Selected Solo Exhibitions
* denotes catalogue and/or essay
| 2022 | Cora Cohen: Works from the 1980’s, Morgan Presents, New York, New York |
| 2016 | Bridge Freezes Before the Road: Drawings, New York Studio School Gallery, New York, New York Cora Cohen and Susanne Doremus in collaboration, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2013 | Cora Cohen – auf Papier, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden The Responsibility of Forms, Guided by Invoices, New York, New York |
| 2012 | Recent Paintings, Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, Connecticut *Works on Paper, d. m. allison art, Houston, Texas |
| 2011 | Altered X Rays, Field Institute Hombroich, Museum Insel Hombroich, Neuss field notes, Project Room #50, Dinter Fine Art, dinterfineart.com |
| 2008 | Come in a Little Closer: Recent Paintings, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, New York |
| 2007 | *Oblique Forms: Spray Paint Paintings, Photographs, The Hybrid Indexical Adventure Series, Abaton Garage, Jersey City, New Jersey *Paintings and Drawings, Markus Winter Gallery, Berlin |
| 2005 | Strange Fruit, Abaton Garage, Jersey City, New Jersey New Paintings, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 2004 | Cora Cohen: Recent Paintings, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, New York |
| 2003 | Questions of Nature: Uncharted Space and Wasted Time, National Focus Artist 2003-2004, Emory & Henry College, Emory, Virginia |
| 2002 | Space, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 2001 | Paintings, McCoy Chelsea, New York, New York |
| 1999 | Paintings and Altered X Rays, Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Belvederestrasse 149a, Köln New Paintings, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona |
| 1998 | Works on Paper, Upstairs Hering Raum Bonn, Bonn Cora Cohen, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California |
| 1997 | The Mob Within the Heart, Hering Raum Bonn, Bonn Cora Cohen: Recent Paintings, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, New York Cohen/Koberling, Hering Raum Bonn, Bonn |
| 1996 | *Cora Cohen: paintings and altered x rays 1983- 1996, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, and Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| 1994 | *Cora Cohen, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, New York Cora Cohen: Works on Paper, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1993 | New Arts Program, Kutztown, Pennsylvania Recent Paintings, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, New York |
| 1992 | A/C Project Room, New York, New York (Cohen/Deleporte) |
| 1990 | Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1988 | Wolff Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1984 | Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1983 | Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey |
| 1981 | Dunne/Steen Fine Arts, Greenwich, Connecticut |
| 1980 | Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1979 | Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1977 | State University of New York at Oneonta, New York |
| 1976 | Soho Center for Visual Artists, New York, New York (Cohen/Fortgang) |
| 1974 | Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York |
| 1972 | Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2018 | Discourse: Abstract, organized by Gayle Ruskin, Anita Rogers Gallery, New York, New York Four Degrees of Abstraction, curated by Anne-Brigitte Sirois, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, New York Three Days at Custom Cabinets, Los Angeles, California. Sideshow: The Greatest Show on Earth, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2017 | Hand Over Hand, Jiun Ho at Dennis Miller NY, New York, New York Bluets, curated by Sofia Leiby, Burning in Water Gallery, New York, New York Sideshow Nation V: Thru the Rabbit Hole 2, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2016 | Machines of Paint Machines of Paint and Other Materials curated by Jennifer Riley, Studio1046, Brooklyn, New York *Artists' Painters, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren Shaky Ground, curated by D. Dominick Lombardi, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, New York Sideshow Nation IV: Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2015 | Salon du Dessin, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, New York Paperazzi IV, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Sideshow Nation III: Circle the Wagons!!!, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2014 | Le Show Des Amis, Show Room, Brooklyn, New York Urban Virtue: Paintings by Cora Cohen and Susanne Doremus, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Making Space, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois Sensitive Instruments, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, Illinois Paperazzi 3, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Sideshow Nation II: At the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Painting in the Expanded Field, Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia |
