Alex Cohen CV
Alex@alexcohenart.com
Email: alexcohenart.com
Tel. 215-603-6573
Born 1980 Newtown, PA.
Education:
2005-2008 The University of Pennsylvania, BFA
2001-2006 The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Certificate
1999-2001 George Washington University, Eliot School of International Affairs
Selected Exhibitions:
2021 “Many Worlds” – Solo exhibition, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
2021 “Tabletop Medley” – Four-person exhibition, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2020 “Small Art Show” – Group exhibition, Gallery Shoshinkan, Nagano Japan
2019 Art at Kings Oaks – Group exhibition, Newtown, PA
2019 "Prelude 2019” – Group exhibition, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
2019 The Woodmere Annual – 78th Juried Exhibition: “Second Nature,” curated by Eileen Neff, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Cerulean Arts Gallery & Studio - Group exhibition, curated by Aubrey Levinthal, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Art at Kings Oaks – Group exhibition, Newtown, PA
2017 Bookplace – Group exhibition, Curated by E.M. Saniga, Oxford, PA
2017 Art at Kings Oaks – Group exhibition, Newtown, PA
2016 “Hot Pursuit” – Group exhibition w/Jenn Warpole and Robert Beck. Robert Beck Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
2015 The Woodmere Annual – 74th Juried Exhibition: curated by Billy Duffala, Philadelphia, PA
2014 “Color Games” – Solo exhibition of summer camp paintings, The Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME
2014 “Salon of Independents” – Robert Andrew Parker curator, Washington Arts Assoc, Washington Depot CT
2014 Cerulean Arts Juried Exhibition – Cindy Ettinger curator, Philadelphia PA
2013 Art at Kings Oaks – Group exhibition, Newtown, PA
2012 “Small Curiosities” – Solo exhibition, Robert Beck Gallery, Lambertville, NJ
2012 “Bucks County Artists: A Cross Section” – Bucks County Community College, Hicks Gallery
2012 Art at Kings Oaks – Group exhibition, Newtown, PA
2012 “Continuum” – Group exhibition, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
2011 “Paint!” – Group exhibition, Curated by Bill Scott, Main Line Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2011 “Intimations” – Group exhibition, curated by Bruce Garrity, Hopkins House, Camden, NJ
2011 “Okay with Uncertainty” – Solo exhibition, Rodger LaPelle’s Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
2010 “Philadelphia Painters” – Group exhibition, The Painting Center, Chelsea, NY
2010 “Fight or Flight” – Solo exhibition, Rodger LaPelle’s Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Solo Exhibition – Rodger LaPelle’s Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
2008 “Art of the State of Pennsylvania” – Group exhibition, The State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2005 Bucks County Art Exhibit – Solo exhibition, The Sellersville Museum, Sellersville, PA
Awards:
2012 First Prize Doylestown Bicentennial exhibition at Gratz Gallery
2009 2nd Prize Cheltenham Arts Center 66th Annual Awards Exhibition
2008 First Prize in painting, “Getting the Hang of it” – Art of the State of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg Museum
2006 2nd Place, Historic Yellow Springs Award for Landscape – Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA
2005 2nd Place, The Wallace Cadwallader Landscape prize, “Quilted Lot”, Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA
Galleries:
2019 - Present Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster PA
2008 - 2013 Roger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
2006 - 2011 Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ
Publications:
2008 - 2016 Bucks County Herald, Monthly Art Columnist
2016 Catalog Essay for James Stewart exhibition at Gallery 71, NYC
2016 - 2019 Catalogs for Art at Kings Oaks exhibitions
2015 Catalog for Privacy Made Public exhibition at New Hope Arts
Teaching Experience:
2020 Mount Gretna School of Art, Painting faculty
2019 George School, Newtown, PA. Painting and Drawing
2017 George School, Newtown, PA. Ceramics
2010- 2013 Robert Beck Art Academy. Lambertville, NJ. Advanced Painting
2007-2008 George School, Newtown, PA. Painting and Drawing
2000-2003 Seeds of Peace International Camp, Otisfield ME.
Curator:
2012 - Present Art at Kings Oaks 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012
2015 Privacy Made Public. A show of emerging artists at New Hope Arts, New Hope PA
Residencies:
2016 Jerusalem Studio School’s summer residency in Civita Castellana, Italy
Additional Involvement:
2010 - Present Framemaker, apprentice to Pam Sheehan
2015 - 2017 Framemaker, The Frame Shop, Lambertville NJ
2017 “Brain Painting” EEG/fMRI research staff, Falk Lab at The Annenberg School for Communication