About

Pearl Rosen Golden creates artwork with a focus on the natural environment. She is best known for her inviting landscapes composed in various mediums that are filled with light, atmosphere, and texture. Imagery in her work is influenced by the remarkable occurrences found in the ocean jetties, coast, and the forests surrounding her homes in Long Beach, New York, and Seattle, Washington. Her works have been described as evocative landscapes fused with a sense of life, which at times approach the spiritual and surreal. In ARTnews, October 1990, Nancy Grimes wrote, “Her landscapes become intimate theaters in which the spectator succumbs to a mood of quiet reverence in the presence of something larger than himself.”

Rosen Golden graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts from Brooklyn College in 1979. During her time there she studied figurative painting with Lennart Anderson, Lois Dodd, Phillip Pearlstein, and Sam Gelber. She was also a student of Francis Cunningham, August Mosca, and Albert Handel. 

She is currently a member of Prince Street Gallery in New York City and was a former member of First Street Gallery. Additionally, she is a showing member of Artma, an all women’s art group, based in Bellevue, Washington, where she exhibits in their Pop-Up shows in Seattle and Bellevue.  Rosen Golden is a member of Fluid Media, an artists network that showcases work on Instagram, Artsy, and in-person venues, including the 14C Art Fair. On Artsy, Fluid Media is hosted by SHIM Art Network. She is also a member of the New York Artist Circle and maintains a portfolio on their website, participating in both online and in-person curated shows.

Rosen Golden has contributed to several significant print portfolio editions, which are now part of many private collections, museums and various types of institutions. Notably she is included in “The Woman's Portfolio of Faculty and Alumni of Brooklyn College,” with acclaimed artists Lois Dodd, and Lee Bontecou, among others. She is also included in the print portfolio Goloborotko’s Studio 20th Anniversary Edition, that is in the collection of the Pinoteca-Museu de São Paulo de Arte Contemporâne in São Paolo, Brazil and in the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute in Utica, NY.  Rosen Golden was also among the accomplished artists representing Brooklyn in the “Brooklyn Arts Council Print Portfolio 2000.”

Rosen Golden uses her art to address social, environmental and political issues, participating in the collaborative book art projects Curated by Carla Rae Johnson. These book projects, “The Arc of the Moral Universe: A Notebook Project” and “The Arc of the Viral Universe: A Notebook Project” have traveled for several years, showing in libraries, galleries, and museums. 

Rosen Golden now works as a full-time artist and that was always her goal. She was a devoted daughter who in 1985 added a second career to support her Mother after her Father passed away. She resigned from First Street Gallery, however, three years later she joined Prince Street Gallery, where in 1990 had a successful Solo show. This February 2025 Rosen Golden will have a Solo show in Prince Street Gallery, that will  celebrate her return since her last solo show there 35 years ago. While life directed her path in unexpected ways, she now back on track to share her work.  

Throughout the years, Rosen Golden remained an active showing artist. In her new career she was dedicated to making art accessible to all. She was recognized for her innovative work in various institutions where she created art programs for people with disabilities. She also was appreciated for her consulting work in physical accessibility especially as it pertained to museums and cultural institutions. As the Special Education Coordinator for the Queens Museum of Art she developed the program “ArtAccess” and for the Nassau County Museum of Art, the program “Autism in the Arts”.  She was an Adjunct Lecturer for Queens College, and also lectured in the Continuing Professional Studies program at Bank Street College, and in the College of New Rochelle. She was a Program Director for Studio In a School and The National Center for Disabilities Services now known as Abilities. She served as a consultant for Art Education for the Blind, museums, and for New York State in the area of accessibility and was a frequent speaker at conferences. She was grateful to have the opportunity to engage with so many wonderful people through her many positions that aim to enrich society through the arts.