Artist: Sky Goodman
The work of Sky Goodman revolves around the use of emergent and obsolete technology, which allows them to create a unique and magical aesthetic. By merging tech from different eras, they are able to create a visual language that speaks to the alchemic nature of joining hardware and software. Sky's practice draws inspiration from landscape painters, Romantic poetry, and the wisdom and peace found in nature. However, it also has a speculative and science fiction undertone that contains allusions and easter eggs while also offering new worlds for the viewer to enter.
Sky's formal education is in Poetry and they hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College, Chicago. They are the author of three published poetry books, "Starfish" "Deep Dream" and "Universal Texture." Sky's work has been auctioned at Sotheby's, exhibited at The Tate Modern in London, and in various exhibitions locally, internationally, and online.
The Nowhere Room digital sculptures are inspired by the bedrooms in Gregg Araki's 1997 film, "Nowhere." The film opens by saying "LA is like Nowhere...everyone here is lost." As you move through the film there is a sense of being nowhere and disembodied, yet the rooms of all the characters are so completely grounded in style— walls filled with maximalist wallpaper or posters, the hum and glow of CRT TVs casting a warm light throughout, each room an extension of the person in it. These rooms I've made are created for my creatures from my Friends and Avatars series. These are creatures born from an imaginary video game universe. Their style and aesthetic are MS DOS Expressionism. Glitch Art for the age of Artificial Intelligence. The posters, rugs, and whatever they are watching on TV come from this style.
Digital sculptures were creating using virtual reality software, various AI processes, and Blender.
This artwork was exhibited in the 2025 mowna Biennial, from May 1 through September 28, 2025 at mowna.org. 70% of the sale will pay the artist for their work, with the remaining 30% funding the museum.