Discipline: Visual Art

Jim Goss

Discipline: Visual Art
Region: Hoboken, NJ
MacDowell Fellowships: 1992

Jim Goss has worked primarily as a painter in both Hoboken, New Jersey and New York’s Catskill mountains and has been exhibiting for over thirty years. He received an B.F.A. in parting from Hunter College with some graduate work done at Brooklyn College. During those formative years, he benefited from the counsel of such diverse and well-known figures as Tony Smith, Robert Barry, Doug Ohlson, Ralph Humphrey, and Lee Bontecou.

His credits include group and solo shows at many notable venues including MoMA's PS1, Artists' Space, the Newark Museum, and the Jersey City Museum. He is also the recipient of grants from the New Jersey State Coucil on the Arts and the Mid-Atlantic Arts Council. In addition, he has been awarded fellowships at the renowned MacDowell and the Vermont Studio Center, among other artists' retreats. His work is currently represented by BCB Fine Arts and appears in collections in North America, Europe, and Africa.

Studios

Eastman

Jim Goss worked in the Eastman studio.

Thanks to the generous support of MacDowell Fellow and board member Louise Eastman, this century-old farm building was reinvented as a modern, energy efficient live and workspace for visual artists. Originally built in 1915 to house a forge and provide storage when the residency program was expanding, this small barn was simply converted for…

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