Ms. Goodrich has been awarded residencies at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Santa Fe Arts Institute, Vermont Studio Center, Yaddo in the USA, and Europos Parkas in Lithuania. Goodrichs awards include Purchase Prize for the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and First in Sculpture at Woodmere Museum, Philadelphia. Goodrich received a Pennsylvania Fellowship in Poetry. Her publications include six collections of poetry. She holds a B.A. , Western Michigan University; M.A., the University of Northern Colorado; and advanced studies, University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
Patricia Goodrichs work includes sculpture, site-specific works, and installation and is exhibited in Russia and Lithuania, as well as the U.S.A. She is the recipient of a Leeway Foundation WOO Award, Puffin Foundation Grant, and an Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts scholarship.