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| BIOGRAPHY |
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I was born in 1972 in North Carolina. My father joined the United States Army to support his new family. Luckily for him the Vietnam War was just winding down. My first memories were of growing up on military bases in West Germany. I think it was there I began my appreication and pursuit of painting. I remember romantic visions of castles, country side, candies, cookies and tanks. We moved back and forth across the Atlantic for most of my childhood. I lived in a haunted house in Georgia, a military ghetto in Gelnhausen, West Germany, an Army town in Kentucky, the sticks of North Carolina, and an international military base in Munster West Germany. All of these places ebnabled me to accept and appreciate the diverstiy and mercurial nature in life.
Growing up I always wanted to become an artist. I remember looking forward to art lesons in school. At Christmas my parents eventually learned only to purchase art supplies as gifts. ( Although this backfired on me one year when my mother gave me a Bob Ross Art instruction book.) For my sixteenth birthday, I wa given an easel. towards the end of my childhood I was instructed to be reasonable, keeping painting as a hobby and focus on getting a real education for a real job.
After college I decided to pick up painting agian. Through participation in small group shows around Raleigh, North Carolina and friendships with other artists I began to think about pursuing my art with greater seriousness. I got work at a frame shop and joined a collective art studio, Antfarm Studios. ( www.antfarmstudios.org ) This was very inspiring to me and gave me a taste of what it would be like to create all day long, The studios are located in a rotting building, formerly a washboard factory. It has a wood burning stove, a 15-foot ceiling, and birds. It was the birds that ultimatley drove me to leave when I discoverd that they had defecated on a painting of mine one morning. I found other places to paint and unavoidably, other confornations with nature!
The one thing that stuck with me was the invisible ceiling the South has for artists. I began to get fustrated and wanted to learn more about painting and be around more things that involved the arts. Several friends of mine had made the journey to New York City. Then I found out about thge Art Students League. I could fulfill the need to further my education and career so in 2005 I migrated to New York. I immediately felt wanted and was amazed by all the resources availible . I started taking classes and the following year won a scholarship.
Currently I am living in Brooklyn with my partner, Tim, and our cat, Stella. I am studying non-representational painting under Frank O'Cain. I see painting as a life long occupation. |
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| Art Students League Of New York 2005 to present |
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Bernard Cohen
136 West 72nd Street
New York, New York 10036 |
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2002 June Solo Show, North Main Street Studios,
Waynesville, North Carolina
2003 July Solo Show, Sandspur Studios
Jackson Design, Raleigh North
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2004 November Solo Show, Space Gallery,
Waynesville, North Carolina
2005 January-April Raleigh Times Series , Rebus Works/PH7
Gallery, Raleigh North Carolina |
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2000 June Box Elder Collective Summer Show,
Trace Gallery, Raleigh North Carolina
2002 May Robots and Mirrors, Group Show
Sandspur Studios: Jackson Design,
Raleigh North Carolina
2003 August "Decade, Antfarm Studios Show"
NCSU Gallery of Art and Design
Raleigh North Carolina
2005 May Raleigh Hatchet Magazine Artist Show,
Helios Coffee Shop, Raleigh North
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2005 June Summer Group Show, Glance Gallery
Raleigh North Carolina
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| OTHER INFO |
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2006 Jean Gates Award for Art Students League
2008 Presidential Scholarship - Art Student League of NYC sponsorship to Anderson Ranch Art School of Colorado
2008 Merit Scholarship- Art Students League of NYC pays for tuition for one year |
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