SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
2018 Green Lion Gallery, Bath, ME
2017 Ocean House Gallery, Cape Elizabeth, ME
2015 Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
2015 Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, ME
2014 Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, ME
2013 Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
2012 Gerduberg Cultural Center, Reykjavik, Iceland
2012 Art Gallery, University of New England, Portland, ME
2009 Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
2008 Gallery at Chase Hill, Kennebunk, ME
2006 Old Schoolhouse Arts Center, Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island, BC
2004-2005 Statewide Traveling Exhibition, sponsored by the Maine Women Writers Collection
2002 New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
2001 Eastland Gallery, Portland, ME
2000 Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
1999 Saint Xavier University Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Davidson & Daughters, Portland, ME
1999 Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
1999 Maine Coast Artists Gallery, Rockport, ME
1998 Lee Arts Center, Arlington, VA
1996 June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
1995 Kettleson Library, Sitka, AK
1990 Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
1989 Thomas Memorial Library, Cape Elizabeth, ME
1987 Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (select)
2021 Water Is, Group show from the Cynthia Searles Collection of Artist’s Books, Bainbridge Island Art Museum, WA; January 11 - May 9
2021 Critters: Mythical, Real, and Imagined, Group show at the Lewis Gallery, Portland Public Library, ME; June 4 - July 26. In person and virtual at https://lewisgallery.portlandlibrary.com/
2021 Rebecca Goodale and Christopher Patch; Taproots: Off-shoots of printerly origins Two person show at the Chocolate Church Gallery, Bath, ME; August 13-September 27, Gallery talks and artists reception will be scheduled.
2021 Michael Good Gallery, Rockport, ME; Structure and Narrative: Midcoast Maine Book Arts, August 22-September 30; Opening receprion Thursday August 26 from 4:30-7:30.
2020 Borderlands/Jodarlonds, Verold- House of Vigdis, Reykjavik, Iceland
2020 Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME; Gallery Artists, group show.
2019-2020 Hess Gallery, Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA; Legacy, group exhibition curated by Stephanie Stigliano
2019 Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, Ten Years of Master Craft Artists, group exhibition
2019 Green Lion Gallery, Bath, ME; Circling the Square Press Members Exhibition
2019 ICA at MECA, Portland, ME; Darkness in the Light, group exhibition curated by Lissa Hunter
2019 Waterville Creates, Waterville, ME; Imagining a No-Go Zone with Blue Horses and a Red Forest, paper village installation by Rebecca Goodale
2019 Portland Public Library, ME; On Books: Sculpture that references literature, group exhibition curated by Lin Lisberger2019 Darkness in Light, ICA at MECA, Portland, ME;
2018 Prints at the Scale of People, Waterville Creates, Waterville, ME
2016 Unhinged: Book Art on the Cutting Edge, Whatcom Museum of Art, Bellingham, WA
2015 Artists’ Books from A to Zine, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
2014 Africa and the Artist’s Book, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C
2014 Ant Farm, Atrium Gallery, USM, collaboration with D. Schwartz, C. Kinsella, and V. Russe
2013 Pollination: Evolving Miracles, Atrium Gallery, USM, Lewiston, ME
2013 Maine Women Pioneers III, World View, UNE Art Gallery, Portland, ME
2013 Prints: Breaking Boundaries, Portland Public Library, ME
2012 Close to Home: Artists Who Make Books, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
2012 Reading Writing and Redefining, Atrium Gallery, USM, Lewiston, ME
2011 Pop-Up Books: They’re Not Just for Kids, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, ME
2010 A Few of Our Favorite Things, Herron Art Library, Indianapolis, IN
2010 Vernal Pool, Atrium Gallery, USM, Lewiston, ME
2010 Illustrated Accordion, Kalamazoo Arts Center, MI
2009 Spineless Wonders, Atrium Gallery, USM, Lewiston, ME
2008 The New Natural History, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2008 Book Arts at Stone House, Atrium Gallery, USM, Lewiston, ME
2007 Nature Remains: The Artist as Environmentalist, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
