Betty Goodwin — Contemporary Art
Betty Goodwin (1923 –2008) was a Canadian printmaker, sculptor, painter, and installation artist. Her work is represented in many public collections, including the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal,and the National Gallery of Canada.
Goodwin launched her career as a painter and printmaker in the late 1940s. Her work began to be exhibited in Montreal in the early ’60s. In the 1960s, she enrolled in a printmaking class with Yves Gaucher at Sir George Williams University in Montreal.It was there where she began working with found objects and clothing in her prints, which brought her international attention.Dissatisfied with her work, she destroyed most of it and in 1968 she limited herself to drawing.
