About the artist and CONTACT ME
Susan Ruth Cohen works primarily in mixed media works on paper. She has exhibited nationally, and her artwork is included in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, and other institutions. Susan’s works have been featured at the Long Island Children's Museum, as the settings and visual inspiration for dance performances with Dance Visions, NY, as the cover art for a concert program in Peru, and as a Teacher’s College, Columbia University New Year’s Greeting Card. Early in her career, Susan won a Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Award and was also the recipient of a prestigious Workspace grant from the NY State Council on the Arts. She holds an Ed.D. in Art & Art Education from Teachers College, and an M.F.A. from the University at Buffalo, where she was a Teaching Fellow in Drawing and Printmaking.
About the Artwork
· Working on paper allows me to react in a direct way, much like writing in a diary. In my mixed media works I often use collaged pieces of my own artworks that are thick with acrylic paint, pencil, and crayon to create a richly textured visual surface. Within this surface are found the discovery, exploration, and free associations that comprise my artistic vision. I have been revisiting, re-doing, re-working older works—peeling away layers of paint, revealing the ghosts of images—drawing over what is already there and transforming torn pieces into new works.
· I often title my works to reflect my thought process and poetic imagery. This is my way of bringing my inner thoughts outward, creating my own visual language that is both playful and thought provoking. What you find, is up to you, the viewer.
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