NEWS...
...Cohen's Fallen Porcupine drawing is in Art to the Point at the Katonah Museum of Art in Katonah New York. In this tri-state exhibition, juried by Donald Sultan distinguished American painter, printmaker and sculptor, 88 works were selected out of 697 submissions.
The show is on view from January 14 to February 19, 2012.
For more information about the exhibition please visit
http://www.katonahmuseum.org/exhibitions/
...Yvette Cohen is participating in two Brooklyn gallery shows this month...
MIC: CHECK Sideshow Gallery's winter exhibition
January 7 - February 26, 2012.
Sideshow Gallery is located at 319 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
www.sideshowgallery.com
PAPERAZZI Janet Kurnatowski Gallery's annual paper show
January 13 - February 12, 2012.
The Janet Kurnatowski Gallery is located at 205 Norman Avenue in Brooklyn.
www.JanetKurnatowskiGallery.co
...Cohen's In Search of Shapes is included in the Holiday Salon at Lesley Heller Workspace... over 100 artworks. 54 Orchard Street on the LES. Sunday December 4, 2011 12-6 & Wednesday December 7th 11-8.
...DEFYING GRAVITY
Sculptural Paintings at Cassina - a Solo Site-Specific Exhibition
Exhibition continues till December 20, 2011
Walk into Cassina’s Soho, New York location to be transported beyond the walls of this vast open space. New York City artist, Yvette Cohen, has designed a site-specific installation that emphasizes the openness of Cassina's space, while complimenting it's distinctive display of furniture. Cohen's work will be on view at 151 Wooster Street from the opening date of November 8, 2011, from 6-9, till December 20, 2011.
Cohen’s large, boldly colored shaped canvases appear sculptural, yet mount flat on the wall. Groupings of two, three or more of these oil paintings seemingly defy gravity and appear to exist in a boundless space, activating entire walls.
The installation comprises Cohen’s Ara Pacis series. Ara Pacis translates from the Latin as altar to peace. The shapes display a peculiar perspective, balancing harmony with intrigue. While primarily oil paintings, their illusion of sculptural form has even gained them admission to sculpture exhibitions.
To view an image from the upcoming installation go to http://yvettecohen.com/artwork
...Cohen's open studio was blogged on the French blog Terre de Compassion, the Compassionate Earth. A partial English translation follows...
Yvette Cohen presents flat geometric shapes that create both the illusion of depth and protrusion from the wall. These paintings can be compared to kites. Space is transformed. Gravity disappears. The visitor has the sensation of being elevated among the paintings.
A link to the blog Terre de Compassion
http://www.terredecompassion.c
…The first pieces completed for Yvette Cohen's upcoming site-specific installation at Cassina’s SOHO location, will be presented at TOAST the 15th annual Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour. Oil paint and wood dowels on shaped canvas, make up these seemingly sculptural pieces that lie flat on the wall, yet promote a feeling of open space.
…TOAST is open Friday April 29 from 6-9 pm and Saturday April 30, Sunday and Monday, May 1 & 2 from 1-6 pm.
…For more information about TOAST and to download a map, visit
http://www.toastartwalk.com/to
...Yvette Cohen is participating in Paper 2011 at the Janet Kurnatowski Gallery January 14 - February 13, 2011. The Janet Kurnatowski Gallery is located at 205 Norman Avenue in Brooklyn. www.JanetKurnatowskiGallery.co
...The TROYART show at the Museu Brasileiro da Escultura in São Paulo, Brasil is on view January 15 - 30, 2011. To view Yvette Cohen's piece go to http://toymube.blogspot.com/20
...Yvette Cohen is a recipient of the Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Workshop Fellowship for 2010. The workshop offers selected artists the opportunity to learn to successfully compete for public art mural commissions. The workshop takes place at the National Academy of Art in New York City. For more information visit www.nationalacademy.org/pagevi
...The Jason Peng Gallery in Philadelphia now represents Yvette Cohen's Ara Pacis series in the mid-Atlantic region. The gallery website is www.penggallery.com
...Yvette Cohen donated two paintings to Art for Haiti, Spinning and Shape with Polka-Dots. Both large paintings, 36 X 50.5 inches, of graphite and oil paint on mylar, sold at auction on May 5th, 2010.
Solidarité Haitienne organized a benefit auction of art created by Haitian and New York artists. It was held at the Meeting House of Friends Seminary in New York. For more information about Solidarité Haitienne please visit their website at www.solidhaiti.org.
...A sculptural painting spans an entire wall of Yvette Cohen’s Open Studio
during TOAST the 14th annual Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour.
Ara Pacis II premieres at TOAST, with Gems, a triptych made in oil paint and wood dowels on shaped canvas. Gems, although flat, appears sculptural, deepening actual space to create a feeling of openness. The abstract shapes and imagery promote a sense of freedom to interpret the work personally.
