Josephine Cooper

Josephine is a self-taught abstract expressionist painter based in Brooklyn, NY. With a background as a vocalist and theatre-maker, her painting process includes sound and movement, which translates in her works' vibrant expressiveness. She paints exclusively on unprimed canvas, allowing the paint to dye the surface. She works with sponges, hands and found materials, along with brushes. Her paintings emote hope, grief, longing, joy and play and she trusts in the collaboration with inspiration, as the painting shows her what it wishes to become in deep improvisatory style. In tandem with her artist life, Josephine is a Somatic (body-based) Trauma Therapist and Educator. Coming to painting has been a great balm in processing the griefs and joys of the world and she is honored to share her work with the world.

BFA Emerson College

Brooklyn Art Cave, "Portraits" January 2025