Seema Goel is a Canadian artist. She is known for multidisciplinary art and writing that bridges both art and science.
Biography
Goel holds a B.Sc. in Biology from McGill University, an Associate Arts diploma from the Ontario College of Art and Design, and an MFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is currently completing an interdisciplinary MSc between Engineering and Aesthetics and is the STEAM Artist in Residence in the Faculty of Science at the University of Manitoba. From December 13, 2000 - January 27, 2001 Goel was part of a multi-artist show called Strangers In a Strange Land. The title of the show comes from the American writer Robert A. Heinlein and specifically refers to his work about a "young Earthling who is forced to negotiate two different physical and cultural terrains." Other artists from the show included Eveline Boudreau, Rigmor Clarke, Felipe Diaz, Zhong-Yang Huang, Yuji Komiya, Jeannie Mah, Jeff Nachtigall, Zarqa Nawaz, Taras Polataiko and Amira Wasify. Strangers In a Strange Land was curated by Jack Anderson. The artists were all living and working in Saskatchewan at the time of the exhibition and were either first generation immigrants or children of first generation immigrants. Works displayed spoke to how the individual artists experienced split-ethnicity. ex-marksthe spot, Goel's piece, was mixed media installation and featured an 'oriental' style carpet the viewer would step upon. ex-marks the spot mimics the feeling of dislocation that an immigrant feels on their journey. Goel was part of 2011's Any Sharp Knife Will Do which included work by Jeff Nye, Bruce Johnson, Ian Carr-Harris, and Lee Henderson. The exhibition dealt with death and decay and focused on creating a space of contradiction. The show was "not aggressive, but confusing, beautiful and transgressive." As part of the exhibition Seema Goel wrote How I Became a Cannibal. Seema Goel was one of the speakers at "Who Counts? A Feminist Showdown." This event was Winnipeg artist-run centre's mentorship program Mentoring Artists for Women's Art 30th anniversary symposium. Goel, along with artist Amy Fung, "drove home the intersections of race and class with gendered oppression as the “yes” side of the “Is Art Gendered?” debate." From September 17, 2005 - October 23, 2005 Goel's work was featured in another multi-artist show called Blown. Other artists included were Ana Rewakowicz, Max Streicher and Robert Zingone. Blown showed how artists could use inflatable forms and pneumatic systems in their works. Goel's pieces were Excitaory response; action potential and aspiration. Goel portrays human-human, human-animal and human-place relationships. She examines how humans interact with one another and the world around them. There is a special emphasis on human's "abilities to engage with, change, and manipulate".
