Raphaele Cohen-Bacry

I am constantly developing my own style using what I call pictorial free association (for example, one shape, one specific color calls for another specific shape and color), always expanding the range of my abstract lexicon, a vocabulary of the eye. This apply to my painting work as well as my research about collage, clay, assemblage and more. The lyricism in each of my pieces triggers a wide range of feelings, allowing the attentive viewers to open and extend their emotions. At the same time, the strong structure and logical composition appeal to the mind.

My work carries deep roots in art history and sacred art, where I often find my subjects that I revisit with a contemporary approach, looking for that same grace within.I want to always reinvent myself, while staying in touch with my inner self and connected to the world and what is truly meaningful.

“I found I was repeating myself. It is the beginning of the end when you discover you have style.”― Dashiell Hammett

1994-1997: 3-year scholarship at the Ateliers Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, painting, Paris.
1990-1996: Angelica Caporaso and Jean Lodge art studio, painting and engraving, Paris.
1992-1994: Graduated from Ecole de la rue Blanche, School of Performing Arts, Paris.
Nude studies, La Grande Chaumiere, Paris.
1986-1992: French Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Paris Sud-France

Solo and two-person shows
Feb 1-24, 2024: “Metamorphosis “, Visalia Art Center, CA
July 10 – Aug 18, 2023: “House of Cards”, Adams Square Mini Park Gas Station, Glendale, CA
May 8 - June 30, 2023: “Collective Recollection: Reclaiming Innocence”, CSMA MOHR Gallery, Mountain View, CA
March 7, 2023- Jan 9, 2024: “The Only Game in Town”, touring exhibition in Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Galleries, Las Vegas NV
Sept 12- 24, 2022: “Rosaces”, Window Dressing exhibition at Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA
July 20- Aug 30, 2022: “Fragmented World”, Malaga Cove gallery, Palos Verdes, CA
June 26-Sept 18, 2022: “Objects of Desire”, Encino Terrace Center, Encino CA
April 5-30, 2022: collage show at ASU Gammage, Tempe, AZ
Jan 10 - May 7, 2022: Wild Cards, The Vault Gallery at ASU, Phoenix,, AZ
Jan 4 - March 1, 2022: Drawing a King, Alliance Francaise of Greater PHX, Scottsdale, AZ
Oct 20, 2021 to March 31, 2022: The psychological Logic of Collage, UofA Department of Art in Medicine, Phoenix, AZ
Jan 29, 2021: Hobson’s Choice at Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Aug 5, 2020- February 6, 2021: Off the Stretchers, Encino Terrace gallery, Encino CA
Feb 1-29, 2020: Tempting Totes, Installation at Pasadena Public Library CA
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