| 2013 | Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Industry City, Brooklyn, New York Season Review, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, New York Signs and Systems, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Signature Works, Guided By Invoices, New York, New York Paperazzi 2, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2012 | Assembly 2012, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, New York Paper Band, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, New York Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts 2012, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York I Surrender, devening projects + editions, Chicago, Illinois Hex, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Mic: check (occupy), Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2011 | Auf Papier, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden American Women, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina Drawn out Death, curated by Angel Quesada, Rolando Reyna, Talento Bilingue de Houston, Houston, Texas Polis, curated by Markus Winter, Art Blog Art Blog, New York, New York Scripted, curated by Todd Keyser, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 70 Years of Abstract Painting - Excerpts, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, New York IT’S ALL GOOD!! apocalypse now, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2010 | *Carl Plansky and Friends, Sam and Adele Golden Gallery, New Berlin, New York This World, Other World, curated by David Grozinsky, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, Vermont The Feminine in Abstract Painting: new works by Cora Cohen, Melanie Parke, Kiki Slaughter, Margie Stewart, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia It's a Wonderful 10th, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2009 | *Strokes, curated by John Pomara, Visual Arts Building: Main Gallery, The University of
Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas Group Exhibition, William Shearburn Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico It’s a Wonderful Life, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2008 | Shape Shifters: New York Painters, curated by James Biederman, University of
North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina; Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Back to the Drawing Board, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, New York |
| 2007 | No Words And Words On Paper, Stalke Kirke Sonnerup, Denmark Dutch Barn Fall Show, curated by Rose Burlingham, Clinton Corners, New York Painters of California and New York, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina Art Connections 4r, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey |
| 2003 | im + provisus: Compositions in Jazz, curated by Alison Nichols Ferring and Eva
Lundsager, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri Painting Painting, N3 Project Space, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2002 | Back to the Future, curated by Michael St. John and Jason Duval; Cynthia Broan Gallery,
New York, New York CEPA Benefit Art Auction, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York |
| 2001 | *The Five and Dime Series, The Record, the Death, the Surprise, Jan Van der Donk, New York,
New York Celebrating Yaddo Artists, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York |
| 1999 | Group Show, organized by Stefanie Hering, Oppenhoff and Rädler, Leipzig Stockholm Art Fair, with Galerie Mariann Ahnlund, Stockholm *Immediacies of the Hand: Recent Abstract Painting in New York, curated by Carter Ratcliff and Kim Sobel, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York, New York Positionen 33 Painting, Hering Raum Stahlwerk Willich, Willich Selected Paintings, McCoy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri |
