Yvette Cohen

New York, NY, United States

About Yvette Cohen

Approaching art as a natural evolution, Yvette is driven by the anticipation of creating something entirely new that has never existed before. Her paintings and drawings are flat, yet define volumes and space. Viewers are drawn in to experience this space beyond the borders of paper and canvas. Yvette was born in Cairo, Egypt and raised in Paris and Montreal.In 1976 she received a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal where she studied with Guido Molinari. After moving to New York City she continued her education attending classes at the Art Student’s League, the School of Visual Arts and the Whitney seminars. For a year she worked in lithography at the Bob Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. In 1983 she established Plum Graphics Inc., a greeting card company, recognized for its unique images and products. There she received several nominations and a Louie award for her work. Louie awards are the Oscars of the greeting card industry. In 2004 she returned to the studio to pursue her fine art full time. She lives and works in New York City.

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Art Statement
I make art that transforms space.
I draw and I paint. Drawing is an
adventure as I feel my way around a
sheet of paper. I paint when
there are shapes and colors
I want to explore. My oil paintings of
geometric masses of color on shaped
canvas look sculptural, but mount flat
on the wall. My drawings and paintings
become objects in their own right, to
fluctuate between flatness and volume,
bridging the divide between sculpture,
painting and drawing. Often grouped in
diptychs, triptychs, or more, the
surrounding space is activated, so that
the entire wall becomes the canvas.

Inspired by vast open landscapes.
My work is elastic. Paintings float in
space. Drawings zoom in to focus on
subtle intimate details.
I use my tools…shape, color, line, and
space to connect to the outside world.

I strive to work beyond the boundaries
of the familiar to have the work evolve
naturally. It’s a wabi-sabi thing. Process
is visible. Brushstrokes, and underlying
brushstrokes, reveal themselves. It’s not
perfect. The work keeps on growing.

Exhibitions:

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017
•Duality: Glimpses of the Other Side, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York
•COLOR+SHAPE=SPACE, A Site-Specific Installation by Yvette Cohen, Basta Pasta, New York, NY
•NATION V THRU THE RABBIT HOLE!!! Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2015
•Speaking Volumes…and Voids, Sculptor’s Alliance, Governor’s Island, NY
•Stack/File: Selections from the Kentler Flatfiles, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
•SELECT Art Fair, ODETTA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
•NATION III CIRCLE THE WAGONS!!! Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
•Paperazzi IV, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Art Fair

2014
•Wreath Interpretations, Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY
•Wide Open 5, (Curated by Paulina Pobocha, then Assistant Curator of Painting and Sculpture at Museum of Modern Art, New York) BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
•Nation II at the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
•Paperazzi 3, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2013
•Small Works, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY
•Diptychs, Triptychs, Multiples, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
•Hullaballoo Collective, The Armory Show Fountain Art Fair, NY
•Paperazzi 2, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2012
•Art to the Point, Katonah Museum of Art, NY
•Formed Perceptions, Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
•It’s a Small, Small World, Family Business Gallery, NY
•MIC:CHECK, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Selected exhibitions prior to 2012
•Defying Gravity-Sculptural Paintings at Cassina, A Solo Site-Specific Painting Exhibition, SOHO, NY
•TROYART, Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, São Paulo, Brazil
•Edwin Abbey Mural Fellowship, National Academy of Art, NY
•Sculptors Alliance 30th Anniversary Exhibit: Then and Now, Tompkins Square Library Gallery, NY •Exquisite Corpse, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, NJ
•32nd Annual Small Works Show, NYU 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NY

AWARDS
•Edwin Abbey Mural Fellowship, National Academy of Art, NY
•Louie Award, the Oscars of the greeting card industry

PUBLICATIONS
•The Artist Catalogue, Fall 2015
http://www.theartistcatalogue.com/low_res/Fall_2015_Volume_4_Issue_3.pdf
•The Artist Catalogue, Summer 2014
http://www.theartistcatalogue.com/low_res/Summer_2014_Volume_3_Issue_2.pdf
•Exquisite Corpse, Paul Robeson Galleries, 30th Anniversary
•100 SUPER HOT ARTISTS FOR 2014,
http://artbookguy.com/yvette-cohen-sculptural-painting_757.html
•Wreath Interpretations, New York Times, December 5, 2014. Page C22
•ItalianGoodNews http://www.italiangoodnews.com/?p=7550
•The Examiner http://www.examiner.com/article/sculptors-alliance-inc-supporting-sculptors

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