“I have always been a visual person from my days in the theater to now. I'm drawn to the eye-candy of detritus and rust, and I love the history in peeling paint. Intrigued by mystery and contradiction, I look for what lies beneath the surface.
I seldom begin with a concept but allow the exploration to determine the flow of a piece. The result, I think, are bodies of work which come together in unexpected ways.”
Cate Goedert earned her MFA at the Goodman School of Drama and spent her youth working in the booming off-Loop Theatre movement in Chicago during the seventies.
In the late eighties, she went back to school and upon graduation began working with recovering addicts.
In 1998, Goedert attended the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. After a summer of shooting in every imaginable situation, she returned to Chicago and began working as a professional photographer.
Goedert's career in the visual arts has since branched out into additional mediums including mixed media and acrylic painting. As with photography, her work in these mediums is intuitive.
In 2000, she was passing through Santa Fe on a road trip and never left. Her work has been featured several times in the Pasatiempo, the weekly arts magazine published by the Santa Fe New Mexican. She has been a member of the Santa Fe Society of Artists since she arrived in town and is also a member of the Eldorado Arts and Crafts Association. From 2005 to 2008, she was an artist-partner at Artistas de Santa Fe Gallery. Her work has been showcased in Santa Fe, Chicago, Seattle, and Little Rock.
Once Upon a Time
mixed media on panel
16" x 16" x 2"