| 1998 | Painting New York/Copenhagen, Stalke Out of Space, Copenhagen *Art On Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina Stockholm Art Fair with Galerie Mariann Ahnlund, Stockholm Group Show, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas Lilith, curated by Stephanie Theodore; The Workspace at Dolgenos, Newman, & Cronin, New York, New York Absolute Surprise to Benefit the Royal College of Art and the New York Studio School, David McKee Gallery, New York, New York Coalition for the Homeless Benefit Exhibition and Auction, The Puck Building, New York, New York *The Tsagaris/Hilberry Collection: A Sustaining Passion, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona Rapids, Iowa; Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, Iowa |
| 1997 | Pool, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California Abstract Painting, curated by Jeffrey Wasserman, Carrie Hadad Gallery, Hudson, New York |
| 1996 | *After the Fall: Aspects of Abstract Painting Since 1970, curated by Lilly Wei,
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten
Island, New York Import/Export, presented by Stefanie Hering at Auto Kaiser, Köln Cohen, Dagly, Dahn, Penck, others, Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Köln Group Show, Galerie Mariann Ahnlund, Umeå Accrochage, Hering Raum Bonn, Bonn Cora Cohen, Leslie Kamen, Robert Mallary, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1995 | Salon des Tree, Central Park, New York, New York *In Search of the Pleasure Principle, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York *New York University 1995 Faculty Show, Apex Art, New York, New York Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1994 | Freedom—Discipline—Abstraction, Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey Heterogeneity, Abstraction and Virtual Space, curated by Leonard Bullock, Out of the Blue Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland Mirage, with McClelland, Nelson, Szold, Whitten, Penine Hart Gallery, New York, New York Abstract Paintings, Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois Small Format Abstract Paintings, Bill Maynes Contemporary Art, New York, New York Group Show, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, New York *Contemporary American Artists, U.S. Embassy, Manilla |
| 1993 | Libidinal Painting, curated by Bill Arning; White Columns, New York, New York 30th Anniversary Exhibition of Drawings for the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, New York Inaugural Show 1993, The Painting Center, New York, New York New Works by Gallery Artists, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, New York |
| 1992 | Introductions, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri Contemporary Surfaces, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, New York An Esemplastic Shift, A/C Project Room, New York, New York *Painting Self-Evident, curated by Katherine Porter; Piccolo Spoleto, Charleston, South Carolina Painting Invitational, with Bloodgood, Bullock, Kinmont; Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, New York Multiple Grounds, with Balth, Fisher, Ostendarp; Sytsema Galleries, Baarn The Fetish of Knowledge, A/C Project Room, New York, New York Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, John Post Lee Gallery, New York, New York Shades of Difference, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1991 | *Strategies for the Next Painting, curated by Saul Ostrow and Jamie Wolff, Wolff Gallery, New York, New York; Feigen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1990 | Painting the Dematerialized Ego, with Fitzgerald and Boocheever, Genovese
Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts Postminimalism, Genovese Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts Serial Drawings, Genovese Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts The Radiant Principle, Penine Hart Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1989 | A Decade of American Drawing: 1980-89, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, California Methods of Abstraction, Urban Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1988 | Among Them, But Not Of Them, with Fisher, Heilmann, Sarat, Saxon-Lee
