Wendy Cohen
Artist, educator, and arts manager
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Instagram: @WendyCohenArt
Selected Exhibitions, Publications, Residencies, & Awards
2024-25
The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition (Upcoming), Brooklyn Museum, Juried by Jeffrey Gibson, Vik Muniz, Mickalene Thomas, and Fred Tomasell
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
A Culmination, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence, RI
Visual Art Commencement Show, List Art Center, Providence, RI
tense tangled tethered (solo), 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
Programs & Arts Management Experience
Space to Create Program Manager, Chashama | New York and Brooklyn, NY | Aug 2022 → Aug 2024
Programs Associate, CUE Art Foundation | New York, NY | Nov 2021 → Jun 2022
Curatorial Intern, Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | Sep 2019 → May 2020
Programs Intern, Smack Mellon Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | Aug 2019 → Dec 2019
Exhibition Curator, The Science Center at Brown University | Providence, RI | Mar 2017 → Sep 2019
Gallery Preparator, List Art Center | Providence, RI | Sep 2017 → May 2019
Freelance Artist Assistant and Art Handler | New York and Westchester, NY | Aug 2014 → Sep 2020
Teaching Artist Experience
Teaching Artist, Church Street School for Music and Art | Tribeca, New York, NY | Sep 2019→ Jan 2022
Teaching Artist, Independent | New York, NY | Mar 2020 → Jan 2022
STEAM Teaching Artist, KoKo NYC | Park Slope & Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, NY | Oct 2020→ Jan 2021
Artist, educator, and arts manager
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Instagram: @WendyCohenArt
Selected Exhibitions, Publications, Residencies, & Awards
2024-25
The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition (Upcoming), Brooklyn Museum, Juried by Jeffrey Gibson, Vik Muniz, Mickalene Thomas, and Fred Tomasell
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
A Culmination, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence, RI
Visual Art Commencement Show, List Art Center, Providence, RI
tense tangled tethered (solo), 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
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