"Kathleen McNulty: First Female Computer Programmer" by Nuala Goodman

What makes you truly happy? 

‘Enchantment is a useless thing but as indispensable as bread’ (Giò Ponti)

This phrase resonates with me. Making, creating, using my eyes, hand and mind to work makes me happy. Time falls away and life seems enchanting- I suppose this is having your cake and eating it !

Short Bio

Nuala Goodman is an Irish artist who lives in Milan and spends time in Dublin. She draws, paints portraits, designs textiles, writes, teaches, exhibits and occasionally curates International art & design exhibitions for the OPW  in Ireland. 

Over a thirty year period connected to the world of art and design in Italy she has collaborated with the Fortuny Museum in Venice, Nilufar Gallery, Rossana Orlandi and Spazio Pellini galleries, with individuals such as Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini and avant-garde design companies such as Fiorucci. Alessi,  Paul Smith, Swatch, Moroso,

Currently making textile works ‘Wild Tapestries’ which are abstract paintings in textile.

In 2022 co-founded the FRINGE COLLECTIVE. Founded by four female artists from different countries, Fringe is a vibrant, experimental creative force exploring the expressive capacity of textile. FRINGE had its first exhibition during Milan Design Week 2022, in Donatella Pellini’s 18th century Showlab.

Professor of Project Methodology and Textile Design to design students at NABA, 

( Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti ) in both Milan and Rome.

She occasionally curates exhibitions for the OPW, the intention being to show the work of International artists alongside the work of Irish artists.

Her work is represented in the permanent collection of the Fortuny Museum,Venice, The Office of Public Works, Newman House and the U2 offices in Dublin as well as in numerous private collections.