Gallery, Los Angeles, California Six Abstract Painters, Penine Hart Gallery, New York, New York Aspects of Abstraction, with Eigenheer, Hess, Mitchell, Murray, Pfaff, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York Group Revelations, The Harcus Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1987 | The Presence of Nature: Some American Paintings, with Berthot, de Kooning,
Dove, Hartley, Krasner, Mitchell, curated by Beth Urdang, Barbara Krakow
Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts *Art Against AIDS, curated by Robert Rosenblum, Dia Art Foundation, New York, New York Contemporary and Modern Masters, Lever/Meyerson Galleries, New York, New York Painting Invitational, with Goldberg, Mitchell, Mueller, Palazzolo, Porter, Bette Stoler Gallery, New York, New York Paintings and Sculpture by Candidates for Art Awards, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York |
| 1985 | *Painting as Landscape: Views of American Modernism, curated by Klaus
Kertess, Baxter Art Gallery, Pasadena, California; Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, New
York The Non-Objective World, curated by Stephen Westfall, Kamikaze, New York, New York |
| 1984 | Figures of Paint, curated by Klaus Kertess, Cable Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1982 | Abstract Substance and Meaning: Painting by Women Artists, College Art Association New York City Convention, New York, New York |
| 1979 | *New Options in Painterly Abstraction, with Palazzolo, Phillips, Porter, Cadman Plaza East Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York |
| 1976 | *New Talent, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut Invitational Exhibition, Deitcher/O'Reilly Gallery, New York, New York |
Selected Bibliography
Schwabsky, Barry: “Cora Cohen: One Art,” catalogue essay to accompany the exhibition Artists’ Painters at Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, June 12 – August 21, 2016
Colvin, Rob: “Cora Cohen,” catalogue essay to accompany the exhibition Artists’ Painters at Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, June 12 – August 21, 2016
Riley, Jennifer: “Slippery Conditions: A Show of Drawings by Cora Cohen,” artcritical.com, July 2016
Schwabsky, Barry: The Nation, “Surviving the Moment,” December 2013
Dressler, Christine: Wiesbadener Kurier, “Ausblutende Farbe und tanzende Figuren,” September 2013
Jablon, Samuel: hyperallergic.com, “The Formative Formlessness of Cora Cohen,” August 2013
Griffin, Nora: The Brooklyn Rail, “CORA COHEN The Responsibility of Forms,” March 2013
Kohler, William Eckhardt: The Huffington Post, “Cora Cohen - Divine Madness,” March 2013
Rhodes, David: artcritical.com, “Dirty/Clean Painting: Cora Cohen at Guided by Invoices,” March 2013
Wagner, Anne M.: Art Forum, “Passages: Helen Frankenthaler 1928-2011,” Vol. 50, No. 8, April 2012
Mittelstedt, Mitchell Ed: F Newsmagazine, “Cora Cohen’s Writerly Art,” November 14, 2011
Newhall, Edith: The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Going Off Script With A Show Called Scripted,” August 7, 2011
Smith, Roberta: The New York Times, “Chelsea: Art Chockablock with Encyclopedic Range,” November 13, 2008
Waltemath, Joan: The Brooklyn Rail, “Cora Cohen,” November 2008
Riley, Jennifer: artcritical.com, “Cora Cohen: Come in a Little Closer at Michael Steinberg,” October 2008
Sneed, Gillian: New York Arts Magazine, “Trends in Contemporary Painting,” July/August 2008
Quinlan, Cathy Nan: artcritical.com, “Shape Shifters: New York Painters,” May 2008
Fendrich, Laurie: Brainstorm, “The Interface of Art and Humanity,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 23, 2008
Maine, Stephen: “Keeping it Real” catalogue essay to accompany the solo exhibition Oblique Forms: Spray Paint Paintings, Photographs, The Hybrid Indexical Adventure Series at Abaton Garage, Jersey City, New Jersey, September 9 – October 31, 2007
MacAdam, Barbara: Art News, “The New Abstraction,” Vol. 106, No. 4, April 2007
Buhmann, Stephanie: “Experience versus Experimentation,” catalogue essay to accompany the solo exhibition at Galerie Markus Winter, Berlin, Germany, February 10 – March 31, 2007
The Art in Embassies Program at United States Embassy Sarajevo, ART in Embassies Program U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., June 2006
Bortz, Lauri: “Far Less Tangible States of Being,” Cohen’s altered x rays, drawings and photographs, Abaton Garage, Jersey City, August 2006
Maine, Stephen: Art in America, “Cora Cohen at Jason McCoy,” February 2005
Buhmann, Stefanie: The Brooklyn Rail, “Artseen,” November 2004
