Lauren Cohen
Lauren Cohen lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a BFA from California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, and a Masters from the Royal College of Art, London, UK. Her work has been exhibited at Marinaro Gallery, New York; The Hole, New York; Ace Hotel, New York; Future Fair presented by LoftProjects, New York; KinoSaito, New York; Raynham Hall Museum, New York; Ghost Machine Gallery, New York; Felix Art Fair presented by Voloshyn Gallery, Los Angeles; Westbeth Gallery, New York; Wassaic Project, New York; Spring/Break Art Show, New York; The Museum of Modern Art Department of Film, New York; Van Der Plas Gallery, New York; Trestle Gallery, New York; The Maine Jewish Museum, Portland; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco; The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, California; The London Institute of Contemporary Art; The Blyth Gallery, London; and Goldsmiths College of London.
She has been an Artist in Residence at MacDowell, NARS, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and MASS MoCA. Previous juried exhibitions include Bloomberg New Contemporaries, The Catlin Guide, and Saatchi New Sensations.
Forthcoming exhibitions include Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn, and Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA.
Artist Statement
My interdisciplinary practice, spanning painting, ceramics, and installation, investigates systems of control, power, and the construction of identity. My work centers on the figure of the other within society, drawing connections between historical archetypes and my own lived experiences to construct fictional mythologies that blur the line between past and present.
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