Sassoon Kosian

My work is about human experiences and ideals that make life meaningful. Emotions, feelings, and thoughts are represented by a dynamic interplay of color and abstract geometric forms. I often aim to express energy and motion. One of my artistic objectives is to create ever more intense artworks that convey emotional power and energy.


The painting process I invented for myself and follow is not the spontaneous burst of creative splash that's usually stereotyped of artists. It is a slower and more refined process. First, I come up with an idea of an image from intuition that is interesting and exciting. Then I go through a process of developing and visualizing the idea using digital blueprints. These digital images evolve over a period of time until they are “ripe” and that's when I start putting them on canvas. The entire process from conception to execution is not continuous and may take a few months.


Creating sculpture naturally emerged as an extension of my painting. Moving from painting to sculpture the intuitive ideas that are at the basis of each piece not only have an additional dimension but also are less abstract and more apparent than my paintings. Importantly, my sculptural works have architectonic quality - a c...

The Art Student's League of New York

Solo Exhibitions

Squire Patton Boggs, New York, NY 2018
Illinois Central College, PAC Gallery, East Peoria, IL 2014
Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge, NJ 2013


Group Exhibitions

Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL 2019
R.G. Endres Gallery, Prairie Village, KS 2018
BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition), Brooklyn, NY 2018
Lincoln Towers (two person show), New York, NY 2018
Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ
The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY 2017
Art in Fall, Hovnanian School, New Milford, NJ 2016
Elizabeth V. Sullivan Gallery, Orangeburg, NY 2016
Ceres Gallery, Chelsea-New York, NY 2016
Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA 2016
Artists Salon, Norwood Club, Manhattan, NY 2016
Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ 2016
BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition), Brooklyn, NY 2016
Lincoln Center Galleries, Fort Collins, CO 2016
Front Street Gallery, Patterson, NY 2015
Viridian Artists Gallery, Chelsea-New York, NY 2015
First Street Gallery, Chelsea-New York, NY 2015
BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition), Brooklyn, NY 2015
Lapham Gallery, Glens...