Brief Bio
In his 20s, he worked on political campaigns with the country’s preeminent strategist. In his 30s, he was a sports agent to athletes, sportscasters, Spuds MacKenzie, and brought Russian hockey players to West Point and Mississippi. In his 40s, he co-founded a creative design studio that specialized in handmade beautiful baseballs coveted by business titans and bar mitzvah boys. In his 50s, he opened a unique gallery/shop/community event space on a Greenwich Village side street that became known around the globe. Now, in his 60s, he’s working on “The Memory of America” and other multimedia art projects. Jay Goldberg lives in NYC, the city where he was born.
2023 Lingering Memories, Fox Yard Studio - Stowmarket, England
2023 Packard Group National Exhibition, No. 7 Center Gallery - Vermillion, SD
2023 101 Contemporary Artists, Collect Art - Tbilisi, Georgia
2022 Memory and Identity, Cista Arts - London, England
2021 Moving Images, Cabrillo Gallery - Aptos, CA
2021 Inspired by an Object, Studio Montclair Gallery - Montclair, NJ
2021 New Normal, Payne Gallery of Moravian University - Bethlehem, PA
2021 North x Northwest: Out of Isolation, Yellowstone Art Museum - Billings, MT
2021 Uncompressed, Bryan Art Gallery / Coastal Carolina University - Conway, SC
2021 Time/Memory, Phylogeny Contemporary - Seattle, WA
2020 Darkest Before Dawn, Ethan Cohen Gallery - Beacon, NY
2020 On The Surface, Attleboro Arts Museum - Attleboro, MA
2020 Finding Your Voice in America Today, Kelwood Contemporary Art Gallery - Baton Rouge, LA
2020 Winter Film & Arts Festival, Joy & Whimsy Depot - Lewisburg, OH
2020 Video: A Juried Exhibition, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts - Lubbock, TX
2020 Don’t Touch Your Face, ShockBoxx Gallery - Hermosa Beach, CA
2020 Pandemic Transformation, Sebastopol Center for the Arts - Sebastopol, CA
2020 Art and Healing, West Windsor Arts Center - Princeton Junction, NJ
2020 The Art of Quarantine, LibertyTown Arts - Fredericksburg, VA
2020 Works Created During Lockdown, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center - Brooklyn, NY
2020 The Metamorphosis, The Holy Art Gallery - London, England
Exhibitions
Residencies
2023 The Factory - Manchester, NH
2021 Tofte Lake Center - Ely, MN
2021 Visual Muze Storytelling Residency / West Harlem Art Fund - Governors Island, NY
Publications
“Fine Arts: Art and Healing exhibition.” The Times of Trenton, September 23, 2020, https://bit.ly/2RTX49p
NYU - Gallatin School of Individualized Study: BA, 1982
New York Law School: JD, 1990
Additional courses at School of Visual Arts & Parsons
Classroom
Through the Years
Creator, Bergino, NYC, 2001-Present
Founded creative design studio. Items featured in retail stores, catalogs, art galleries and museums throughout world, such as Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Museum of Arts and Design, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Sundance, Colette Paris, Paul Smith.
Curator, Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, NYC, 2010-Present
Hosted nearly 200 intimate events in Greenwich Village NYC landmark building and nurtured loyal community of baseball aficionados. Events featured artists, authors, Pulitzer Prize-winners, team owners, Hall of Famers, and most interesting folks in baseball. Business garnered extensive media coverage, including features in Wall Street Journal, Crain’s New York Business, Forbes, and WNYC. Also raised thousands of dollars for such charitable partners as Viscardi Center, Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research, and Made Visible Foundation. After closing brick-and-mortar shop/gallery in Autumn 2018, Bergino Baseball Clubhouse brand continues with podcast series and events in partnership with venues throughout NYC and across country.
Owner, SportsMakers Agency, NYC, 1991-2001
Founded independent athlete representation and sports marketing firm. Additionally, managed and promoted all aspects of innovative "Russians Are Coming" and "Russian Tour-nado I and II" Hockey Tours, which featured first-ever games by post-Soviet era Russian team at US Military Academy West Point, as well as arenas in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Director of Marketing, Athletes and Artists, NYC, 1986-1991
Managed image campaigns and negotiated various contracts for baseball legends Mike Schmidt, Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca; sportscasters Al Michaels, Chris Berman, Dan Dierdorf and Karl Nelson; sports heroes Mark Spitz, Edwin Moses, Eric Heiden, Jeff Blatnick, Jim Valvano and the 1980 USA Olympic Hockey Team; and even top-dog advertising icon Spuds MacKenzie.
Production Manager / Asst. to President / Advance Man, The Garth Group, NYC, 1980-1986
Worked with country's preeminent political consultant David Garth on Mayoral campaigns for Ed Koch and Tom Bradley, Senate campaigns for Arlen Specter and John Heinz, and Presidential Democratic primary campaign of Walter Mondale.
Last, but First
Member Board of Directors of The Viscardi Center – Albertson, NY
Member E-Advisory Council of National Center for Disability Entrepreneurship at The Viscardi Center – Albertson, NY