Schwabsky, Barry: “One Art,” essay to accompany exhibition, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, New York, 2004
Rubenstein, Raphael: Art in America, “Not a Mirage,” No. 12, December 2002
Cohen, Cora: “The Record, the Death, the Surprise,” Abaton Press, Jersey City, August 1999
Landi, Ann: Art News, “New York Reviews,” Vol. 98, No. 7, Summer 1999
Cotter, Holland: The New York Times, “Art Guide,” April 9, 1999
Ratcliff, Carter and Sobel, Kim: “Immediacies of the Hand: Recent Abstract Painting in New York,” catalogue accompanying the exhibition, Hunter College, New York, New York March 1999
Bentley Gallery: "Interview with Cora Cohen for New Paintings", published by Bentley Gallery, New York, New York, 1999
Sendo, Lenore: Art Vue, “Reviews,” 1998
Heartney, Eleanor: Art in America, “Cora Cohen at Jason McCoy,” June 1998
Schmerler, Sarah: Art News, “New York Reviews,” Vol. 97, No. 2, February 1998
Pope, Robert Russell: “The Abstract Painter As Snake Handler: An Investigation and Interpretation of the Practice of Five American Abstract Painters in 1998,” dissertation, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1998
Humphrey, Jacqueline: Greensboro News and Record, “Art on Paper Show Has Unfinished Feeling,” November 19, 1998
Perl, Jed: The New Republic, “Transformations,” December 1, 1997
Brackman, Yvette: Time Out New York, Issue 109, October 23-30, 1997
Arning, Bill: Art in America, “John Zinsser at Pamela Auchincloss,” November 1997
_______: The New Yorker, October 13, 1997
Smith, Dinita: The New York Times, “Besides the Hudson, The Lure of Art” October 10, 1997
Ebony, David: artnet.com “David Ebony's New York Top Ten” September 23, 1997
_______: The New Yorker, September 22, 1997
Hirsch, Robert: Exploring Color Photography, figure 22.5, Brown & Benchmark Publishers, Madison, Wisconsin, 1997
Johnson, Ken: The New York Times, “Art Guide,” September 19, 1997
_______: Time Out New York, “Galleries: 57th Street,” Issue 103, September 11-18, 1997
Arning, Bill: Time Out New York, “Lilith,” Issue 103, September 11-18, 1997
Mendelsohn, John: The Jewish Week, “The Abstract Lilith,” August 29, 1997
Newhall, Edith: New York Magazine, “Fall Previews,” September 8, 1997
Schwabsky, Barry: Review, “Five Shows I Wish I'd Had a Chance to Write About, 1996-97,” July/August 1997
Cosar, Sascha: Bonner Rundschau, “Urbanes Lebensgefühl in Amerika,” May 22, 1997
_______: Bonner Illustrierte, May 1997
Seidel, Martin: Bonner Generalanzeiger, “Spaß mit Öl und Marmorstaub,” May 6, 1997
_______: Bonner Generalanzeiger, “Tips und Termine,” April 18, 1997
_______: Kölneiz Illustrierte, “Nene Ausslellungen, Import/Export,” November 1996
Macmillan, Kyle: Sunday World Herald, “Exhibitions at Joslyn Illustrate Two Different Approaches to Art,” September 15, 1996
Stich, Sidra: “Paintings and Altered X rays 1983 – 1996,” catalogue accompanying the exhibition, includes a conversation with Barry Schwabsky, The University of Alabama, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, July 1996
Björkman, Anders: Västerbottens - Kuriren, “The Earth Reddens and Bursts,” Umeå, Sweden, April 26, 1996
Bell, J. Bowyer: Review, “Reviews and Previews of Current Exhibitions in New York,” Vol. 1, No.1, April 1996
Hirsch, Robert: Campos Perspective, “In Search of the Pleasure Principle,” Issue 2, May/June 1995
Lehrer, Leonard and Rand, Steven: “Diverse Group One Direction,” catalogue of New York University Faculty Exhibition at Apex Art, New York, New York, Spring 1995
Deyneka, Elisa: Art Voice, “In Search of the Pleasure Principle,” Vol. 6, No. 10, May 1995
Huntington, Richard: The Buffalo News, “Sweet Visions From 13 Seekers of Pleasure,” April 27, 1995
Huntington, Richard: The Buffalo News, “Joy Division,” April 7, 1995
________: Camera and Darkroom, April 1995
________: Women Artists: Selections from the Collections of Bryn Mawr College Calendar, 1996
Campbell, Kathleen and Hirsch, Robert: “In Search of the Pleasure Principle,” catalogue of the exhibition, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1995
U. S. Embassy, Manila: “Contemporary American Artists” catalogue of the exhibition, ART in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1994
Nadelman, Cynthia: Drawing “Museum Acquisitions” Vol. XVI, No. 4, November/December 1994
Stevens, Mark: New York Magazine, “Bravura Brushwork,” Vol. 27, No. 47, November 28, 1994
Nochlin, Linda: “Cora Cohen: Recent Paintings” catalogue of the exhibition, Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, New York 1994
