Brian Cohen

Brian D. Cohen is a printmaker, painter, educator, and writer. He was graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude with high honors from Haverford College and completed his MFA in Painting at the University of Washington. In 1989 he founded Bridge Press to further the association and integration of visual image, original text, and book structure.

As a printmaker, Cohen has shown in over forty individual exhibitions, including a retrospective at the Fresno Art Museum, and has participated in over 200 group shows. Cohen’s books and etchings are held by major private and public collections throughout the country. Cohen was a winner of major international print competitions in San Diego, Philadelphia, Mexico City, and Washington, DC., was awarded the Best Book in Show at the Pyramid Atlantic Book Fair. He has received grants from the Vermont Arts Council and the Vermont Community Foundation.

Cohen was an art teacher at The Putney School from 1985 until 2020, where he was Dean of Faculty and founding director of The Putney School Summer Programs. In 2001 he helped found Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction, Vermont as its artistic director. Cohen’s teaching experience has also included classes and workshops at schools...

Philadelphia College of Art
Haverford College
University of Washington

Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, Vermont, 2022
The Ink Shop, Ithaca, New York, 2017
Vermont Arts Council, Montpelier, Vermont, 2010
Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, 2008
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 2008
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont, 2007
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 2007
New England College Gallery, Henniker, New Hampshire, 2005
Spheris Gallery, Walpole, New Hampshire, 2001
The Richmond Art Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, Connecticut, 2001
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington, 2000
Galerie Passe-Partout, Montréal, Canada, 1999
Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC, 1999
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California, 1997
Bennington College Library, Bennington, Vermont, 1994
Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, Connecticut, 1993

Group Exhibitions

Remarque/New Grounds Print Workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2021
Husby Konstall & Hantverkforëning, Kista, Sweden, 2019
Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, 2018
Centro de Arte Faro Cabo Mayor, Santander, Spain, 2018
InkMasters Print Workshop, Cairns, Australia, 2018
Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, New York, 2018
National Ta...