Michael Goldman is an American artist, primarily working with industrial materials. His pieces reflect a keen observation of the environment around him, often mixing caution with humor.

Goldman was born and raised in Rochester, NY. He resides in San Francisco, CA. He has lived & worked in New York City, Philadelphia, Seattle and Los Angeles.

Growing up in a house where the walls were covered with art provided him with inspiration from a young age. He learned to build, sculpt and paint from his father, creating wood tables, tunnels of mesh and plaster and painting green rolling hills directly onto the basement walls for a model train set. This was his first studio.

Michael was educated in photography, art history, studio art and specialized in architecture. He has honed these skills in his artistic and professional pursuits.

His career began in architecture studios, transitioned to fabricating public works as an artist’s assistant, and developed into an award winning Art Director for motion pictures, where he designs and supervises the creation of film sets.

His artistic explorations over the same time period have produced a variety of works: cast plaster sculptures with found mechanical objects, welded metal furniture and lighting made from salvaged materials, monoprints with photo transfer and sculptures incorporating signage with vibrant graphics.

Goldman can be found in his Mission District studio making art for public spaces and galleries or in film studios creating imaginary worlds for the movie screen. Outside the studio, he enjoys cooking, skiing, surfing, napping with his dog and fixing broken stuff.