Theresa Gooby: Uncanny Garden
July 5 - August 31
Theresa Gooby: Uncanny Garden explores themes of growth, transformation, mystery, identity and absurdity. In this series of works on paper, nature and the human connection to the natural world are forefront. These figures in this show challenge the dominant narrative of identity, allowing elements of the natural world to embody representations of the self. Long held beliefs of traditional propriety are directly at odds with the unstoppable creep of nature. At the same time, nature is being propelled by the invisible hand of civilization. The characters in Uncanny Garden wink at the viewer, but Absurdity should not be mistaken for folly. We are living in a time that asks us to accept highly preposterous situations as the norm and we will all have to figure out a way to exist between the two.
Theresa Gooby holds a BFA from the Univ. of New Mexico and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She is the recipient of a 2024 Individual Artist Commission from the NY Statewide Community Regrant Program. In 2020 she received a Dutchess County Executive Award for Artivist of the Year. Among the places her work has been shown are the Samuel L. Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz NY, the Woskob Family Gallery State College PA, the Puffin Foundation of Teaneck NJ, and Metro Pictures in NYC. She is the founder and former Director of Beacon Open Studios. Theresa grew up in California and lives in Beacon NY with her family.
Theresa Gooby: Uncanny Garden | on view July 5 – August 31, 2025
Gallery hours: Friday – Sunday, 12 – 5 pm and by appointment
Reception and Meet the Artist | Saturday, July 12 from 5 – 7 pm
Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.
Image: Theresa Gooby, Gowns and Greens, 2025, colored pencil on paper, 11 x 14 in.
