Kelly Hartigan Goldstein – Artist CV

Kelly Hartigan Goldstein

310.339.7613 – kelly@kellyhartigangoldstein – @hartigangold

Featured Shows

January 2026 — FREE TO SP%@K, 3 SoCal Artists, Road to California, Ontario Convention Center CA

October 2025 — FREE TO SP%@K, 3 SoCal Artists, The Studio Gallery, Village Well Books & Coffee, Culver City, CA

January 2025 — Art Start, 3 Local Artists, Laguna Art Walk, Hotel Laguna, Laguna Beach, CA

Current Associations

Shoebox Arts – 2026; LAAA – 2025; SCWCA & NCWCA – 2024

Awards

2025 — City Hall Choice Award, Art That’s Small at City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA

2017 — Honorable Mention, University of Michigan Alumni Show, Ann Arbor, MI

2015 — Honorable Mention, Juried Fine Art at City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA
2nd place, Art That’s Small at City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA

Press

2025 — The Argonaut, Free to Sp%@k!: Art exhibit champions the First Amendment

2025 — Penn Journal of Arts & Sciences, Research, Back Cover, Spring
Penn Journal of Arts & Sciences, Artist Profile

2024 — Penn Journal of Arts & Sciences, Arts 2024

2021 — Laguna Beach Magazine, Scenes of the Season, December/January

Exhibitions

2026

When in the Course of Human Events, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI

California Cool Art Auction, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

The Uncivil Canvas: Art in the Age of Discord,Woman Made Gallery, Chicago,IL
Juried by Karen M. Gutfreund

Fall of Freedom: Making America, Shoebox Projects at the Brewery, Los Angeles, CA

FREE TO SP%@K!: Road To California, Ontario, CA

2025

LAAA 100 years Juried Benefit Auction, LAAA Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

A Woman’s Perspective, Long Beach Creative Group & SCWCA Rod Briggs Gallery, Long Beach, CA

Works on Paper 2025, LBI Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
Juried by Sammantha Friedman, Curator, Department of Drawings & Prints, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) NYC

No Risk No Reward, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA

Pain Points: Bearing Witness in the Present Tense, WCA Juried National Online Show, Kunstmatrix Virtual Gallery
Juried by Amanda Banks and Allicette Torres

Flora: 50/50 Coastline College Community Fundraiser, Coastline Art Gallery, Newport, CA

LAAA Gossamer, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Bill Schinsky, Director Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA

Art That’s Small at City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA

LAAA Trail of Angels, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Elizabeth East, LA Louver, Venice CA

Call & Response: Women Resist, Shoebox Projects at the Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Elizabeth East, LA Louver, Venice CA

LA Fires Benefit Auction, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Elizabeth East, LA Louver, Venice CA

2024

SCWCA Art Is Hope Gala Exhibition & Fundraiser at the Salvation Army, Santa Monica, CA

SCWCA Beverly Hills Art Show, Beverly Hills, CA

Vote Forward, Art Print Benefit, Laguna Beach, CA

SCWCA A Woman’s Voice in a Pivotal Time, The Makery, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Kim Abeles

Pattern & Design, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Kristine Shomaker

NCWCA Access: An Ordinary Notion, Juried Online Gallery

SCWCA 6000 Circles, Range Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Art That’s Small at City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA

2019 ArtVenture, Segerstrom Center, Santa Ana, CA

2017 Alumni Show, Stamps Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

2015 Juried Fine Art at City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA

2015 Art That’s Small at City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA

Public Art

2019 — GARIBALDI Holiday Palette 3′ × 4′, Permanent Collection, City of Laguna Beach, CA
BIRD Council Chambers Banner 4′ × 16′, Permanent Collection, City of Laguna Beach, CA

2018 — SANTA SHARK Holiday Palette 3′ × 4′, Permanent Collection, City of Laguna Beach, CA
SEAL ROCK Summer Banner 4′ × 16′, Permanent Collection, City of Laguna Beach, CA

Education

Degree

1994 — BFA, University of Michigan Art School, Ann Arbor, MI

Mentorship

2015 – Current — Javier Alvarez, Fundamentals Black & White, Laguna Beach, CA

Painting Studies

2015 — John Eagle, Acrylic Painting, Laguna Beach, CA

2014 — Michael Hallinan, Oil Painting, Laguna Beach, CA

2013 — Leon Okun, Oil Painting, Laguna Beach, CA

Teaching

2014 – 2020 — Let’s Draw!, Top of the World Elementary, Laguna Beach, CA

In-class Curriculum Based Sketching, Sole Proprietor

Professional

1997 – 2009 — Digital Film Effects & Animation, Los Angeles, CA & Honolulu, HI

1996 – Warner Digital, Burbank, CA – Duck Dodgers in the 21st Century, Mars Attacks, Eraser, Batman & Robin

1997, 2002 – Centropolis FX, Culver City, CA – Godzilla ’97, Matrix Reloaded

1998 – Square, Honolulu, HI – Final Fantasy:The Spirits Within, Kelly’s Thriller DVD Easter Egg, The Animatrix

2002 – 2009 – Sony Imageworks, Culver City, CA – Matrix Reloaded, Polar Express, Watchmen, Beowulf,
The Smurfs, Cats & Dogs 2, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch & the Wardrobe,

1994 – 1997 — IKON Advertising, Junior Art Director, Culver City, CA

Movie Posters: The Usual Suspects, Bottle Rocket, Evolver