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What Was Our Vision: 16 Scenes from Wandering in Desert, 2008, mixed media
        on museum board, 10”x10”
1. Vision 2
2. Vision 4
3. Vision 5
4. Vision 7
5. Vision 8
6. Vision 9
7. Vision 10
8. Vision 11
9. Vision 12

Archived work
1. Accumulated Being 1, 2005, ink on vellum, 37” x 28”
2. Encounter 1, 2005, ink and soap on paper, 60” x 48”
3. Umbilical 1, 2006, ink on vellum, 24" x 36"
4. Umbilical 2, 2006, ink on vellum, 24" x 36"
5. Eygelech vi di Shvartse Karshelech (Eyes Like Black Cherries), 2007, black cherry
     juice on vellum, 24" x 24"
6. Blood and Oil 4, 2007, Jewish blood and Palestinian olive oil on paper, 13" x 11"

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1-3. The Listening Station, 2006, salvaged wood, timer, other materials
         40th and Walnut, July 2006
4. Show Someone How You Feel About Something
     Rittenhouse Square, July 2007
5. Show Someone How You Feel About Something
     The A-Space, May 2008
6. Show Someone How You Feel About Something, 2008, drawings
     Installation at The A-Space, May 2008

Archived work
1. Sand Head 6, Sand, 2005, approx. 3’ x 2’
     Riis State Park, NY
2. Sand Head 7, 2005, Sand, approx. 3’ x 2’
     Riis State Park, NY
3. Site of Origin, 2005, unfired clay (impressions of the artist’s navel), fabric, on floor,
     4’ x 6’
4. Site of Origin, detail
5. Shadows of the Seven Fruits of Israel/Palestine, 2006, two-sided embossment on
     Somerset paper, with Arabic and Hebrew text in ink, in wood frame. 14 bowls
     containing wheat cakes, barley cakes, figs, dates, grapes, olives and pomegranate
     juice on wood table, overall approx. 5’ x 3’ x 4’
6. Confluence 1, 2006, plaster casts of the artist’s navel and found log

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Contact Information
Philadelphia, PA
tel: 347-678-5126
e-mail: zoeart@gmail.com
www.zoecohen.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
I create objects and situations as explorations of the connection between inner and outer worlds. I work in series: the images shown here are examples from larger bodies of work .In my studio practice, I investigate methods of indexical drawing by using the products of the body to express the body. In some work, I explore the process by which plants become our flesh, and the connection of food to identity and origin. Origin is another fascination- I search for the remnants and evidences left in and on our bodies of our mothers, fathers, and ancient ancestors, and manipulate and repeat them to allow resonances to other natural forms to surface. In my new series What Was Our Vision, I explore my Jewish heritage by synthesizing invented imagery along with found iconography from the Ancient Near East relating to earth, trees, water, sky, gods, and goddesses. With these images, I imagine what visions my ancient ancestors may have had as they traveled desert landscapes as nomads and cultural go-betweens.

The purposes of all these investigations are often more shadowy, mysterious, and directly personal than the purposes of my recent explorations in public, participatory projects. I am only partly content to work within the studio-based, gallery-driven constructs of the avant-garde artist identity. I am bound by conscience and conviction to extend my reach beyond art worlds, and into the wider world that is always art if we allow it to be. Convincing every human being that they contain creative potential and the power to transform the world requires offering direct experience in every-day situations. Projects such as the Listening Station and Show Someone How You Feel About Something are only complete when in use by participants, whose experiences become the work of art.

Education
2006
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
MFA

1999
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
BA, Fine Arts, Education Concentration

1999, 1998
International School of Art, Umbria, Italy

1997
New York Studio School, New York, NY

Professional Experience (partial list)
2008 - present
Art Program Manager, The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

2007-2008
Admission Counselor, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Artist in Education, Pennsylvania Council for the Arts

2006 - 2007
Co-Organizer, LAVA Community Space Art Installation Project

2006 - present
Studio Instructor, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Continuing Education and Pre-College Program

2006
Instructor, Sculpture and Art History, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Pre-College Program

2005 - 2006
President, Graduate Art Student Union, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

2004 - 2006
Curator, Art at 278 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY

2001 - 2006
Art Educator, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Lectures and Talks
2008
"Studio Series", Studio 34, Philadelphia, PA
curator: Nicole Bindler

2007
Artists’ Panel Discussion, VAST Classroom Teacher Program, Philadelphia Museum of Art, , Philadelphia, PA

“Sound Studies: Things that talk”, University of Pennsylvania, Department of English, Philadelphia, PA

Urban Edge Discussion Series, “Activist Art”, Kol Tzedek Synagogue, Philadelphia, PA

