Curriculum Vitae

Brenton Good is a painter, printmaker, and Professor of Art at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

Education

Masters of Fine Art, Printmaking
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2005

Masters of Art, Printmaking
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2005

Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art
Messiah College, Grantham, PA2001

Exhibitions

2026

Mostra Estiva: Summer Show 2026
GIO, Orvieto, Italy
Until It Confesses: Brenton Good, Stephen Grossman, and Zahra Pars
Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA
Revealed Psalter
Gordon-Conwell, Charlotte, NC

2025

Brenton Good: Meetings & Returns
Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, GA
Careful Steps: Recent works by Rachel York, Brenton Good, and Justin Augspurg Prattville Gallery, Chelsea, MA

2024

Brenton Good: Meetings & Returns
Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA
Chiostro: Faculty ExhibitionGIO, Orvieto, Italy

2023

Meetings & Returns: Mostra Personale di Brenton Good
GIO, Orvieto, Italy
5x5: Celebrating 85 Years
Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
Remembering CIVA
Square Halo Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Matter + Spirit: A Chinese / American Exhibition
Seton Hall University, Seton Hall, NJ
Duke University, NC
Ouachita Baptist University, AR
Voices Together Exhibition
Bluffton University, Bluffton, OH

2022

Series
Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Rituals: Mandy Cano Villalobos, Brenton Good, & Marissa Voytenko Walford Galleries, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

Matter + Spirit: A Chinese / American ExhibitionUniversity of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Tabor College, Hillsboro, KS
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, OH
Taylor University, Upland, IN

Voices Together ExhibitionEastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA
Conrad Grebel University, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Goshen College, Goshen, IN

2021

Rituals: Mandy Cano Villalobos, Brenton Good, & Marissa Voytenka Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
Voices Together Exhibition Regier Gallery, Bethel College, North Newton, KS
Ides of March Blind Alley Projects, Fort Worth, TX
Matter + Spirit: A Chinese / American Exhibition
Aughinbaugh Art Gallery, Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA
Leu Art Gallery, Belmont University, Nashville, TN

2020

5x5: Celebrating 10 Years Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
Gordon College: Selections from Permanent Art Collection The Gallery at Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
Grey / Gray (Matter): A Global and Postal Experiment Divisible Projects, Dayton, OH
Matter + Spirit: A Chinese / American Exhibition
Center Art Gallery, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI
Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA

2019

Brenton Good: An Edge is First a Cut
Rose Lehman Art Gallery, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA
Brenton Good: Castelvecchio
Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA
Qu.Bi International Miniprint Exchange & Exhibition
Qu.Bi Gallery, Vicenza, Italy
In Matter and In Mode: Messiah College Art & Design Faculty Exhibition
M. Louise Aughinbaugh Art Gallery, Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA
Transit-Berlin 2019
Kunsthuset Palæfløjen, Roskilde, Denmark
52nd Art of the State: Pennsylvania
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

2018

Verona: New Prints by Brenton Good
Williams Gallery, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN
Brenton Good: Assisi
Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Brenton Good: Works on Paper
Square Halo Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Mini Prints Berlin 2018
Galleri Heike Arndt, Berlin, Germany
Exempla: Gordon in Orvieto 20th Anniversary Exhibit
The Gallery at Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
Authentic Marks: 2nd Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition
Shaghaf Group, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2017

Give & Take 2017
Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Los Angeles, CA
Annual Juried Exhibition
Susquehanna Center for Creative Arts, Columbia, PA

2016

Shaping Up: Geometric Abstraction in Lancaster
Sunshine Art & Design, Lancaster, PA
49th Annual Art of the State: Pennsylvania
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
4th National Monotype/Monoprint Juried Exhibition
MGNE, Attleboro Art Museum, Attleboro, MA

2015

Impulse & Deliberation: Paintings by Daniel Finch & Brenton Good
Goodyear Gallery, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
CONSTANT BEARING: Recent Work by Don Forsythe & Brenton Good
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
48th Annual Art of the State: Pennsylvania
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Eleventh Hour: Brenton Good, Andrew Guth, & Meg Lau
Isadore Gallery, Lancaster, PA
[Im]material: Recent work by Brenton Good & Kathy Hettinga
Aughinbaugh Art Gallery, Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA

2014

Brenton Good: SYSTEMS
Bertrand Library, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Brenton Good: Monotypes
Square Halo Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Brenton Good: Field Constructions
Hess Gallery, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
Art For Giving
Isadore Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Art & Barriers
The DOSHI Gallery at the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
The Art & Science of Color
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
STRUCTURE
Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ
Juergen Strunck - In Retrospect: 45 Years of Teaching
Haggerty Art Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Self-Assigned: Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition
Aughinbaugh Gallery, Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA

2013

Gentry: Portraits by Harrisburg
The Makespace, Harrisburg, PA
ARTspace Original International Print Exchange & Exhibit
ARTspace, Chatham, ON, Canada
Course and Discourse
DOSHI Gallery at the State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
M3: Mark Materials Myth
Metropolis Collective, Mechanicsburg, PA
MGNE 3rd National Monotype/Monoprint Juried Exhibition
Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
Fresh Prints: A Group Exhibit
The Makespace, Harrisburg, PA

