Kate Cohen draws from the traditions of Surrealism and Folk Art to craft riveting personal icons that record her life experiences in resonate symbols. She assembles diverse, often aged materials and arranges them into complex constructions. She seduces the viewer by revealing her creative process and thus taps into the collective unconscious where symbols are transformed from autobiographical details to universal truths.

 

A gifted painter as well as a talented sculptor, Cohen combines both media in objects that demand viewer interaction. Sometimes this interaction is intellectual, where fragmented words in puzzle-like games and other visual clues are scattered across the composition. inviting the viewer to "solve" the mystery of the art and thereby determining meaning.

 

Cohen holds  double MFA in painting and sculpture from Washington State University, after earning hre BFA in ceramics and printmaking from The 

Cleveland Institute of Art.

 

Cohen's work is included in The American Crafts Council, NY. The Columbus Museum of Art, OH and The Festival of Arts Permanent Collection, CA.