Awards and Honors
2006
Cerf Award, Brooklyn College Graduate Art Department

Brooklyn College Graduate Investment Program, Research Award

2005
Charles Shaw Award in Painting, Brooklyn College Graduate Art Department

Brooklyn College Foundation Scholarship

Grants and Residencies
2008-2009
Artist-in-Residence, The Philadelphia Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA

2006
Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance 5-County Arts Grant

40th Street Artist-in-Residence, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Vermont Studio Center, 4 week residency, Artist Grant and Work-Study Grant

Bibliography
2008
Metz, Dustin. "Funnel Cast" FunnelPages.com, June 2008

Brady, Shaun. “Postal Service” The Philadelphia City Paper, May 27, 2008

"Studioscopic with Zoe Cohen" uwishunu.com, March 28, 2008

2007
Featured Artist, ArtWorld Digest Magazine, The Seed Issue, April 2007

Jordan, Chris “Say What?”, The Metro - Philadelphia, January 11, 2007

2006
Wallen, Doug “Editor’s Picks: ‘Art at Lava’ “, The Philadelphia Weekly, October 31, 2006

Dean, Will “Arts Agenda Picks: ‘Art at Lava’ “, The Philadelphia City Paper, November 1, 2006

Monnier, A.“The A-List: Zoë Cohen’s Listening Station”, The Philadelphia Weekly, Aug 16, 2006

Van Gelder, Lawrence. “Arts Briefly : Art Students File Suit” The New York Times, June 16, 2006

Rymar, Yukari. “ Just a Thesis Show”, The Brooklyn Rail, June 2006

Ramirez, Anthony. “ Art Show is Reopening in Brooklyn”, The New York Times, May 24, 2006

Kennedy, Randy “ Students Relocate a Shuttered Art Show” The New York Times, May 12, 2006

Van Gelder, Lawrence “ Brooklyn College Faculty condemns Art Ouster”, The New York Times, May 11, 2006

Kennedy, Randy and Janon Fisher. “Brooklyn Art Exhibition Comes Down Amid Protest” The New York Times, May 9, 2006

Editorial “ Art of Brooklyn College” The New York Sun, May 9, 2006

Orden, Erica“ Shuttering of Art Exhibit by Parks Dept Sparks Protest at Cadman Plaza”, The New York Sun, May 8, 2006

Confessore, Nicholas“ In Brooklyn, Art Students Rally Against Show Closing” The New York Times, May 7, 2006

Lau, Charlotte“In Flux”, Queens Times Ledger, January 26, 2006

Manley, Jennifer “Ruminations on Replication”, Queens Chronicle, January 12, 2006

2004
Yalkut, Jud “Visuals, The Reality of Drawing from Perception”, Dayton City Paper, April 7, 2004

2003
Harrison, Helen A. “Abstraction 2003” Review, The New York Times, February 2, 2003

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2008
What Was Our Vision: Sixteen Scenes from Wandering in the Desert, The Philadelphia Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA

Show Someone How You Feel About Something, The A-Space, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Connective Tissue, Recent Ink Drawings, Metropolitan Bakery and Café, Philadelphia, PA

Show Someone How You Feel About Something, Landmark Contemporary Projects, Powel House, Philadelphia, PA

Show Someone How You Feel About Something, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA

The Listening Station, The International House, Philadelphia, PA

2006
The Listening Station, Public Installations, West Philadelphia, PA

2005
Accumulated Beings, Recent Ink Drawings, 278 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY

2004
Zoë Cohen: Drip Forms, Upstairs at Plays and Players, Philadelphia, PA

2003
Zoë Cohen: Recent Paintings, 278 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY

Zoë Cohen: Recent Paintings, InFusion, Philadelphia, PA

Group

2008
Grand Small Works, Fuel Collection, Philadelphia, PA

Everything Must Go, The Flux Factory, Queens, NY

Panoply, The Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Edward Epstein

2007
Artifact-Metafact, Repetti, Queens, NY

Milky Images/Hexenmilch, Arttransponder, Berlin, Germany
Curator: Lisa Glauer

2006
The Navel Project, LAVA Installations, LAVA, Philadelphia, PA
Permanent Installation

The Pressed Image, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

Plan B Prevails, 70 Washington St, Brooklyn, NY

Plan B, Brooklyn College Gallery, Brooklyn War Memorial, Brooklyn, NY

Repeat After Me, Flux Factory, Queens, NY

2005
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY

In the Game, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
Juror: William Stover

Winter Fruit, 278 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY

2004
Martha and Me, Gallery Onetwentyeight, New York, NY

Drawing from Perception V, Wright State University Gallery, OH
Juror: Charles Cajori

2003
Divine Women, Divine Work, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours-Selected Artists, JMS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

140th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia,  PA

Abstraction 2003, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
Juror: Phyllis Braff

2002
Ten Painters, 278 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY

1999
At Odds, Cantor-Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford, PA