2012

TREADING: New Monotypes by Brenton Good
Robinson’s Rare Books & Fine Prints, Harrisburg, PA
Fountainhead
The Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
Prelude: 11 Contemporary Printmakers
Robinson’s Rare Books & Fine Prints, Harrisburg, PA
Maniacal Vinyl Part II
Metropolis Collective, Mechanicsburg, PA

2011

Brenton Good: Repetitions
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Gettysburg, PA
Latent Images
The DOSHI Gallery at the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Academic Innovations
Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence, Harrisburg, PA

2010

ANAPHORA: Repetition & Refinement in the Prints of Donald Forsythe and Brenton Good
Gordon College, Wenham, MA
MGNE 2nd National Juried Monotype & Monoprint Exhibition
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA

2009

ion, ism & ic
Doshi Gallery, Susquahanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Orisons
Aughinbaugh Gallery, Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA

2008

Chance & the Grid: New Work by Brenton Good
The Infantree, Lancaster, PA
MGNE National Juried Monotype Exhibition
Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA

2007

Brenton Good: Of Memory [and Listening] Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

2006

Brenton Good: Upon Parting
The Bancroft Collaborative, Lancaster, PA
Seeing God: A Visual Exploration of the Spiritual
Dadian Gallery, Washington DC
The Adjunct Show: Andrew Bale, Brenton Good, & Young Won
Aughinbaugh Gallery, Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA

2005

Brenton Good: [Departure]
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ft. Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX
9x12 Works on Paper Show
Ft. Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX
The Exhibition Exchange
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Reminisce
Zephyr Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Potpourri: Print Exchange
University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

2004

Brenton Good: Condensation
33up, Dallas, TX
Brenton Good: Meditations
Zephyr Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Alumni Exhibition
Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA
Exchange Show
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
The Nature of the Work: Works on Paper
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Black & White II
Grayson County College, Denison, TX
Token: Graduate Drawing
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
Shine!
Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

2003

Brenton Good: M.A. Thesis Exhibition
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
The 39 Hour Show
Ft. Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX
Open Show
500 Exposition, Dallas, TX
Small Works Exhibit
Grayson County College, Denison, TX

2002

New Graduate Printmaking
University of Dallas, Irving, TX

Experience

Professor of Art
Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA
2021–Present
Associate Professor of Art
Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA
2016–2021
Assistant Professor of Art
Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA
2013–2016
Lecturer in Art
Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA
2007–2013
Visiting Artist
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2006
Adjunct Instructor
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA
2005–2007
Adjunct Instructor
Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA
2005–2007
Preparator
Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth, Ft. Worth, TX
2005
Preparator
Ft. Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX
2005

Printer, guest artist Jean Sanders
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2004
Printer, guest artist Andrew Raftery
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2003–2004
Graduate Assistant, Art History
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2003–2004
Juror, 18th National Print Show
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2003
Printer, guest artist Carol Wax
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2003
Printer, guest artist Bill Thompson
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2003
Graduate Assistant, Sculpture
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2002–2003
Printer, guest artist Laura Moriarty
University of Dallas, Irving, TX
2002

Writing

“Working Within a Tradition / Tethered to the Now”
Exhibition Catalog, Night, Desert, Garden: Paintings by Matthew Doll
“Restoring Art to a Place in the Community:
New Lessons from Early Renaissance Italy #3”
Studio for Art, Faith, & History
“A Sense of Place: The Photographs of Andrew Bale”
Exhibition Catalog, Elsewhere, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

“Video, Memory, and Paradox in the Art of Lee Jungsuk”
Messiah College Exhibition Catalog, Trees: Lee Jungsuk
“Inscape and the Specific Object”
University of Franklin & Marshall Exhibition Catalog, INSCAPE: The Sculpture of Ted Prescott.
“The Patient Artist”
UTNE Reader, July/August 2007, No. 142, pages 20–22
“Still Points: The Quiet Spaces of Wolfgang Laib” Image, Spring 2007, No. 53, pages 28–36.
“Action Now: The Reconstituted Memories of Daniel Finch and David Kasparek”
Franklin & Marshall Exhibition Catalog

Collections

Shaghaf Group Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship Cincinnati, OH
Nasher Sculpture CenterDallas, TX

Gordon College
Wenham, MA
University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK
Bilkent University
Ankara, Turkey

Messiah College
Mechanicsburg, PA
Murray Artist Book Collection Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA

Awards

Honorable Mention, Painting Category, 49th Annual Art of the State
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
3rd Prize, Works on Paper Category, 48th Annual Art of the State
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

Materials Award, Monotype Guild of New England,
National Juried Monotype ExhibitionAttleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA

Full Tuition Scholarship
Braniff Graduate School, University of Dallas
Vollmer Art Scholarship Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, PA