ABOUT THE ARTIST
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My drawings are sensual expressions that bridge a meditative awareness with the tactile sensations of mark-making. Each piece reveals a personal universe, unfolding as I explore the creative process. My inspiration begins with spontaneous doodles on notebook paper, which gradually evolve into more detailed works. I use the Sgraffito technique to carve into layers of material, allowing patterns and textures to emerge. It’s a process of applying layers of oil pastels and then scraping pigment away, like sculpting with wet clay. There’s a playful childlike quality in allowing discovery and chance to guide the emergence of unexpected colors and forms that I find liberating. Through this messy festival of color, darker colors over light reveal vivid hues underneath. I view my drawings as dimensional objects in space, each one radiating its own unique emotion or tone. For me, drawing is a spiritual form of communication, weaving together memories and dreams to remind us of our shared interconnectedness.
BIOGRAPHY
Joseph Goldfedder is a visual artist based in West Trenton, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While initially trained as a fine artist, Goldfedder’s experience of living in New Mexico inspired him to pursue becoming an acupuncturist. Through this understanding on how energy or “Qi” circulates through the body, acupuncture reshaped his approach to making art. This experience deepened his understanding of the connection between science, creativity and healing that continues to inspire him. Goldfedder holds a BFA from the University of the Arts, an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, a MSOM from Southwest Acupuncture College and a CMIP® (Certified Medical Intuitive Practitioner) from The Practical Path Training Program. He offers Art for Healing medical and intuitive drawings at Goldfedder Wellness.
EXHIBITIONS
The Tapestry of Life: Perspective on Healing and Wellness with Color, Textile & Pattern, Joseph Goldfedder & Audrey Jakab, West Windsor Arts & Merwick Rehab Hospital, Princeton, NJ, 2023
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, 2023 West Windsor Member Art Show, “Moment”, Best in Show Award, Juror, Katie Truk, Princeton Junction, NJ, 2023
Radius 14, Celebrating our Local Artists, Gallery 14, Hopewell New Jersey, 2023
Red Hot Extremism, Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ, 2022
Sculpture, New Hope 2022, Juror, Dana Stewart, New Hope, PA 2022
New Hope Arts Members’ Spring Salon Exhibition 2022, Juror, Paul Murphy, New Hope, PA 2022
West Windsor Arts Members Show: Horizon, Jurors, Carolina Blatt Ph.D and Matt Stemler, Princeton Junction, NJ, 2022
Well-Being Ourselves: Reflect, Reimagine, Connect, West Windsor Arts and Whole World Arts, Jurors Chanika Svetvilas and Gwynneth Van Laven, Princeton, NJ, 2021
Heartburn, A Valentine’s Day Community Art Show, Eye’s Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
OUT WEST, Plan B Evolving Arts, Curated by Harmony Hammond, Santa Fe, NM, 1999
Tin and Rice Paper Lamps, Santa Fe Furniture Expo, Santa Fe, NM, 1996
Tin and Rice Paper Lamps, Zoo Gang Studios, Madrid, NM, 1994
Tin and Rice Paper Lamps, Decosphere, Albuquerque, NM, 1994
NM Thirty, Ralph Greene Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, 1994
Alumni Reunion Exhibit, The University of the Arts, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1993
National Works on Paper, University of Richmond, Marsh Gallery, Juror: Charlotte Katie, 1992
VIM Group, Richmond, VA, 1991
Mint Museum of Art Biennial, Charlotte, NC, Juror: Bruce Guenther, 1990
Philadelphia Camerata II, The University of the Arts, Haviland Galleries, Philadelphia, PA,1989
Corrugated Objects, Prairie Avenue Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1989
Five More Sculptors, 1708 E. Main Street Gallery, Richmond, VA, 1989
High Art, Richmond International Airport, Richmond, VA, Juror Huston Pascal, 1988
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Drawings & Sculpture, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA 1988
Sculpture 88, Towson State University, Townson, MD, 1988
VCU Graduate Exchange Show, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1988
Faculty/Graduate Show, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA, 1987
VCU Student Fine Arts Show, Richmond, VA, Juror: Jack Solomon, 1987
Triskadekaphobics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1987
FELLOWSHIP AND AWARDS
Yaddo, Fellow, August-September, 1992
Virginia Commission for the Arts, Honorable Mention Prize for Prints and Drawings, 1989
EDUCATION
Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine, (MSOM), Southwest Acupuncture College, Albuquerque, NM
Master of Fine Art, (MFA), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Bachelor of Fine Art, (BFA), University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA