Wendy Cohen
Artist, educator, and arts manager
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Instagram: @WendyCohenArt

Selected Exhibitions, Publications, Residencies, & Awards

2026 (Upcoming)
Interwoven Perception, The Stairwell Space, Curated by Sally Boon Matthews, Johanna Aenderl, and Dalit Guverich, American Fabric Building, Bridgeport, CT, April 18 – May 30, 2026

2025
Sacred Threads, Riverfront Art Gallery, Curated by Haifa Bint-Kadi, Yonkers, NY, August 2 - December 15, 
Beauty & Splendor, NARS Art Foundation, Curated by Joyous R. Pierce, Brooklyn, NY, October 10 - November 5, 2025

2024-25
The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, Juried by Jeffrey Gibson, Vik Muniz, Mickalene Thomas, and Fred Tomasell, October 4, 2024 - January 26, 2025
Tour the exhibition online (see Gallery 1)

2024
Fiber in 3D, Fiber Art Now Magazine, Spring 2024 issue

2022 & 23
Chashama Open Studios, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn, NY

2021
Threads that Bind, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC), Juror: Stacy C. Hollander, Curated by Alicia Degener, Brooklyn, NY

2020
Thoughts & Prayers: Another Round of Vacant Stares, Chashama Matawan and BSB Gallery, Curated by Christy O'Connor, Matawn, NJ, and online
Sculpture Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2019
tense tangled tethered (solo), List Art Center, Providence RI
A Culmination, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence, RI
Visual Art Commencement Show, List Art Center, Providence, RI
“Visible Storage” (solo), List Art Center, Providence, RI
Roberta Joslin Award and Marlene Malik Fellowship Award, Brown University, Providence, RI

2018
The 2nd Show, List Art Center, Providence, RI
oh, wait, List Art Center, Providence, RI
Tiny Biennale: Night/Notte, Temple Rome Gallery, Rome, Italy

2017-18
What are we going to do now? (solo), List Art Center, Providence, RI
Julie Sloane ’92 Fellowship Award, Brown University, Providence, RI

2017
Intertwined (solo), Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, Providence, RI
Leave Your Swords at the Door, Riverfront Art Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Just Friends, Riverfront Art Gallery, Yonkers, NY
Extranjeros, Fundación Comillas, Cantabria, Spain
Visualizing Holocaust Remembrance (solo), BRH Gallery, Providence, RI
Spring Arts Festival and Touchable Art, Granoff Center, Providence, RI
The Unnatural Election, Kimmel Galleries, NYU, New York, NY, and online

2016
This Is What a Jewish Woman Looks Like, BRH Gallery, Providence, RI
Juried Winter Break Show, List Art Center, Providence, RI

2015-17
Tributo a Los Desaparecidos/Tribute to the Disappeared, online and traveling art project organized by Andrea Arroyo, Multiple locations including New York, NY and Providence, RI

2015
RiverArts Student Exhibition and High School Art Award, Purpl Crayon Gallery, Hastings, NY
StArt Award of Excellence and AI Friedman Award, Bronxville, NY

2014
Grand Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Envisioning “I Have a Dream,” Interchurch Center, New York, NY


Education

Brown University, B.A. Visual Art with Honors, Magna Cum Laude | Providence, RI | 2015-2019

• Interdisciplinary coursework in studio art, art history, and museum studies

Programs & Arts Management Experience                   

Teen Programs Exhibition, ArtsConnection | New York, NY | Nov 2024 → Present

• Student Art Program: curate and manage year-long art exhibitions of teen artwork in corporate office spaces, each featuring 12 to 325 artworks by middle and high school artists from NYC public schools
• Teens Curate Teens: manage a weekly after-school program in which a group of teens learn the ins and outs of curating and installing an art exhibition. With the support of their teaching artist, teen curators create an open call, select artwork, and install an exhibition featuring work by teen artists from throughout the city

Space to Create Program Manager, Chashama | New York and Brooklyn, NY | Aug 2022 → Aug 2024

• Supported 150 artists and managed affordable art studios in Brooklyn, Manhattan, LIC, and NJ​
• Organized annual Open Studios at Brooklyn Army Terminal and other special events
• Developed artist-centered programs such as crit groups, studio visits, and exhibitions tours
• Managed inventory, acquisitions, and sales for contemporary art collection of 400+ artworks

Programs Associate, CUE Art Foundation | New York, NY | Nov 2021 → Jun 2022

• Worked with and for emerging and underrepresented artists to produce solo exhibitions, group exhibitions, public programs, and exhibition catalogues

Curatorial Intern, Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | Sep 2019 → May 2020

• Assisted with Rachel Harrison Life Hack, a retrospective exhibition with complex installations
• Prepared presentations on contemporary artists for Photography Committee acquisitions

Programs Intern, Smack Mellon Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | Aug 2019 → Dec 2019

• Assisted with Art Ready Mentorship Program for High School Students
• Coordinated outreach, facilitated field trips, and planned a gallery scavenger hunt for students
• Created and led a public weaving workshop for the DUMBO Drop community festival

Exhibition Curator, The Science Center at Brown University | Providence, RI | Mar 2017 → Sep 2019

• Produced three year-long exhibitions at the intersection of science and art, working with students and alumni to present their artwork, writing, and research in an interdisciplinary context
• Coordinated programs, developed exhibition themes, and designed displays and catalogues

Gallery Preparator, List Art Center | Providence, RI | Sep 2017 → May 2019

• Taught installation, power tool, and exhibition design skills to undergraduate and graduate artists
• Prepared, installed, and de-installed over 50 art exhibitions in a wide range of media

Freelance Artist Assistant and Art Handler | New York and Westchester, NY | Aug 2014 → Sep 2020

• Assisted artists such as Haifa Bint-Kadi, Andrea Arroyo, and Debbie Baxter in the fabrication and installation of mosaics, works on paper and fabric, and a human-sized birds nest 

Teaching Artist Experience                                                               

Teaching Artist, Church Street School for Music and Art | Tribeca, New York, NY | Sep 2019→ Jan 2022

• Subjects: Sculpture, Drawing, Textiles, Mythology, Radical Art, Painting, Digital Art, Nature, Portfolio Development, Storytelling, Fashion Design, Self-Expression
• Planned curriculum and taught after-school and summer camp art classes (ages 4-13)

Teaching Artist, Independent | New York, NY | Mar 2020 → Jan 2022

• Subjects: Drawing Techniques, Textiles, Sculpture, Mixed Media Exploration, Nature Installations
• Developed lesson plans and taught private and small-group art lessons over Zoom and in-person

STEAM Teaching Artist, KoKo NYC | Park Slope & Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY | Oct 2020→ Jan 2021

• Subjects: Inventors Lab Simple Machines (Grades 3-5), BitBots (Grades K-2), Private STEAM lessons
• Taught after-school STEAM classes in public parks for students ages 5 to 10, incorporating lessons in creative reuse and the six simple machines