Jane E. Goldman was born in Dallas, Texas and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin. Goldman is the co-owner/director of Mixit Print Studio in Somerville, Massachusetts. A nationally recognized painter and printmaker, she has taught at Massachusetts College of Art, the University of California at Los Angeles, Rice University in Houston, and the University of Hartford. She has been a visiting artist at many institutions, including Harvard University, the University of Wisconsin, Smith College, Wellesley College, and the University of Dallas.
Goldman is a painter, printmaker, and public artist. Goldman’s media include watercolor, oil, intaglio, lithography, relief, screenprint, and terrazzo. “Lyrical realism,” based on a combination of free association and direct observation, best describes her style.
Since 1975, Goldman’s work has been exhibited widely in the United States and abroad. She has received grants from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, MacDowell, Yaddo, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has also received residency fellowships from the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ireland, the Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus in Germany, and the Cite des Arts in Paris. Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, the Brooklyn Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Fogg Art Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Library of Congress and many other public and private collections.
Goldman’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris), Brooklyn Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Fogg Art Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Library of Congress.