jgoodden

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Bio

For years my painting has been about our communities and the cities we live in, how demographics have changed and how architecture has followed suit. My recent work researches diverse cultures and religions in Midland Cities. My practice lies between observing and participating. It is informed by the daily rituals that lie out of sight to those from different cultural heritages and celebrates those visual languages. People ask if the images are from India or Turkey, where as they are the stuff of most cities around us. Central to my work is the exchange of local knowledge and personal experiences, memories, folklore and myths. It emerges between myself and others within a particular place, situation or context. Now researching in Nottingham, the year long residency at Lakeside presents an exciting opportunity to explore the different communities that make Nottingham the place it is today.