Goldlust received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2001, and currently serves as Executive Director of Central School Project, a regional arts nonprofit. He has been actively involved in building educational and arts opportunities for youth in the rural border area near Bisbee, Arizona. Goldlust’s public artwork in Arizona includes commissions for the cities of Tempe, Tucson, Scottsdale, the Children's Museum of Phoenix, and Chiricahua Community Health Centers' Pediatric Center of Excellence in Douglas. Goldlust has shown his work in venues throughout the U.S. and abroad, including solo exhibitions in Chicago and Los Angeles.