Sylvia Cossich Goodman
painter and stone sculptor
Sylvia Cossich Goodman was born in Newburgh, New York, the daughter of Italian immigrants. After 10 years in the US, her parents returned with their family to their native country, settling in Muggia, a small village in the Northeast corner of Italy, bordering what is now Slovenia.
Growing up in Muggia, Sylvia encountered an environment quite different from the one she had known in New York. Here, her home was a small farm where she helped tend crops and feed small animals.
She was influenced by her father who was a skilled tile setter. Watching him at his craft was her first exposure to the world of ceramics, porcelain, cement and plaster. She was his little helper and she learnt by observing him at work.
In her twenties, Sylvia returned to the States, enrolling at the Otis Parsons School of Art in Los Angeles, where she earned certificates in Illustration, Fine Arts and Textile design (1988-1992).
After working for six years in the fashion industry, she opened her own studio, producing a line of hand painted ceramics and exhibiting her work in group shows in the Los Angeles area. Slowly her interest was captured by the challenge of sculpting stone. She participated in some workshops to learn "to tame the boulder" and it was love at first sight. For the last 8 years she discovered different stones to work with but her first love, alabaster, is still the main medium that she uses to explore the human figure and the contrast of negative and positive space.
She is currently living in England where she is working from her studio in the beautiful city of Hove.
last 10 years shows:
"Accademia dei Ravvivati" Centro Promozione Artistica Comune di Piombino
Sept. 4th to Sept. 22, 2010
"Immagina Arte in Fiera - Reggio Emilia"
Nov. 26-29, 2010
"Figure, Face & Form"
March 2-28, 2011
Healdsburg Center for the Arts
"Ora pro nobis"
April 21 to May 28, 2011
Studio d'Arte MS3 Livorno (Italy)
Marin Civic Center, San Rafael
Member Exhibit
From April 14 through July 31, 2011
Marin Open Studios Exhibition Gallery
From April 29 through May 21, 2011
906 Fourth Street, San Rafael
Marin Open Studios
May 7, 8 - 14 and 15, 2011
"Proponendo" - Palazzetto dello Sport - Forte dei Marmi (Italy)
August 19 - 22, 2011
"Espressioni del Novecento"
Studio d'Arte Contemporanea Mes3 - Livorno
March 9 2012 - April 7, 2012
ArteXpo ArezzoArezzo (Italy)April 27 - April 30, 2012
"Stazione Centro - I segni della contemporaneità' "
Spazio Eventart, via Petrarca 36 - Pergine (TN)
May 11 - May 26, 2012
"Attracco al molo 3. Incontri confronti sull'arte contemporanea"
June 1 - June 30, 2012
Studio d'arte contemporanea Mes3 - Livorno
"50. Parallelo Nord"
November 2, 2012 - December 15, 2012
Studio d'arte contemporanea Mes3 - Livorno"
group exhibit
"TI 11852" La spezia-Livorno andata e ritorno
January 12, 2013 - February 2, 2013
Studio MeS3 - Livorno
February 2, 2013 - February 28, 2013
Studio d'Arte Via Tommaseo 32 - La Spezia
Contemporaneity: Signs of modern times
April 18, 2013 - July 21, 2013
MUSEO ITALO AMERICANO SAN FRANCISCO
Fort Mason Center building C - San Francisco
2014
Claudia Chapline - contemporary art
Stinson Beach
october 18-19,2014 -Beverly Hills, CA
The Beverly Hills artSHOW (booth 302)
2014-2015 -
Abrams Claghorn Gallery - Albany (CA)
October - November 2018
"The Vienna Show"
Steiner Gallery - Vienna