2007 Artists as Naturalists, L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME
2007 Bird Sightings, Atrium Gallery, Lewiston College, Lewiston, ME
2007 7th Biennial Book Art Show, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA
2006 Menagerie and Maine Printmakers, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2006 San Diego Book Arts Juried Exhibition, University of California San Diego
2005 6th Biennial Book Art Show, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA
2004 3rd Biennial Women Book Artists, Converse College Milliken Gallery, Spartanburg, SC
2004 The Art of Lobstering (juried show), Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, ME
2003 Washi in American Artist’s Books, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2003 Toys and Games (juried exhibition), The Minnesota Center for the Book, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Gallery Artists’ Summer Exhibit, Nan Mulford Gallery, Rockland, ME
2002 Oregon Book Arts Guild Biennial (juried exhibition), Forest Grove, OR
2002 Artists’ Books 2002, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA
2002 Past, Present, Future 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
2002 20th Print and Book Show, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
2001 Maine Women in the Arts, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
2001 Haystack: Pivotal Transformations, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME
2001 Read All About It: Books from the Permanent Collection, Portland Museum of Art, ME
2001 Book Arts: Images and Words 2001, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA
2001 Nature and Wildlife (juried exhibition), Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY
2000 The Inspired Hand (juried exhibition), University of Southern Maine, LA Campus
2000 Bound & Unbound (juried exhibition), University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
2000 Anthologies (juried exhibition), ArtWorks!, New Bedford, MA
2000 Book Explorations (juried exhibition), New Art Forum, Kingston, MA
1999 Sight/Insight: Work from the Collection, New York City Public Library, New York, NY
1999 The Art of Reading: Books and Non-Books, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
1999 Tiny Works/Little Licks, small works invitational, Project, Wichita, KA
1999 Book Arts: Images and Words, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA
1998 Figure and Form, Chapel Arts Center, St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH
1998 Sex and Gender (juried exhibition), Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
1998 The Annual Print and Book Show, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
1997 Handmade Books, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
1997 Art and Soul of the Handmade Book, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Island, WA
1997 No Boundaries, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA
1997 Perspectives: The Art of the Book (by invitation), Portland Museum of Art, ME
1996 Paper, Art, and the Book (juried exhibition), Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
1996 Turning the Page, Honolulu Printmakers' Gallery, Honolulu, HI
1996 Go Figure (by invitation), Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA
1996 Watershed/ Artists Invite Artists, University of Maine at Farmington, Farmington, ME
1995 National Artist-Made Books (juried exhibition), ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Book Arts: Images and Words, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA
1994 Artists' Books Group Invitational, Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME
1994 Vocal Expressions/Visual Experiences (juried exhibition), Marywood College, Scranton, PA
1993 Insular Harmonies (a collaborative project), University of Southern Maine Art Gallery
1992 Artists' Books Group Invitational, Mercer Gallery, Rochester, NY
1992 A Visual Ode to the Book (juried exhibition), Danforth Gallery, Portland, ME
1991 To Support, To Acknowledge, To Promote, Baxter Gallery, Portland, ME
1990 Haystack Faculty, Hobe Sound Gallery North, Brunswick, ME
1990 Annual Juried Show, Maine Coast Artists Gallery
1989 Artists' Books/Book Arts (group invitational), Baxter Gallery,
1985 Textiles Through Time (group invitational), Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
1983 Fabrications (group invitational), Maine Coast Artists Gallery,
