1977 M.F.A. Visual Studies Workshop in Photography, Rochester, NY
1971 M.A. in Molecular Genetics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1968 B.A. in Biology and Chemistry, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Electro-graphs, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Electrified Drawings, Bakken Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2007 Traces, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2005 David Goldes: Art/Science, Wright State University Galleries Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
2004 Soap & Water, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Looking at Water, Fotofest, Houston, TX
2001 The Elements, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Project Wall: From the Orchard, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Recent Work, Thomas Barry Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
Natural Observations, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Water, etc., Thomas Barry Fine arts, Minneapolis, MN
1995 Photographs by David Goldes, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
1993 Light and Liquids, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1991 Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1987 David Goldes, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1985 Musee Nicephore Niepce, Chalon-sur-Saone, France
Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1984 Phenomenal Space installation, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1982 Barry Richard Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1980 Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Film in the Cities, St. Paul, MN
1979 Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, TN
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
1977 Colorado Mountain College, Breckenridge, CO

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (recent)
2012 The Skin We’re In, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Midnight Party, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2010 The Things Themselves: Contemporary Still Life, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2008 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Photographers, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN
The Pencil of Nature, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
2008 9th Shanghai International Photographic Art Exhibition Stilles Leben, Found Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
2007 Seeing Things, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
The Grotesque, MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Water Views: On, Over and Below, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2004 Drawing: Seven Curatorial Responses, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, MN
2003 By the Sea, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
2002 Complexity, Samual Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2001 Object as Subject, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Recent Acquisitions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2000 State of the Art: Recent Acquisitions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN