Barrie Goshko

About the artist

Barrie Goshko has New England roots but relocated to Los Angeles, California over 35 years ago. She received her BA from Harvard College, with a concentration in Visual and Environmental Studies (emphasizing printmaking and painting). On moving to Los Angeles, she worked at Gemini G.E.L. as an assistant printmaker on Roy Lichtenstein’s Imperfect Series. Her fascination with multiples and printing led to a job at a color separation house, where she learned the technical aspects of commercial printing. A long career in graphic design and digital imaging followed, beginning as the industry morphed from an analog craft onto computers. As a designer, Barrie created pieces for A&M Records, Warner Bros. Records and Virgin Records, before lending her talents to Smog Design studio in Silverlake for several years, where she worked on projects for Cher, Janet Jackson, Sheryl Crow and many others. Early access to digital technology influenced the direction of her work. Initially printing on experimental substrates with Nash Editions in Manhattan Beach, as technology became more accessible, she began creating large format prints in her own studio. Her current work focuses on drawing and combines digital processes with ink drawing and hand stitching. Her work is in The Long Beach Museum of Art and The Forward Thinking Museum. It is represented extensively within The Wonderful Companies collection as well as other corporate and private collections.