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Mainly I am just laughing at myself with the assistance of doppelgängers, animal avatars, horizon lines, mathematical shapes and vectors (where I freakishly believe I glimpse power sources), and the chaotic use of paint to screw up the controlled use of paint — while contemplating space and time, objective vs. subjective, idiot/savant, above/below, inside/outside (dualities of all kinds), how to turn a circle inside out… and similar conceptual black holes, such as actual black holes.

I play with my words before I eat them, because words and music (I play) are often the inspiration for my artwork. Lightening calls for ground and butter-cream frosting calls for a worthy cake. I have never made a perfect cake in my life… but, some people will happily eat frosting for breakfast. When I get what’s under my frosting right I almost feel able to justify not having kids to my parents.

awards
Painting Fellowship, Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2008
education
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
BS Studio Art, Art History
Pine Manor College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Printmaking, Drawing
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Painting, Printmaking
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Studio Art
selected exhibitions
2015 . Chroma, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA; selected by Lynda Schlosberg
CAA 14th National Prize Show, juror Michael Rush; University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2013 . Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, MA
National Video, Brookline, MA
2012 . CAA 11th National Prize Show, juror Clara Kim; University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2011 . Massachusetts Cultural Council: Painting Fellows 2008, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2010 . 100 from Cambridge, CAC Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2009 . RED, juror Carl Belz; University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Strata, MKL Gallery, Somerville, MA
2008 . CAA Northeast Prize Show; juror Nicholas Baume; Katherine Shulz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2006 . Emerging Visions, The Harvard Club of Boston at Co|So, Boston, MA
Djinni, solo exhibit, Co|So, Boston, MA
CLEX, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2005 . Idyll Engines, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2004 . Art & Soul, the Cloud Foundation, Boston, MA
reviews / publications
Marie, Anne. (2010, July 8). Inspiration “Artist profile: Sandra Cohen”
Mennonno, Mike. (2009, October 23). 25 Random Things About Art “20 Questions (More or Less) For Sandra Cohen.”
Gallery@MCC, an online showcase of Artist Fellows and Finalists.
Co|So Copley Society of Art, Sandra Cohen: Djinni. (2006, February).
“Metro Choices DNC Week.” Photograph. Cohen, Sandra. “Madonna #1.” Metro, Boston Globe, MA, 29 July. 2004: 24.
Weeks, Anne. “Art: The Other Music.” Photograph. Cohen, Sandra. “A good woman is hard to find.” Weekly Dig 6 Nov. 2002, Boston MA: 20.
Muther, Christopher. “Dropped Cloth.” Go!, Boston Globe, 4 Nov. 2002.
affiliations
Co|So Boston (2000)
Gallery 263 (2015)

Prints, phone cases, textiles, and other items customized with my artwork are available at these links: