James W. Goedert

James Wesley Goedert was born in Omaha, Nebraska on a cold winter’s day in 1986.  He has since escaped to New Orleans where he continues a practice of art-making, designing, and furniture building.  As an aquarius who doesn’t know better he often spends time jumping between trades and interests. He participated and assisted in the early Automata shows and Makers of NO making drawing machines and other kinetic works while assisting in electronics for artists workshops and maintaining a shared shop space and warehouse in New Orleans. He was awarded the 2015-2106 American Friends of Coubertin Fellowship and lived in France while learning woodworking and art history for a year. His work has been exhibited nationally and nearly always falls back on the act of drawing as subject and practice.