Terra Goolsby is a Texas based artist and curator living and working in Austin, Texas. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design where she acquired an MFA in Sculpture and remained a Presidential Scholar for the duration of her stay. She also conducted independent research at Brown University with Gali Cohee, Department Head of Gender and Sexuality Studies, where she identified her obsession with the de-construction of Meso American and contemporary mythologies. She also attended the University of Texas at Austin where she earned a BFA in painting and sculpture.
She has been an artist in residence at West Dean College of Sussex University in Chichester, England, Vermont Studio Center, and I-Park Foundation in New Hampshire. She has been the recipient of the Presidential Scholarship at Rhode Island School of Design, Thantopolis Honorarium, Edward James Fellowship and Scholarship, Dimension Gallery Fellowship, and several grants. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including institutions and galleries such as the Dallas Contemporary, Anya Tish Gallery, Ivester Contemporary and Women and Their Work. She is one of the founders of Icosa Gallery. She continues to work out of her studio in Austin, Texas.