Born in Hatch Street, Dublin, Goulding grew up in Wicklow but was educated in England from the age of 7. He was awarded a 2 year scholarship to study Textile Design at the State School of Art, Konstfackskolan, in Stockholm. Largely self-taught as a painter, he has been exhibiting professionally since 1964 in many galleries around Ireland, and also represented Ireland in the 1971 Paris Biennale.
He moved to Allihies on the Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork where he has lived and worked since 1968.
Goul
ding is a member of Aosdana and his work can be found in the collections of the Arts Councils of Ireland and Northern Ireland, IMMA and the Office of Public Works, as well as many private collections.
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