Maria Cohen
Date of birth: 02-08-1989

Maria Cohen is an award-winning artist based in Moscow. She holds a BFA in studio art from the Moscow College of Performing Arts (stage designer workshop).
She received her MFA from the Surikov Art Institute in 2016 (workshop of monumental art). Maria has been involved in multiple solo and group shows nationally and internationally. Her artworks are held in many private collections in Europe and Russia.

Maria Cohen demonstrates a highly developed sense of color and composition and a keep attention to detail. She illuminates qualities that often go unnoticed by the casual observer.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My creation is my way concealing at one moment happiness of luck and at the other grief of disappointment, but anyway day after day it makes me happy.
Painting for me is the state of spirit, transformation of reality, the ability to be and feel as a child. I cannot exist without the colors and paints.
I like cherishing ideas and splashing them out onto the canvas. It provokes. Painting means giving to the person what he needs now.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

2016 – Present Member of the Union of Russian Artists

EDUCATION

2004- 2009 – College of Performing Arts, Moscow, Russia Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons)
2010-2016 – V. Surikov State Academy Art Institute, Moscow, Russia. Master of Fine Art

SELECTED SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 – “The Youth of Russia”, All-Russian Bienale for Young Art; Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia
2016 – The Art Show, The Russian Academy of Arts; Moscow, Russia
2016 – The exhibition “The Russian Academy of Arts”; Vologda, Russia
2015 – Art Fair Vernissage, Inception Gallery; Moscow, Russia
2015 – Art Fair “Sorry, it’s not all”, Total Art Gallery; Moscow, Russia
2015 – Solo exhibition “Privato”, Chagall Gallery; Moscow, Russia
2015 – The exhibition Young Art, Central House of Artist; Moscow, Russia
2014 – The exhibition Young Art, Central House of Artist; Moscow, Russia

EDUCATIONAL HONORS / AWARDS

2016 – Honorable Mention Award; In recognition of the overall achievements in Fine Arts at the V. Surikov State Academy Art Institute the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts

PROFESSIONAL HONORS / AWARDS

2016 – Short-list online selection Marchionni Prize; MAGMMA Museum, Villacidro, Italy

PROJECTS:

2012 – Co-founder and director of the art Studio Cohen&Petrik.