Goldner spends several months in Mali each year and lives and maintains a studio in New York City.

[6] Her work was included in the Global Africa exhibition at the Museum of Art and Design, curated by Lowery Stokes Sims.

[2] Her Fences & Neighbors installation created on Governor's Island, in New York addresses border issues and migration.

[7] In 1994-1995, Goldner received a Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship to Mali, as well as grants from the Ford Foundation, and UN Special Committee Against Apartheid.

[8][9] Her work, Most of Us Art Immigrants, a large-scale sculpture installation, is in the collection of the Islip Museum on Long Island, New York.