1981 Construction at Hand (juried exhibition), Joan Whitney Payson Gallery of Art
1982 Portland School of Art Alumni, Hobe Sound Gallery, Portland, ME
1980 Softwares (group invitational), Park Street Gallery, Lewiston, ME
1975 Mississippi River Crafts Show (juried exhibition), Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis , TN
1974 Toys Designed by Artists (juried exhibition), Little Rock Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (selected listings)
2022 Visiting Artist, Bowdoin College
2022 Shakerag Workshops, Seawanee, TN; Book Arts Faculty
1981-present University of Southern Maine Art Department, Adjunct Associate Professor
2008-2020 Program Coordinator for the Kate Cheney Chappell’83 Center for Book Arts., USM
2007-2021 Faculty Director of Book Arts at Stone House, USM
2013 Artist in residence, Gordon School, Providence, RI
2011 Book Arts Instructor, Gerduborg Cultural Center, Reykjavik, Iceland
2009 Reiche School, Portland, ME, Visiting Artist
1990,94,96,04,09,11,12,16 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME: Book Arts Faculty
2003-2010 Maine College of Art, Book Arts Workshop and Critique Facilitator
2008 Maine Crafts Association Workshop Leader, Book Arts
2004 Bowdoin College, Art Department, Adjunct Professor, Book Arts
2004, 2012 Farnsworth Museum of Art, Rockland, ME; Workshop Leader, Book Arts
2001 Bates College, Mellon Grant Learning Associate, Book Arts
2001 Benjamen Stoddert School, Washington D.C., Workshop Leader, Book Arts
1999 Maine College of Art, Book Arts Instructor
1998 Lee Arts Center, Arlington, VA, Workshop Leader, Book Arts
1998,1996 Maine Art Educators Association, Workshop Leader, Book Arts
1995 Resident Fellow, Island Institute, Sitka, AK
1995 Artists Invite Artists, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, ME
1996 University of Maine at Orono, Guest Lecturer; Book Arts
1993-2002 and 2011-14 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME,Visiting Artist; Book Arts
1993 Maine Percent for Art Project, Guilford Primary School, Guilford, ME
1983-1990 Fig Leaf Designs, Portland, ME , Partner and Co-founder
1979-1981 Portland School of Art, Portland, ME, Visiting Artist; Fabric Design
1977-1978 Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, Art Instructor, Design and Weaving
1978 Georgia Educational TV, Atlanta, GA; "Your Weekly Weaver" a television series
written and performed by Goodale
1973-1975 The Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN; Saturday School Instructor; Fabric Design
AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS
2015 Maine Master Craft Artist, awarded by the Maine Crafts Association
2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014 New Works Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2013 Britt Nelson Artist-in-Residence at the Gordon School, East Providence, RI
2007 Great Spruce Head Island Artist’s Residency, ME
2003 Porter Brothers Scholarship, Great Spruce Head Island Artist’s Residency
2001 Mellon Grant for the Humanities Learning Associate at Bates College, Lewiston, ME
2000 Honorable Mention,“Book Explorations” at New Art Forum, Kingston,MA
1995 Resident Fellow, The Island Institute, Sitka, AK
1995 Artist in Residence, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine
1993 Maine Percent for Art Project, Guilford, ME
1990 New Forms Regional Initiative, New England Foundation for the Arts
1975 Textile Prize, Memphis College of Art
1975 Alumni Traveling Fellowship, Memphis College of Art, for travel in Southern Africa
PUBLISHED BOOKS
2008 “Lullaby,” Applecart Press, Brunswick, ME
2004 “Threatened and Endangered, Artist’s Books created by Rebecca Goodale, essay by
Linda Docherty, Bowdoin College Library publication
1999 “Island Dog,” Two Dog Press, Deer Isle, ME
1990 “Cormorant Diving,”with poem by Dennis Gilbert, Muse Press, Portland, ME
1989 “Holdfast,” with poem by Jeffrey Haste, Muse Press
EDUCATION
1989 Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY; Book Arts with Keith Smith
1982 Parsons School of Design in Lake Placid, NY; "Concepts in Clothing" with
Judith Shea
1975-1976 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; graduate studies
1973-1975 Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN; Textile Design major, BFA 1975
1973 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts with Barbara Shawcroft
1971-1973 Portland School of Art, Portland, ME; Printmaking major