http://www.pamelagoodemosaics.com

ARTIST STATEMENT:
Pamela Goode is a mosaic artist based in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a creator of fine and functional art, installations, and community projects, she works with a variety of materials, including glass, porcelain, stone, and found objects. As creator of Ciel Gallery, she presents juried international exhibitions focusing on mosaic art, as well as offering classes at every level, including intensive workshops with visiting artists. Her work has been selected for inclusion in Mosaic Arts International three times, and has appeared twice in Mosaic Art Now, a publication featuring mosaic art across the globe.

"For me, art is an opportunity to capture a pivotal moment of epiphany that can't be adequately expressed in words. For most of my life I've been a silent observer, and I'm deeply struck by the philosophical implications of everyday events and assumed happenstance. Through art, I hope to capture and momentarily magnify archetypal awakenings that resonate with the human spirit.

I'm drawn to create with mixed materials because I want, above all, to create as large and as full an image as I can manage. I pull from the miscellanea of life -- sometimes messy, sometimes arbitrary, always fascinating, always more cluttered than we had hoped. I don't feel I can fully evoke the "real" without an intense and sometimes slightly wayward compilation. For me, the complexity of a moment spotlights the achingly poignant.

The pruning and fitting together of disparate materials becomes an ordering of my own thoughts, emotions, and priorities, and allows the finished piece to serve as a kind of talisman along the path.

STUDENT OF
Luciana Notturni, Ravenna, Italy
Laurel True, Oakland, CA
George Fishman, Miami, FL
Martin Cheek, UK
Sue Gianotti, USA
Carolina Zanelli, Italy
Michele Petno, Orlando, FL
Josef Norris, San Francisco, CA

EXHIBITIONS
Mosaic Arts International 2010
Smith Museum of Stained Glass, Navy Pier
Chicago, IL

Mosaic Arts International 2009
Museum of Man
San Diego, CA

Mosaic Arts International 2007
Mesa Contemporary Arts Center
Mesa, AZ

Ciel Gallery 2008-Present
Charlotte, NC

The Art Collective 2007
Foust Studio
Charlotte, NC

COMMUNITY ART
Community Mosaic Project 2009
Co-Chair & Technical Advisor
Charlotte, NC
200 Square Foot Mural with 300 Volunteers

Kefa Coffee Mural 2008
Oakland, CA
In conjunction with Laurel True, Institute of Mosaic Art

Community Mural 2008
Oakland, CA 2008
In conjunction with Josef Norris, Institute of Mosaic Art

Pews on Parade Citywide Exhibition, Artist, 2007
Charlotte, NC

PUBLICATIONS
Mosaic Art Now, 2010
Mosaic Art Now, 2008
Gallery Guide Art, Mosaic Arts International 2007
Pews on Parade, Invitation Artwork, 2007
Sculptural Pursuit Magazine, Winter 2007
Mosaic Yearbook 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

MEMBER
Society of American Mosaic Artists
British Association for Modern Mosaic
North Carolina Arts Council
Arts and Science Council
Charlotte Art League

OWNER
Ciel Gallery and Mosaic Studio, Charlotte, NC
Wild Hair Mosaics, Charlotte, NC

CONTACT
pam@cielcharlotte.com

Photo from Kefa Coffee Mural, Artist-Participant in Execution and Installation, Institute of Mosaic Art, Oakland, Cailifornia