Born in Illinois, Ken Goldman trained at the New York Studio School, The National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. Privately he has studied with Wolf Kahn, Vern Wilson and Liane Collot D’Herbois, in both America and Europe. A recipient of numerous awards, he has exhibited widely in group shows and many one-man shows in galleries and museums in Holland, Paris, Mexico, New York, Boston, Washington D.C. and San Diego. His work is represented in numerous collections throughout America and Europe. In California, several of his pieces may be found at The M.O.A. Center Museum in Long Beach, as well as the San Diego Museum of Fine Art and The San Diego Museum of Natural History in San Diego. He is also part of the permanent collection of the Hickory Museum of Fine Art (James Goode Collection of Self Portraits of American Artists) in North Carolina.
Ken Goldman’s art has taken a variety of forms, including realistic oil and watercolor paintings, pastels, wood carvings, veiled watercolors, Oriental (Sumi-e) watercolors and murals. A resident of San Diego, California since 1970, Ken is a popular instructor at the Athenaeum School of the Arts in La Jolla, teaching figure drawing, artistic anatomy and landscape painting. He is the author of five instructional books on the use of pastels, acrylics and charcoal.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999 — Artists Gallery, La Jolla, CA 1997 — Artists Gallery, La Jolla, CA 1994 — Miami International Art ’94 Expo 1994 — Playa Blanca, Mexico 1993 — Riggs Galleries, La Jolla, CA 1992 — Riggs Galleries, La Jolla, CA 1991 — Emerald Shapery Center, San Diego, CA 1990 — Knowles Gallery, La Jolla, CA 1985 — M. O. A., Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA 1984 — Kauai Images Gallery, Kauai, HI 1982 — A. Huney Gallery, San Diego, CA 1981 — A. Huney Gallery, San Diego, CA 1980 — Adler Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1980 — Hatay Gallery, Boston, MA 1979 — Hammer Gallery, Boston, MA GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1999, San Diego Museum of Art: Artist Guild Presents — one painting
selected by Larry Urudia, curator of contemporary art 1999, San Diego Museum of Art: Artist Guild Juried Exhibition 1997, San Diego Museum of Art: Juried Exhibition 1995, Thomas Babeor Gallery — Group Exhibition 1995, San Diego Museum of Art: All California Juried Exhibition — Award of Merit 1994, San Diego Art Walk Paladion Exhibit “Mayor’s Choice” 1994, 10th Anniversary Art Walk Invitational Exhibition 1993, San Diego Museum of Art: Juried Exhibition 1992, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont 1990, Mona Bismark Foundation, Paris, France 1989, San Diego Pastel Society, San Diego, CA 1989, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1988, United States International University, San Diego, CA 1987, Annually The Athenaeum School of the Arts Faculty Exhibition 1987, St. Marks Lenten Art Show, San Diego, CA 1986, National Academy of Design, New York, NY 1986, L. C. de’Herbois Painting Center, Washington, DC 1983, Therapeutic Painting Center, Driebergen, Holland 1980, Therapeutic Painting Center, Driebergen, Holland 1973, City College, San Diego, CA 1971, Mesa College, San Diego, CA 1969, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA COMMISSIONS
Rancho La Puerta — Murals, Rancho La Puerta Aerobics Gym, Tecate, Mexico. Ken and Stephanie Goldman Childrens Hospital — Mural, Childrens Hospital Chapel, San Diego, CA. Stephanie and Ken Goldman Rancho La Puerta — Paintings of the Ranch & Mount Kuchima, Tecate, Mexico The Golden Door — Oriental Brushwork illustrations, La Costa, CA Genetronics — Annual Report, San Diego, CA Young Peoples Press — Childrens Books, San Diego, CA PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Hickory North Carolina Museum of Fine Art, James Goode Collection: Self-Portraits of American Artists San Diego Museum of Fine Arts, San Diego, CA Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Mexico Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA San Diego Museum of Natural History, San Diego, CA The Hoffman Trust Collection FEATURED ARTICLES & REVIEWS TELEVISION INTERVIEWS HONORS AND AWARDS |
HONORS AND AWARDS (continued)
1992, Vermont Studio Center, VT, Wolf Kahn Scholarship 1992, First Place, Drawings, Juried Art Exhibition, Del Mar, CA 1992, First Place, Acrylics, Juried Art Exhibition, Del Mar, CA 1992, First Place, Pastels, Juried Art Exhibition, Del Mar, CA 1992, Special Award, Drawing, Juried Art Exhibition, Del Mar, CA 1992, National Foundation For Advancement In The Arts,Certificate of Excellence in Teaching 1989, First Place, Juried Exhibition, San Diego Pastel Society 1988, First Place, Juried Exhibition, San Diego Pastel Society 1988, First Place, Juried Art Exhibition, St. Mark’s Lenten Art Show BOOKS AUTHORED
1999, Starting Out in Acrylics, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. 1999, Starting Out in Pastels, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. 1995, Charcoal Drawing, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. 1994, Landscapes in Pastel, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. 1992, Portraits in Pastel, Walter Foster Publishing, Inc. LECTURES/DEMONSTRATIONS/TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
1999, Demonstration for the San Diego Pastel Society 1997, Demonstration for the Rancho Bernardo Art Club, CA 1997, Demonstration for San Diego Watercolor Society, CA 1995–present, Instructor: Plein Air landscape painting: Associates in Art, Los Angeles, CA 1995, Pastel demonstrations for San Diego Pastel Society and Clairemont Art Guild 1993, Pastel, Watercolor, Acrylic Workshop — El Cajon Art Association 1992, Demonstration for El Cajon, CA, Art Association 1991, Demonstration for San Diego Watercolor Society and other groups 1990, Demonstration for San Diego Pastel Society and other art groups 1986–present, Instructor: anatomy, painting and drawing the human figure, Athenaeum School of the Arts, La Jolla, CA 1986, Watercolor demonstrations for Ramona, CA Art Guild 1985, San Diego: private tutoring/ teaching; painting 1984, Lived, painted and taught in Kauai, Hawaii 1976, Began free-lance art career: murals and publications (Zoo Books for San Diego Zoo). Lifelike woodcarvings of birds set in naturalistic dioramas for various galleries. Woodcarvings exhibited at Hammer Gallery, New York. Oriental Brushwork, various galleries. 1974–1976, San Diego Museum of Natural History, Preparator of Exhibits; murals, graphics and dioramas for San Diego Zoo; murals and enclosure design. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (past & present)
National Association of Acrylic Painters, N.A.P.A., Signature Member Pastel Society of America, P.S.A. Signature Member San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild, San Diego, CA San Diego Water Color Society, San Diego, CA San Diego Museum of Art Prints & Drawings Club, San Diego, CA The Athenaeum Arts & Music Library, La Jolla, CA EDUCATION EXHIBITIONS JUROR REPRESENTED BY (*current) |