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Dick Goody, Professor of Art in Oakland University’s Department of Art and Art History, also serves as director of the Oakland University Art Gallery and curator of the Oakland University Art Collection. An OU faculty member since 1994, Goody has taught courses in painting and drawing, as well as historical painting techniques. 

As director of the OU Art Gallery, Goody has organized more than 60 curatorial projects and curated more than 40 contemporary art exhibitions, writing and editing their accompanying catalogues.  

Under Goody’s leadership, the OU Art Gallery hosts six exhibitions a year and has displayed art work from renowned institutions, such as the Eastman Museum, Detroit Institute of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gallery exhibitions have been reviewed in national journals, such as Art in America and Sculpture magazine.

Goody earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Slade School of Fine Art in London. He also holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Art and Design Education from Middlesex University. Goody’s own paintings have been featured in nine solo shows and over forty group exhibitions in London, New York and Detroit.