Riley Goodman, raised in the Patapsco River Valley of Maryland, inquires folklore, American history, and humankind's relation to the environments they inhabit in an effort to understand what endures, and how this manifests through the passage of time. Informed by the compositional styles of cinema and painting, Goodman weaves a vast visual narrative inspired by everything from historical accounts and folk-based storytelling to dreams and familial legends. Goodman's work becomes an ever-occurring presentation of history via the use of artifact and ephemera. By establishing this crafted world, Goodman invites the viewer to question tenets of authenticity, leaving the idea of 'historical truth' in an undisclosed middle ground.
Contact: goodman.riley.c@gmail.com
EDUCATION
BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, 2018
MONOGRAPHS
2022: From Yonder Wooded Hill, Edition of 500
SOLO + DUO EXHIBITIONS
2023: From Yonder Wooded Hill, Fall Line Studio, Atlanta, GA
2022
To Cultivate A Magnolia, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
From Yonder Wooded Hill, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
2021: From Yonder Wooded Hill, Lobo Del Mar
2019: American Gothic, Rump Gallery, Richmond, VA- in collaboration with Jessica Taylor
2017: Patapsco: Silent Witnesses To An Enduring Current, The Museum of Howard County History, Ellicott City, MD
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Back Through The Open Window, The Anderson, Richmond, VA - Co-Curation with Will Connally
2024
Ghost Stories, Lenscratch
Unbound13!, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Issue #123 - Color, F-Stop Magazine, Chicago, IL
Wonder, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
A Second Glance: First Look 2024, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
2023
2023 Favorite Photographs, Lenscratch
Unbound12!, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Cabin Fever, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2022
Consensus Walks, Consensus, Richmond, VA
EC250: ARTifacts, Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD
Photobook Exhibition, Athens Photo Festival, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
Conversations with the Archive, Southeastern Center for Photography, Greenville, SC- Curated by Aline Smithson
40 Under 40, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA
2021
2021 Favorite Photographs, Lenscratch
Under The Sun And The Moon, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY
Made In Virginia, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
Issue #108 - Vacation, F-Stop Magazine, Chicago, IL
Four Degrees: Eco-Anxiety and Climate Change, Humble Arts Foundation & Strange Fire Collective, New York, NY
New Topo, Color Tag Magazine
2020
Dispatches from the New South, Studio Two Three, VCU Institute for Contemporary Art, Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA
Unbound9!, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Transcending The Quarantine, The Baltimore County Arts Guild, Catonsville, MD
2019
Pressed Together, Shockoe Artspace, Richmond, VA
What We've Found: Spirituality In Suburbia, Aint-Bad, Savannah, GA
Burning Through Life, Cherry Gallery, Richmond, VA
2018
Occult Work, Vice, New York, NY
On Death, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY
What We've Found: Dog Days, Aint-Bad, Savannah, GA
804-248-4861, 506 Gallery, Richmond, VA- Recipient of Special Jury Prize
Sic Semper Tyrannis, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA- Curated by Alex Klein, ICA Philadelphia
2017
Year In Reverse, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY
Open Nite, The Pollak Building, Richmond, VA
That's Not Good Enough, Studio Two Three, Richmond, VA
VCUarts Juried Undergraduate Spring Show, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA- Curated by Julia Monroe, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond
The Future is Calling, The Present is Fleeting, The Past is Calling, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016
Light Leaked, November 2016 Issue: America, Charleston, SC
VCUarts Juried Undergraduate Spring Show, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA- Curated by Toby Kamps, Curator, Menil Collection, Houston
2015
The Family Room Collective Fall Show: What Happened Here?, The Family Room Gallery, Richmond, VA
FAIRS
2024: The Photography Show, with Candela Gallery, AIPAD, New York, NY
AWARDS + GRANTS
2025
Honorable Mention, Art + History Award, Lenscratch
2024
Special Mention, 2024 Urbanautica Institute Awards
Honorable Mention, Innovate Grant, Winter 2024 Cycle
2021: Honorable Mention, Made In Virginia, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
2019: 3rd Place, Aint-Bad's First Annual Book Prize Award
2018: Special Jury Prize, '804-248-4861: The VCU Photography Class of 2018 Senior Show'
2016
Humble Arts Foundation's Top Instagram Picks of 2016
Most Outstanding Sophomore, Awarded by the VCUarts Photo/Film Department
COLLECTIONS
MoMA Artist Book Collection
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
James Branch Cabell Library Special Collections, VCU
Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, UMBC
Franklin Furnace Archive, Pratt Institute
Candela Gallery
Quirk Hotel
The American Civil War Museum
The Museum of Howard County History
MULTI-ARTIST BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
2024
New South Volume 1: Reciprocity, Atlanta Center for Photography, Atlanta, GA
Issue No. 22: Golden Hour, Pearl Press
Of Covid, Kris Graves Projects & Humble Arts Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Memory Orchards, Candela Books, Richmond, VA
2022
Candelar 2022, Candela Gallery
2021
Vast Magazine No. 2, Vast Magazine
2020
Dispatches from the New South, Studio Two Three, Richmond, VA
Climate Change Zine, Skinny Dipper Magazine, Richmond, VA
2019
On Death, Kris Graves Projects & Humble Arts Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
^Featured in The Best Photobooks of 2019 by Time Magazine
Aint-Bad No. 14, Aint-Bad, Savannah, GA
Burning Through Life, Pomegranate Press, Richmond, VA
CURATION
2025
Back Through The Open Window, The Anderson, Richmond, VA - Co-Curation with Will Connally
Common House Richmond - In collaboration with Quirk & Candela galleries
PRESS
2025: VCUarts - Back Through The Open Window Curatorial Interview
2023
Float Magazine - Review of From Yonder Wooded Hill
PetaPixel - Review of From Yonder Wooded Hill
C4 Journal - Review of From Yonder Wooded Hill
Frames Magazine - Review of From Yonder Wooded Hill
Urban Appalachian Community Coalition - Review of From Yonder Wooded Hill
2022
The Washington Post - Review of From Yonder Wooded Hill
Modern Love
Danny's Photobook Corner - Review of From Yonder Wooded Hill
Nowhere Diary
Photobook Journal - Review of From Yonder Wooded Hill
2021
The Washington Post
Garden & Gun - Preview of From Yonder Wooded Hill
Lobo Del Mar
Vast Magazine
2020
Format
Oxford American
2019: Aint Bad
2017: The Baltimore Sun
AUCTIONS
2025: RVA4CERF+ Benefit Auction, True F. Luck Gallery, Richmond, VA
2024: 19th Annual Photobook Auction, MassArt, Boston, MA
2023
18th Annual Photobook Auction, MassArt, Boston, MA
Cabin Fever, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
LECTURES & TALKS
2025: Western Washington University
2022: Real Photo Show, in conversation with Michael Chavon-Dalton
2021
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, in conversation with Heather Hakimzadeh
Fall Line Press
2019: B&O Railroad Museum, Ellicott City, MD
2018: Mobelux, Richmond, VA