Carla Cohen
MN, United States
BIO: Carla Cohen’s work speaks a language of bold forms and textures based on structures of high con...
About the artist
Carla Cohen
Joined In 2022
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About the artist
Carla Cohen
Joined In 2022
(2 Followers)
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BIO:
Carla Cohen’s work speaks a language of bold forms and textures based on structures of high contrast graphic shapes. Multilayered mixed media explores the connections of shape and line, pattern, and color.
Cohen’s process is very improvisational, responding to the materials at hand and intuitively bringing order and structure to the varied elements. Her process begins with line work, a foundation for the many layers of abstracted shapes and forms to follow. Often incorporating transparent layers of hand printed papers, she curates an experience for the viewer to explore what lies beneath the surface and thereby exposing the history of the work. This involves her audience in excavating the mystery and the narrative of her work, seeing beyond the surface, and finding the deeper connections in the many layers.
A self-taught artist, Cohen has a long history of creative entrepreneurial pursuits as a jewelry designer, art director, food blogger, and stylist. Responding to the materials or ingredients in each of these creative endeavors is much the same as constructing a painting for the artist- layering the elements until she achieves a rich, deep history. The results are a rhythmic, satisfying order to what might seem like very ...
University of South Florida, Bachelor of Science, Marketing
Creative Visionary Program, Nicholas Wilton, 2021, 2022, 2023 Visionary Projects, Alayne Spafford, 2023
2024
The Other Art Fair, Chicago Illinois
2023
Beneath The Surface, Young Art Hunters, Milan, Italy
Beneath The Surface, YAH Factory, Hotel Pico Lido, Liguria, Italy New Year, New Vibes, Laguna Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
2022
Three Voices, Northrup King Studio 280, Minneapolis, MN
Art-A-Whirl, Open Studio Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN
Art2Life Creative Visionary Program, International Exhibition online, juror Jack Fisher
2021
Textures, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Online, Laguna Beach, CA
Art2Life Creative Visionary Program, International Exhibition online, juror Juan Kelly
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
Boston Children's Hospital
Showed at the The Other Art Fair
Artist featured in a collection
