Boris Cohen

Boris Cohen. The artist who paint moments of life.

The moment is the here and now that possesses our lives. It’s where the colors of life reside. It’s where the shades of life, fateful meetings, and passions collide. We tend to think that the moment is impossible to catch. But the next time you are walking through the streets of Israel cities, don’t miss your chance to meet an artist, who can help you capture this moment. The artist who paint moments of life.
Boris Kogan is an artist coming from Russia and currently living and working in Akko, Israel.
He started with water colors but as all other impressionists of the past he didn’t hesitate to transition to oil painting. Indeed, oil paints can capture the charm of this moment with exquisite gentleness and expression. The early works of Boris are multi-layered with meticulous attention to detail, and the inspiration for them was mostly untouched nature.
Gradually, as his own style developed, Boris began to reduce the number of layers on the canvas, preferring the quicker work of the technique “Alla prima”. This technique allowed Boris to get closer to his main goal: capturing the moment.
However, as Boris developed, the content of this moment gradually changed, slowly shifting to ...

Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry

2014 Art Hall South-East Exhibition Hall Vykhino – “Koktebel-Karadag”
2014 Library of Ukrainian Literature – “Magic of Color”
2014 Exhibition Hall “Rostokino” – “Spring Inspiration”
2014 Library of Ukrainian literature – “Dreams about something more”
2014 Museum. A.N.Skryabina — “200 years since the birth of M.Yu. Lermontov”
2014 Library of Ukrainian Literature – “Artist and Poet”
2014 Elysium Gallery. Artist’s House on Vavilova – “Opening of the summer season”
2014 Gallery of the Kraft-Pavlova Foundation for the Development of Russian Culture – “Artists of Moscow – to the children of Donbass”
2014 Lobnya Art Gallery – “Christmas Exhibition”
2015 Nagornaya Gallery – exhibition “AQUA OMNIA SUNT / WATER IS EVERYTHING”
2015 TVK “Tishinka” – VIII International Exhibition “Atmosphere of Creativity”
2015 Library named after V.Ya. Wolf – “Spring. Start”
2015 Gallery “Elysium”. Artist’s House on Vavilova – Exhibition “Love and Spring”
2015 Lobnya Art Gallery – “The Charm of Summer”
2016 Art Gallery of Lobnya “DEBUT”. Personal exhibition
2017 Art Gallery of Lobnya “CITY ATMOSPHERE”. Personal exhibition
2017 XXIII International exhibition-competition of contemporary art “Russian Art Week” (Russian Art Week)
2017 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION “ART...