Zoe Cohen

Born in Boston, MA / Works in Philadelphia, PA

BIO

Zoe's work has been exhibited widely including at The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, The Ely Center for Contemporary Art, GoggleWorks, and Underdonk. She has taught as an adjunct professor at multiple universities in the Philadelphia area. She received her MFA from Brooklyn College, and also studied at the New York Studio School and the International School of Art, and received a residency and grant from the Vermont Studio Center.

My current work consists of improvisational and responsive drawing on paper and wood. I make complex process-driven images, often developed through an accumulation of marks. My approach to abstraction arises from intersections of my affection for the landscape, of an embodied presence in the world, and an exploration of a Jewish visual vocabulary. I employ layered mark-making to create meaning through repetition. I make images and objects that resonate with the past, but live in the present.