ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

With artistic integrity and intuition at the fore, deaf artist Angie Goto’s practice is inherently influenced by a congenital hearing difficulty. A staunch advocate for the deaf community, art provides Angie with a vehicle to explore colour and imagery from this unique perspective. With a distinctive figurative interpretation of her surroundings, her vibrant abstractions are delicate, proportionally honed and burgeoning in sensory detail.

Angie is experienced in ceramics, glassware, clothing and film with painting being her primary creative outlet. Her work is visually striking and mentally challenging. Angie studied Fine Art and Graphic Design in Newcastle and Sydney. She has had numerous successful exhibitions nationally and abroad and has been a finalist many art prizes such as Ravenswood Art Prize, Paddington Art Prize, Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize and Michael Reid’s National Emerging Art Prize. In addition to her art career, Angie works part-time as an Artist Educator at The Museum of Contemporary Art and Powerhouse Museum, where she focuses on special projects for the Deaf and hard of hearing audience. She also does freelance work at AGNSW, Hazelhurst Art Centre, and Campbelltown Art Centre.

EDUCATION

Diploma Fine Arts Newcastle
Certificate in Graphic Art Randwick

EXHIBITIONS

2021 August Solo Show Peach Black Gallery, AUSTALIA
2021 Emancipation, 19 Karen Gallery, Mermaid Beach QLD, AUS
2021 Face Me: The Art of Deafhood, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore AUSTRALIA
2021 Dyer Arts Center, New York, USA
2020 November Group Show Peach Black Gallery, AUSTRALIA
2019 Threesome International Group Show, 19 Karen Gallery, Mermaid Beach QLD, AUS
2019 Art To Art Gallery, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
2019 The Other Art Fair, Sydney AUSTRALIA
2018 Rowe, Goto and Macilwain, Art to Art Group Exhibition, Balwyn North, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
2018 A Peek at the Human Condition, Anala Art, Glenbrook AUSTRALIA
2018 Original Art, Art to Art Group Exhibition, Balwyn North, Melbourne AUSTRALIA
2018 You Be You (Solo), 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace, Gold Coast AUSTRALIA
2018 The Other Art Fair, Sydney AUSTRALIA
2017 All Things Inner West (Solo), Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney AUSTRALIA
2016 One Flew Out The Cuckoo’s Nest (Solo), Royal Botanical Hotel, Sydney AUSTRALIA
2016 Solo Exhibition, Blacklisted Gallery, Sydney AUSTRALIA
2014 Solo Exhibition, Café Lounge, Sydney AUSTRALIA
2013 Group Exhibition, Glebe Art Show, Sydney AUSTRALIA
2009 Group Exhibition, Artfocus Gallery, Sydney AUSTRALIA

EVENTS

2023 Finalist – National Emerging Art Prize, Sydney & Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
2022 Finalist – Paddington Art Prize, Defiance Gallery
2021 Festival Artist – Flow Festival Australia, AUSTRALIA
2021 Finalist – Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown, AUSTRALIA
2021 Campaign Artist – Affordable Art Fair Melbourne, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
2020 Panelist, Panel Discussion with Museum of Contemporary Arts, Vibe Festival.
2020 21 October Awarded Individual Best Achievement The Arts from Aspire Awards for my work at the Museum of Contemporary Arts Sydney
2019 26 August Two-week art residency at Arthur Boyd’s Bundanon Trust
2019 Panelist, Panel Discussion with Museum of Contemporary Arts, Art Activated Conference
2017 Auslan Tours for The Big Anxiety Festival
2017 Panelist, Panel Discussion with Museum of Contemporary Arts, Samag Conference on Access.
2017 Finalist for Artsake Art Competition Sydney
2017 Finalist for Blooming Art Competition Sydney
2016 Finalist for Tropfest for film titled “Angie”