Artist: Catherine Goodman

This January, Hauser & Wirth debuts a new group of large-scale abstract paintings by British artist Catherine Goodman. In her most recent works, Goodman’s characteristically expressive brushwork yields animated surfaces that pulse with the frenetic energy of their making.

For Goodman, the studio is a place of spiritual meditation. Each painting represents an act of intimate transmutation—a way for her to turn closely held memories and personal vulnerabilities into newfound stability. Goodman often begins from landscapes and portraits that hold particular meaning for her. Densely layering paint on top of these figurative grounds, she obscures her source material while building evocatively charged canvases that invite sustained attention. Though rooted in the personal, Goodman’s work remains resolutely open-ended. Drawing on the intensity and drama of renaissance masters such as Titian and Veronese, and the poignant psychology of the London School painters, her transcendent paintings open out to the world.

In conjunction with the exhibition, Hauser & Wirth Publishers will release ‘Catherine Goodman,’ a richly illustrated monograph focused on Goodman’s new paintings. Featuring an illuminating essay by writer and curator Jennifer Higgie, alongside revealing reflections from Goodman herself, this volume sheds light on how drawing and painting are inextricably intertwined in her deeply intuitive practice.