TOAST is open Friday April 23 from 6-9 pm and Saturday, Sunday and Monday April 24, 25 & 26 from 1-6 pm. For more information about TOAST and a map of the tour, visit www.toastartwalk.com
...Three pieces from the Ara Pacis Series will be shown at the Sculptural Alliance Show Volumes and Voids at the Tompkins Square Library Gallery, 331 East 10th Street in New York City. The show runs from April 1- April 30, 2010.
...Yvette Cohen's drawing, Release #8 was on display at Paper Works at the Janet Kurnatowski Gallery in Brooklyn from January 22 to February 21, 2010.
Gallery website is www.JanetKurnatowskiGallery.co
...Yvette Cohen is participating in the Exquisite Corpse show at the Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University from November 2009 to April 2010.
In Andre Breton's "Dictionaire Abrege du Surrealisme" of 1938, he describes the Exquisite Corpse as "a game of folded paper which consists in having several people compose a phrase or drawing collectively, none of the participants having any idea of the nature of the preceding contribution." The Exquisite Corpse was in keeping with the Surrealists aim of creating via "the dictation of thought, in the absence of all control exercised by reason, and outside all aesthetic or moral preoccupations."
Gallery Website http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/a
Directions http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/
...Kite #4 from Kite Series III was selected for the 32nd Small Works show at New York University in January 2009. The kites direct the viewer to sense the space around them, then pull them in to discover their peculiarities.
BIO...
Yvette Cohen was born in Cairo, Egypt
and raised in Paris and Montreal.
She received a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal.
After moving to New York she continued her education
attending classes at the Art Student’s League,
the School of Visual Arts and the Whitney seminars.
For a year she worked in lithography at the
Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop.
In 1983 she established Plum Graphics Inc.,
a greeting card company, recognized for its unique
images and products. There she received several
nominations and a Louie award for her work.
In 2004 she returned to the studio to pursue her fine art
full time. She lives and works in New York City.
2011
- Paper Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- TROYART Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2010
- Sculptors Alliance 30th Anniversary Exhibit:Then and Now Tompkins Square Library Gallery, NY
- Edwin Austin Abbey Mural National Academy of Art, NY
- Paper Works Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- Postcards from the Edge Zieher Smith Gallery, NY
2009
- Exquisite Corpse Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, NJ
- 32nd Annual Small Works Show 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NY
- Group Show Lyons Wier Gallery, NY
For a PDF download of my complete bio/resume please go to Resume on the Home page.
...Cohen's Fallen Porcupine drawing is in Art to the Point at the Katonah Museum of Art in Katonah New York. In this tri-state exhibition, juried by Donald Sultan distinguished American painter, printmaker and sculptor, 88 works were selected out of 697 submissions.
The show is on view from January 14 to February 19, 2012.
For more information about the exhibition please visit
http://www.katonahmuseum.org/exhibitions/
...Yvette Cohen is participating in two Brooklyn gallery shows this month...
MIC: CHECK Sideshow Gallery's winter exhibition
January 7 - February 26, 2012.
Sideshow Gallery is located at 319 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
www.sideshowgallery.com
PAPERAZZI Janet Kurnatowski Gallery's annual paper show
January 13 - February 12, 2012.
The Janet Kurnatowski Gallery is located at 205 Norman Avenue in Brooklyn.
www.JanetKurnatowskiGallery.co
...Cohen's In Search of Shapes is included in the Holiday Salon at Lesley Heller Workspace... over 100 artworks. 54 Orchard Street on the LES. Sunday December 4, 2011 12-6 & Wednesday December 7th 11-8.
...DEFYING GRAVITY
Sculptural Paintings at Cassina - a Solo Site-Specific Exhibition
Exhibition continues till December 20, 2011
Walk into Cassina’s Soho, New York location to be transported beyond the walls of this vast open space. New York City artist, Yvette Cohen, has designed a site-specific installation that emphasizes the openness of Cassina's space, while complimenting it's distinctive display of furniture. Cohen's work will be on view at 151 Wooster Street from the opening date of November 8, 2011, from 6-9, till December 20, 2011.
Cohen’s large, boldly colored shaped canvases appear sculptural, yet mount flat on the wall. Groupings of two, three or more of these oil paintings seemingly defy gravity and appear to exist in a boundless space, activating entire walls.
The installation comprises Cohen’s Ara Pacis series. Ara Pacis translates from the Latin as altar to peace. The shapes display a peculiar perspective, balancing harmony with intrigue. While primarily oil paintings, their illusion of sculptural form has even gained them admission to sculpture exhibitions.
To view an image from the upcoming installation go to http://yvettecohen.com/artwork
...Cohen's open studio was blogged on the French blog Terre de Compassion, the Compassionate Earth. A partial English translation follows...
Yvette Cohen presents flat geometric shapes that create both the illusion of depth and protrusion from the wall. These paintings can be compared to kites. Space is transformed. Gravity disappears. The visitor has the sensation of being elevated among the paintings.
