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Every language comes with the caveat of abstraction, so rather than possibly overwriting my work I’ll distill something about myself instead: I’m a sci-fi geek and science dilettante, attracted to what defies classification. Since that is also what I hope to create, you could say I make pants out of pants. As much as I like [illustration, polymers, crafts, products], I try hard not to make them. Paradoxes and dualities regularly show up in my finished work — chaos/control is a favorite. My process often weaves between digital and tactile working space as futures of the image narrow towards a singularity… So many things are possible and impossible at the same time, including myself, which I keep seeing differently. On Tuesday, I’m an idiot/savant using the wrong end of a screwdriver. That’s the best I can do, I think. I will STFU before I say something that should stay in an ‘inside’ voice, like “I want to generate agnostic one-time code.”

Sandra Cohen studied fine art at Parsons School of Design, the SMFA, and the Art Institute of Boston. A Massachussets Cultural Council Painting Fellow (2008), a (lapsed) member of the Copley Society of Art, and current member of Fountain Street Gallery in Boston, she has also been a singer, guitarist, and drummer.

Awards

Painting Fellowship, Massachusetts Cultural Council, 2008

Affiliations

Fountain Street Gallery, Boston (2022- )
Newburyport Art Association (2020-2021)
Gallery 263, Cambridge (2015-2019)
Co|So, Boston (2000-2019)

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)

Some Exhibitions

2021

REFUGE, Newburyport Art Association & Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newburyport MA; Joe Donelly, Juror
NAA FALL JURIED SHOW, Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport MA; Kari Bernard, Juror
2018
BEARING ARMS: RESPONDING TO GUNS IN AMERICAN CULTURE, (online), Broadsided Press
2017
A BAND CALLED BETE NOIR, (Solo), National Boston, Brookline MA

2015

CHROMA, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA; Lynda Schlosberg, Curator
CAA 14th NATIONAL PRIZE SHOW, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA; Michael Rush, Juror
2013
CAMBRIDGE ARTS COUNCIL, Cambridge, MA
NATIONAL BOSTON, Brookline, MA
2012
CAA 11th NATIONAL PRIZE SHOW, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA; Clara Kim, juror
2011
MASSACHUETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL: PAINTING FELLOWS 2008, Concord Art Association, Concord MA
2009
RED, (National Juried) CAA University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA; Carl Belz, Juror
STRATA, MKL Gallery, Somerville MA
2008
CAA NORTHEAST PRIZE SHOW, Cambridge MA; Nicholas Baume, Juror
2006

EMERGING VISIONS, The Harvard Club of Boston at Copley Society, Boston, MA
DJINNI, (solo) Co|So Gallery, Boston, MA
CLEX, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2005
IDYLL ENGINES, Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge MA

2004

ART & SOUL, The Cloud Foundation, Boston, MA

My work is available here (contact me for more information), through the Fountain Street Gallery in Boston, and online at 1stdibs.com and the "shop" link above.

 

All images © Sandra Cohen
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