Brett Goodroad works outside, en plein air, and his paintings capture a sense of openness and isolation in equal measure, evoking the atmosphere (the air, the sky, natural light) as it relates to paint and as paint relates to it. Goodroad received a BFA from Montana State University and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. He has presented his work at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, The Drawing Center, Gregory Lind Gallery, and is the recipient of the Tournesol Award from Headlands Center for the Arts.
Recent solo exhibitions include Greene Naftali, New York (2024, 2022; in collaboration with Cushion Works, curated by Hilton Als); Cushion Works, San Francisco (2024, 2021, 2017); ADZ Gallery, Lisbon (2022); Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco (2019, 2015); and Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, U.K. (2018). Significant group shows include Greene Naftali, New York (2024); Karma, New York (2021); Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley (2019, 2018); and The Drawing Center, New York (2014), among others. His work is in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.