A link to the blog Terre de Compassion
http://www.terredecompassion.c
…The first pieces completed for Yvette Cohen's upcoming site-specific installation at Cassina’s SOHO location, will be presented at TOAST the 15th annual Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour. Oil paint and wood dowels on shaped canvas, make up these seemingly sculptural pieces that lie flat on the wall, yet promote a feeling of open space.
…TOAST is open Friday April 29 from 6-9 pm and Saturday April 30, Sunday and Monday, May 1 & 2 from 1-6 pm.
…For more information about TOAST and to download a map, visit
http://www.toastartwalk.com/to
...Yvette Cohen is participating in Paper 2011 at the Janet Kurnatowski Gallery January 14 - February 13, 2011. The Janet Kurnatowski Gallery is located at 205 Norman Avenue in Brooklyn. www.JanetKurnatowskiGallery.co
...The TROYART show at the Museu Brasileiro da Escultura in São Paulo, Brasil is on view January 15 - 30, 2011. To view Yvette Cohen's piece go to http://toymube.blogspot.com/20
...Yvette Cohen is a recipient of the Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Workshop Fellowship for 2010. The workshop offers selected artists the opportunity to learn to successfully compete for public art mural commissions. The workshop takes place at the National Academy of Art in New York City. For more information visit www.nationalacademy.org/pagevi
...The Jason Peng Gallery in Philadelphia now represents Yvette Cohen's Ara Pacis series in the mid-Atlantic region. The gallery website is www.penggallery.com
...Yvette Cohen donated two paintings to Art for Haiti, Spinning and Shape with Polka-Dots. Both large paintings, 36 X 50.5 inches, of graphite and oil paint on mylar, sold at auction on May 5th, 2010.
Solidarité Haitienne organized a benefit auction of art created by Haitian and New York artists. It was held at the Meeting House of Friends Seminary in New York. For more information about Solidarité Haitienne please visit their website at www.solidhaiti.org.
...A sculptural painting spans an entire wall of Yvette Cohen’s Open Studio
during TOAST the 14th annual Tribeca Open Artist Studio Tour.
Ara Pacis II premieres at TOAST, with Gems, a triptych made in oil paint and wood dowels on shaped canvas. Gems, although flat, appears sculptural, deepening actual space to create a feeling of openness. The abstract shapes and imagery promote a sense of freedom to interpret the work personally.
TOAST is open Friday April 23 from 6-9 pm and Saturday, Sunday and Monday April 24, 25 & 26 from 1-6 pm. For more information about TOAST and a map of the tour, visit www.toastartwalk.com
...Three pieces from the Ara Pacis Series will be shown at the Sculptural Alliance Show Volumes and Voids at the Tompkins Square Library Gallery, 331 East 10th Street in New York City. The show runs from April 1- April 30, 2010.
...Yvette Cohen's drawing, Release #8 was on display at Paper Works at the Janet Kurnatowski Gallery in Brooklyn from January 22 to February 21, 2010.
Gallery website is www.JanetKurnatowskiGallery.co
...Yvette Cohen is participating in the Exquisite Corpse show at the Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University from November 2009 to April 2010.
In Andre Breton's "Dictionaire Abrege du Surrealisme" of 1938, he describes the Exquisite Corpse as "a game of folded paper which consists in having several people compose a phrase or drawing collectively, none of the participants having any idea of the nature of the preceding contribution." The Exquisite Corpse was in keeping with the Surrealists aim of creating via "the dictation of thought, in the absence of all control exercised by reason, and outside all aesthetic or moral preoccupations."
Gallery Website http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/a
Directions http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/
...Kite #4 from Kite Series III was selected for the 32nd Small Works show at New York University in January 2009. The kites direct the viewer to sense the space around them, then pull them in to discover their peculiarities.
BIO...
Yvette Cohen was born in Cairo, Egypt
and raised in Paris and Montreal.
She received a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal.
After moving to New York she continued her education
attending classes at the Art Student’s League,
the School of Visual Arts and the Whitney seminars.
For a year she worked in lithography at the
Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop.
In 1983 she established Plum Graphics Inc.,
a greeting card company, recognized for its unique
images and products. There she received several
nominations and a Louie award for her work.
In 2004 she returned to the studio to pursue her fine art
full time. She lives and works in New York City.
2011
- Paper Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- TROYART Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2010
- Sculptors Alliance 30th Anniversary Exhibit:Then and Now Tompkins Square Library Gallery, NY
- Edwin Austin Abbey Mural National Academy of Art, NY
- Paper Works Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- Postcards from the Edge Zieher Smith Gallery, NY
2009
- Exquisite Corpse Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, NJ
- 32nd Annual Small Works Show 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NY
- Group Show Lyons Wier Gallery, NY
For a PDF download of my complete bio/resume please go to Resume on the Home page.