Bacon, George: The Art Newspaper, No. 40, July - September 1994
Kalina, Richard: Art in America, “Cora Cohen at Jason McCoy” Vol. 82, No. 7, July 1994
Morgan, Robert C.: Art Press “Peintures pour un hiver” No. 190, April 1994
Neugroshel, Joachim: The New York Review of Art, Vol. I, No. 2, April 24, 1994
Hirsch, Faye: Art in America, “Cora Cohen at David Beitzel Gallery,” Vol. 82, No. 1, January 1994
________: The New Yorker, October 4, 1993
Smith, Roberta: The New York Times, December 10, 1993
Wei, Lilly: “Cora Cohen at Jason McCoy” Art in America, Vol. 81, No. 6, June 1993
Henry, Gerrit: Art News, Vol. 92, No. 6, Summer 1993
Cotter, Holland: The New York Times, “Art Guide,” March 19, 1993
_________: The New Yorker “Bright Spark” March 22, 1993
McConaughy, Claire: Cover, “Cora Cohen/Anne Delaporte,” Vol. VII, Winter 1993
Cohen, Cora: Tema Celeste, “The Fulcrum of the Fight,” No. 37-38, Autumn 1992
Cotter, Holland: The New York Times, “Art Guide,” August 7, 1992
Smith, Roberta: The New York Times, “Art Guide,” June 26, 1992
Porter, Katherine and Phillips, Michael: “Painting Self-Evident: Evolutions in Abstraction,” catalogue of the exhibition at Piccolo Spoleto: Gibbes Museum of Art and the Halsey Gallery at the College of Charleston Simons Center for the Arts, Charleston, South Carolina, State Printing Co., Columbia, South Carolina, 1992
Ostrow, Saul: “Shifting Grounds, Unstable Territories” essay for the exhibition Multiple Grounds, Wolff Gallery, New York, New York and Feigen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1992
Moderated by Charles Clough: Tema Celeste, “Where The Meaning Begins” panel discussion on abstraction with Leonard Bullock, Cora Cohen, Ron Gorchov, Richard Hennessy, Lucio Pozzi, Jeffrey Wasserman and John Zinsser, No. 35, April/May 1992
Figee, Thea: Utrechts Nieuwsblad, “Nieuwe materieschilderkunst uit New York,” March 28, 1992
Ostrow, Saul: Tema Celeste, “Strategies for a New Abstraction,” Special Issue, No. 32-33, Autumn 1991
Cohen, Cora: Bomb Magazine, “Social Volition,” No. XXXVII Fall 1991
Kaneda, Shirley: Arts Magazine, “Painting and its Others,” Vol. 65, No. 6, Summer 1991
Artner, Alan G.: Chicago Tribune, March 8, 1991
Ostrow, Saul: “Strategies for the Next Painting,” catalogue of the exhibition, Sytsema Galleries, Baarn, Germany, 1991
McQuaid, Cate: South End News “Painting the Dematerialized Ego,” October 3, 1990
Sherman, Mary: Boston Globe, “The Artful Uses of Classification,” August 1990
McQuaid, Cate: South End News, “Drawing the Line,” June 28, 1990
Westfall, Stephen: Art in America, “Cora Cohen at Wolff Gallery,” Vol. 77, No. 6, June 1989
Welish, Marjorie: Arts Magazine, Vol. 63, No. 7, March 1989
Donohue, Marlena: Los Angeles Times, December 2, 1988
Kimmelman, Michael: The New York Times, “Review/Art,” November 25, 1988
_________: Bomb Magazine “An Abbreviated Theory of the Body,” No. XXV; Reproduction, Fall 1986
Brenson, Michael: The New York Times, “Art: Works by 7 Women, ‘Aspects of Abstraction’, ” January 22, 1988
Cohen, Cora and Sussler, Betsy: Bomb Magazine, “Interview with Joan Mitchell,” No. XVII, Fall 1986
Sylvester, Julie: “John Chamberlain: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Sculpture 1954-85” essay by Klaus Kertess, Hudson Hills Press Inc., Hudson Hills Press, Manchester, Vermont, 1986
Kertess, Klaus: “Painting as Landscape,” catalogue of the exhibition, Baxter Art Gallery, Pasadena, California, 1985
_________: Bomb Magazine “The American Landscape” No. XI; Reproduction, Winter 1985
Choate, Pari Stave: Flash Art, “New York Reviews,” No. 118, Summer 1984
Moorman, Peggy: Art News, “New York Reviews,” Vol. 83, No. 6, Summer 1984
Brenson, Michael: The New York Times, March 16, 1984
Zimmer, William: Arts Magazine, Vol. 58, No. 7, March 1984
Rickey, Carrie: The Village Voice, “Why Women Don't Express Themselves,” November 2, 1982
Kenny, Kay: Women's Art Journal, “Abstract Substance and Meaning,” Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring/Summer 1982
Nadelman, Cynthia: Art News, “New York Reviews,” Vol. 80, No. 4, April 1981
Polk, James: Art World, “New York Exhibitions,” March 20, 1981
Polk, James: Greenwich Time, “The Arts,” March 13, 1981
Zimmer, William: Soho Weekly News, “Reviews,” December 3, 1980
Frank, Peter: The Village Voice, “Reviews,” June 4, 1979
Phillips, Michael: “New Options in Painterly Abstraction,” catalogue of the exhibition, Cadman Plaza East Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York, 1979
