,”  Lubeznik Art Center  Terry Karpowicz/Neil Goodman essay by Victor Cassidy (2009)

“Collection”  The Museum of Outdorr Arts, Denver CO (2008)

“Art Works Chicago”,Perimeter Gallery,  Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago IL ( Spring 2007)

“Sculpture Invasion” Victor Cassidy, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines IL (2007)

“Columbus Sculpture Invitational” Exhibition Catalog for 2006, Columbus IN (2007)

“Sculpture” Exhibition Catalog for 2002 School of Fine Arts Gallery, IU Bloomington IN

Safety Kleen Gallery One at Elgin Community College, essay by Steve Luecking (2005)

“Some Things Happening: 25 Years of Herron Gallery Exhibitions”, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis IN (2004)

Elizabeth Rosdeitcher, “Shadow & Echoes”, Indiana University Northwest (2004)

“Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art”, Northwestern University, Evanston IL (2002)

Transcultural Visions 2: Polish American Contemporary Art (2002)

Perimeter Gallery, “Art Chicago”, Navy Pier, Chicago IL (2002)

Brauer Museum, Valparaiso, IN “Friends of Art” (2002)

Untitled 1998 Bronze and Limestone Sculpture by the Artist Neil Goodman, Greg Hertzlieb,  Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso IN (2002)

MCA Art Auction – Sotheby’s, Chicago IL (2001)

Jane Friedman, “Sculpture At the Block Museum of Art” Mary & Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston IL (2000)

Yood, James and Knight, Greg, “Neil Goodman Sculpture Since 1985”

Perimeter Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago 1997-1998

MCA Book, Art in Chicago, 1994-1995

Yood, James “The Chicago-Indiana Connection,” Catalogue Essay, 1996

Thomas, Thomas J.  Direction: The First All Campus Fine Arts Exhibition from, Indiana University, 1995

Scarborough, James.  Subjects-Objects and the Devaluation of the Constructivist

Imperative.  Norman, Oklahoma:  Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art [University of Oklahoma], 1994

SOFA, Sculpture, Objects & Functional Art 1994

Struve, Keith.  Neil Goodman: Subjects-Objects Chicago: Struve Gallery, 1993

Contemporary Still Life Rockford:  Rockford College, 1992 

Schneeman, Liane.  Still Alive, Contemporary Still Life Rockford:  The Rockford College, 1991.

Struve, Keith.  Neil Goodman:  Large Scale Sculpture.  Chicago:  Struve Gallery, 1991.

Chicago International New Art Forms Expo Chicago:  Navy Pier, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985.

Curators Choice, Survey of Contemporary Indiana Artists.  Munster:  Northern Indiana Arts Association, 1989.

Furniture, Neil Goodman. Chicago: Struve Gallery in conjunction with Chicago International New Art Forms Exhibition, Navy Pier, 1989.

Curator’s Choice:  Indiana.  Munster: Northern Indiana Arts Association.  15.

Yood, James and Julia Fish Chicago View: Selected Works from the 1980’s. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, 1989.

Mile of Sculpture Chicago:  Navy Pier.  Chicago International Art Expo, 1984.

Sachs, Sid.  Golden Years:  Tyler’s 50th Anniversary Philadelphia: Tyler School of Art Invitational, 1984 

Rabb, Madeline Mile of Sculpture Chicago:  Chicago Sculpture International, 1983    

Chicago International Art Expo Chicago:  Navy Pier, 1983

Chicago International Art Exposition Chicago:  Frumkin & Struve Gallery, 1983

Evans, Robert Illinois Museum Invitational.  Springfield, 1982

Chicago Prospective Chicago:  Department of Cultural Affairs, 1980

New Talent Philadelphia:  Wood Gallery, 1979