Brenda Goodman (born in Detroit, Michigan in 1943[1]) is an American artist and painter currently living and working in Pine Hill, New York.
[2][3][4] Goodman received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1965 from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan.
[5] From 1965 to 1975, when she moved to New York City, Goodman was a member of the Cass Corridor Movement, the group of artists from Detroit's Cass Corridor neighborhood whose work responded to the post-industrial decline sweeping the country.
[1][6] She has been recognized for her unorthodox use of painting materials and her exploration of both abstraction and representation in her work, which often combines elements of both.
[10] John Yau writes "...Goodman had absorbed lessons from Surrealism, Expressionism, and Symbolism, as well as from Hieronymus Bosch, James Ensor, Alfred Kubin, and Goya.