Cohen, Randy: Synapse, “Liz Philips in New York City, Sound Articulates Space,” Vol. 1, No. 5, January/February 1977
Canaday, John: The New York Times, “It's Spring in Connecticut, and New Talent Blooms,” May 9, 1976
Lorber, Richard: Arts Magazine, “Reviews,” Vol. 50, No. 3, March 1976
Wright, Carolyn: Syracuse New Times, “Ambiguity in Art and Person,” December 8, 1974
Selected Symposia/Interviews/Panels/Lectures
| 2015 | Visiting Lecture Series, Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland Interviews from Yale University Radio WYBCX, Yale University, New Haven, March 27, 2015 |
| 2014 | Painting as Agency, Brooklyn College, GASU Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Brooklyn, New York Painting as Agency, Marywood University, Distinguished Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Scranton, Pennsylvania Sensitive Instruments, a panel about painting today, moderated by Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, 102nd Annual CAA Conference, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2013 | Living Together, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont Cora Cohen, Nov 2013, Interview by Christopher Joy and Zachary Keeting, gorkysgranddaughter.com |
| 2012 | Living Together, Young People Who Paint, Medicine Hat College, Alberta, Canada Living Together, Young People Who Paint, Visiting Lecture Series, Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland |
| 2011 | Painting in the Age of Digital Technology, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont Living Together, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Visiting Lecture Series Living Together, School of the Arts Columbia University, New York, New York, Visiting Lecture Series |
| 2010 | Is Painting a Language? symposium moderated by Joan Waltemath, Hoffberger
School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland Becoming A Painter, Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland |
| 2009 | My Work, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont |
| 2008 | Once or a Thousand Times, moderated by Wendy Gittler, New York Artists Equity Association, The Art Students League, New York, New York |
| 2007 | Being a Painter, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 2006 | My Work, Fordham University, New York, New York On Her Work, New York Studio School, New York, New York |
| 1995 | Artists in the Studio: Cora Cohen, video aired on channel 16, December 17, 1995, New York, New York |
| 1992 | The Feminine in Abstract Painting, moderated by Anna Chave, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1991 | Round Table on Abstraction under the auspices of Tema Celeste at Charlie Clough's, New York, New York |
| 1989 | Institutions of the Art World, moderated by Paul Mattick, American Society of Aesthetics, New York, New York |
Grants and Awards
| 2018 | Elected to National Academy of Design |
| 2013 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship |
| 2012 | American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Award |
| 2009 | The Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency, Montauk, New York |
| 2008-09 | The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Space Program Residency, Brooklyn, New York |
| 2006 | Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award |
| 1998 | The Pollock / Krasner Foundation Award |
| 1990 | Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award |
| 1989 | New York Foundation for the Arts, Painting Fellowship |
| 1987 | National Endowment for the Arts, Painting Fellowship |
| 1982 | Yaddo, Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, New York |
| 1969 | University of Pennsylvania, Fellowship in Fine Arts—Painting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Selected Curatorial Projects
| 2009 | Snippets, Sampling, Static, The Educational Alliance, Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, New York, New York |
| 1992 | An Esemplastic Shift, AC Project Room, New York, New York |
Selected Teaching
| 2012 | Medicine Hat College, Alberta, Canada – Visiting Artist School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois ¬– Visiting Artist New York Studio School - Drawing Marathon |
| 2011 | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont - Visiting Critic |
| 2010-11 | Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland |
