Selected Exhibitions
Goody's curatorial work has been reviewed in journals such as Art in America, and Sculpture Magazine, as well as notable blogs such as Hyperallergic, Arthopper and more.
Image and the Photographic Allusion
January 14 – April 3, 2022 | Curated by Dick Goody for Oakland University Art Gallery
Featuring: Mary Ellen Bartley, Peter Bialobrzeski, Markus Brunetti, Lucas Foglia, Cig Harvey, Jacqueline Hassink, Erik Madigan Heck, Pieter Hugo, Joshua Lutz, Michael Massaia, Jeffrey Milstein, Zanele Muholi, Christopher Payne, Toshio Shibata, Raïssa Venables.
Catalogue available: ISBN 978-0-925859-77-8
American Paintings from the Nancy and Sean Cotton Collection, 1850–1940
January 10-April 5, 2020 | Curated by Dick Goody for Oakland University Art Gallery | Funded by Art Bridges and the Terra Foundation
Your Very Own Paradise
September 7 - November 24, 2019 | Curated by Dick Goody for Oakland University Art Gallery
featuring: Nick Archer, Enrique Chagoya, Melanie Daniel, Maira Kalman, Amer Kobaslija, Andrew Lenaghan, Tayna Marcuse, Rebecca Morgan, Lamar Peterson, Simon Roberts, Orit Raff, Thamas Trosch, And Marc Yankus.
Catalogue available: ISBN 978-0-925859-76-1
Who Were They Then
October 20 – November 18, 2018 | Curated by Dick Goody for Oakland University Art Gallery
featuring: Morgan Barrie, Carole Harris, Mel Rosas, Clinton Snider, and Bryant Tillman. Much like the physical traces left by time and change on a city, materiality and texture characterize the artists’ work in this exhibition. Each artist has connections to Detroit, whether they have been educated here, lived, or exhibited in the city.
Catalogue available: ISBN 978-0-925859-75-4
Ethics of Depiction: Landscape, Still Life, Human
September 9 - November 19, 2017 | Curated by Dick Goody for Oakland University Art Gallery
Featuring: Matthew Albanese, Greta Alfaro, Jasper de Beijer, Amy Bennett, Julie Blackmon, Sharon Core, Roe Ethridge, Richard Finkelstein, April Gornik, David Hilliard, Alex Kanevsky, Patrick Lee, Richard Mosse, Michael Najjar, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Richard Renaldi, Hannah Starkey, Becky Suss, Jörn Vanhöfen and Guido van der Werve.
Catalogue available: ISBN 978-0-925859-73-0
Hiberna Flores
January 7 - February 19, 2017 | Curated by Dick Goody for Oakland University Art Gallery
Laurie Tennent, Photography | Lisa Waud, Installation
Catalogue available: ISBN 978-0-925859-71-6
Carlos Rolón | Commonwealth
January 16 - April 3, 2016 | Curated by Dick Goody for Oakland University Art Gallery
A survey of work by Carlos Rolón (b. 1970, Chicago, IL) as well as an illustrated accompaniment to the "Commonwealth" exhibition at Oakland University Art Gallery.
Catalogue available: ISBN 978-0-925859-68-6
The Body Metonymic
January 11 - March 30, 2014 | Curated by Dick Goody for Oakland University Art Gallery
Featuring: David Altmejd, Chris Jones, Folkart De Jong, Lonnie Holley, Fabienne Lasserre, Martin McMurray, Matthew Monahan, Martha Mysko, Michelle Segre, Shinique Smith, William Stone & Johannes Vanderbeek.
Catalogue Available: ISBN 978-0-925859-61-7
Gilda Snowden | Album: A Retrospective | 1977-2010
October 26 - November 24, 2013 | Curated by Dick Goody for Oakland University Art Gallery
A solo exhibition focusing on one of Detroit's most prolific and beloved artists Gilda Snowden (b. 1954 - 2014, Detroit, MI).
Catalogue available: ISBN 978-0-925859-60-0
The Roving Eye: Artists and the Contemporary Portrait
January 12 - March 31, 2013 | Curated by Dick Goody for Oakland University Art Gallery
Featuring artists: Noah Becker, Michaël Borremans, Jeff Burton, Andrew Bush, Kent Dorn, Charlotte Dumas, Anh Duong, Pierre Gonnard, Debbie Grossman, Andrew Guenther, Rosemary Laing, Loretta Lux, Scott Schuman, David Shrigley. Tereza Vlćkovà, Matthew Watson, Nicole Wittenberg, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.
Catalogue Available: ISBN 978-0-925859-58-7
Idealizing the Imaginary: Illusion and Invention in Contemporary Painting
January 14 - April 1, 2012 | Curated by Dick Goody for Oakland University Art Gallery
Featuring artists: Kevin Baker, Trudy Benson, Katherine Bernhardt, Cecily Brown, Jesse Chapman, Matt Conners, Kim Dorland, Mark Flood, Rosy Keyser, Josè Lerma, Dasha Shishkin, Josh Smith, Denyse Thomasos, and Wendy White.
Catalogue available: ISBN 978-0-925859-55-6