Jenny Mushkin Goldman recently served as the Director of Monica King Projects, a nomadic contemporary art gallery and advisory and was the inaugural Director of Monica King Contemporary that was based in Tribeca. She also co-organized with Rebecca Goyette the group exhibition Everyday Magic/ Gnostic Impulses that was on view at the National Arts Club from March 2 through April 27, 2021.
For the 2019 edition of SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Goldman co-curated (with Jessica Davidson) Taped Shut, an exhibition of works by Rachel Lee Hovnanian. In June of 2017, she presented En Caul, a solo show of paintings, drawings, and hybrid-sculptures by Adam Krueger. In April 2017, she co-curated with Romain Dauriac the group show Singular Object, which was organized in celebration of the future New York City building, 53W53, designed by the renowned architect Jean Nouvel. Exploring the intersection of art and architecture, Singular Object presented works by artists including Sarah Braman, Nir Hod, Jenny Holzer, Iván Navarro, Jon Rafman, Will Ryman, James Turrell, and Dustin Yellin. She has curated exhibitions that include Temporal Escape (co-curated with Megan Green) at 326 Gallery, New York; Amulets Ethereal at Barney Savage Gallery in May 2018; Beyond Secretary at Mark Borghi Fine Arts in the Fall of 2016, featuring works by Elaine de Kooning, Rebecca Goyette, and Betty Tompkins; Smile!, which was presented by Shin Gallery in Spring 2016 and included works by Deborah Kass and Hyon Gyon; Papercut (co-organized with Vaughn Massey) at the National Arts Club, New York (October 15 – 26, 2014) and The Space Between (co-organized with Ryan Bradley) at the National Arts Club, New York (December 3 -14, 2012).
Goldman worked for Jeff Koons from 2011 - 2013 and then again from 2014 - 2017 in sales, auctions, and exhibitions, including Koons’s 2014/15 career retrospective for which she liaised with the Whitney Museum of American Art, Centre Pompidou, and Guggenheim Bilbao. She also oversaw Koons’s personal art collection. Other past professional experience includes Paul Kasmin Gallery from 2013-2014, where she worked in sales with such artists as Walton Ford, James Nares, and Les Lalanne. Goldman was the founding co-curator and co-creator (with Gerard McNamee) of the Quarterly Art Soirée (The QAS), an all day arts event that featured programming ranging from film screenings to contemporary art showcased throughout Webster Hall in New York.
She received a Master’s degree in Art Business from the Sotheby’s Institute of Art and a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Drama from New York University. She is currently studying part-time towards a Master’s in Art History at Hunter College.