Gal
Cohen
Gal Cohen (b. 1986, Tel Aviv) is a NYC-based visual artist, living and working in Washington Heights. Gal works primarily in painting and drawing, incorporating mixed media and printmaking techniques in her 2D works. Cohen earned her MFA in Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design (2018) and her BFA in Fine Arts at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2009). Cohen has participated in numerous exhibitions and shown her work in various galleries, including the Spring/Break Art Show (2023), Fresh Paint Art Fair (2023), ‘Queer Calling’ at All Street Gallery, NYC (2023), Spring Break Art Show 2022, The Bronx Museum of the Arts (2021), The United Palace, NY (2022), Collar Works, Troy, NY (2021), Laurie M. Tisch Gallery, NY (2021), Arlington Arts Center, VA, (2020), Bric Gallery, Brooklyn (2019), Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel (2020), Clemente Art Center, NY (2018), Spring/Break Art Show (2018), and the Westbeth Gallery, NY (2018). Cohen is a member artist and a former artist in residence at Cornerstone Studios (NYC), a Scholarship Artist at Manhattan Graphic Center studios, a recent alumni of AIM fellowship at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and a Chashama artist in residence for 2019-2020.
Based on historical/archival materials, my paintings evoke the power of (collective) memory through critical engagement with architecture and female representation. My work manifests historical buildings immersed in meaning that no longer exists, and symbolic representation of the female body throughout history. The paintings are made of different layers, each applied on the surface distinctively. The layers do not merely cover one another, but allow access to former layers, such that no layer dominates the painting exclusively. Rather than a coherent narrative, a complex visual and emotional image invites the viewers to regenerate the images in their minds. In my multi-layered painting process, I blend images of architectural renderings from my childhood with vegetation and the female body. This collage-like technique blurs the boundaries between place, body, and memory in uncanny ways, creating a profound sense of “being in a place” while concurrently conveying a feeling of instability and displacement.
Gal Cohen (b. 1986, Tel Aviv) is a NYC-based visual artist, living and working in Washington Heights. Gal works primarily in painting and drawing, incorporating mixed media and printmaking techniques in her 2D works. Cohen earned her MFA in Fine Arts at Parsons School of Design (2018) and her BFA in Fine Arts at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2009). Cohen has participated in numerous exhibitions and shown her work in various galleries, including the Spring/Break Art Show (2023), Fresh Paint Art Fair (2023), ‘Queer Calling’ at All Street Gallery, NYC (2023), Spring Break Art Show 2022, The Bronx Museum of the Arts (2021), The United Palace, NY (2022), Collar Works, Troy, NY (2021), Laurie M. Tisch Gallery, NY (2021), Arlington Arts Center, VA, (2020), Bric Gallery, Brooklyn (2019), Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel (2020), Clemente Art Center, NY (2018), Spring/Break Art Show (2018), and the Westbeth Gallery, NY (2018). Cohen is a member artist and a former artist in residence at Cornerstone Studios (NYC), a Scholarship Artist at Manhattan Graphic Center studios, a recent alumni of AIM fellowship at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and a Chashama artist in residence for 2019-2020.