| 2007-11 | The Educational Alliance, New York, New York – Contemporary Painting |
| 2006-11 | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont – Visiting Critic |
| 2006 | Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland – Adjunct Faculty |
| 2005 | New York University, New York, New York – Visiting Artist Private Studio Tutorial – Drawing |
| 2004 | The New School, New York, New York – Visiting Artist State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey – Adjunct Faculty |
| 2003 | Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri – Visiting Artist Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia – Visiting Artist |
| 2000 | Corcoran Museum and School of Art, Washington D.C. – Visiting Artist Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont – Visiting Critic |
| 1998-03 | The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina – Associate Professor of Art |
| 1999 | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont – Visiting Critic |
| 1998 | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont – Visiting Critic |
| 1997 | Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont – Visiting Critic School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois – Visiting Artist New York University, New York, New York – Adjunct Faculty Fundamentals of Painting; M.F.A. Studio Critique |
| 1996 | Kunsthögskolan, Umeå– Seminar Kunsthögskolan, Stockholm– Seminar University of Minnesota, Minneapolis – Visiting Artist New York University, New York, New York – Adjunct Faculty – Advanced Painting |
| 1995 | New York University, New York, New York – Adjunct Faculty – Advanced Drawing Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts – Visiting Artist |
| 1994 | Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Lecture New York University, New York, New York – Adjunct Faculty – Fundamentals of Drawing – Advanced Painting Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts – Visiting Artist |
| 1993 | New York University, New York, New York – Adjunct Faculty – Advanced Painting School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois – Visiting Professor New York University, New York, New York – Adjunct Faculty – Advanced Drawing New Arts Program, Kutztown, Pennsylvania – Visiting Artist |
| 1992 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois – Visiting Professor School of the Art Institute of Chicago at Oxbow – Visiting Artist New York University, New York, New York – Adjunct Faculty – Painting Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York – Lecture |
| 1991 | New York University, New York, New York – Adjunct Faculty – Fundamentals of Drawing School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois – Visiting Artist Kent State University, Ohio – Blossom Art Program – Visiting Artist |
| 1990 | New York University, New York, New York – Adjunct Faculty – Introduction
to Drawing, Advanced Painting Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Visiting Artist |
| 1989 | New York Studio School, New York, New York – Lecture |
| 1985 | Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts – Visiting Artist |
| 1984 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois – Visiting Artist Wesleyan University, Connecticut – Studio Lecture University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois – Visiting Artist |
| 1983 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois – Visiting Artist Converse College, South Carolina – Studio Lecture |
| 1979 | C. W. Post College, Long Island – Studio Lecture |
| 1970-72 | Bennington College, Vermont – Drawing |
| 1969-70 | University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Artist-in-Residence |
Public Collections
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
The William and Uytendale Scott Memorial Study Collection of Works by Women, The Bryn Mawr College Art and Archaeology Collection, Bryn Mawr
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
Chemical Bank Collection, New York
Oestreicher Properties Inc., New York
RCM Capital Management, San Francisco
Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, Tuscaloosa
Sonesta Hotels, Boston
The Swedish APOTEKET AB, Stockholm
The Swedish State Art Council, Stockholm
The Texas State Bank, Houston
The Tsagaris/Hilberry Collection
The Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro
Yale University, New Haven
Widener Library, Cambridge
Education
Bennington College, Vermont, B. A., 1964, M. A., 1972