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The art of Claudia Cohen is a balancing act. On the one hand there is the mysterious, ambiguous world of her imagination, on the other the dazzling precision of her technique. Everything depends on the conviction with which she visualizes her strange creatures which she sculpts in a meticulous style of detailed representation. This enables her to give full expression to her inner world of images and ideas. The style is in principle realistic, the subject matter magical, and Magic Realism has characterized her work in a way unique to her vision.
In the book Humor in Art, the work was described as comic surrealism, which aptly sums up the other aspect of her intriguing point of view. Her sculpture, in bronze and ceramic, portray a magical cast of characters; human, animal, and a fantastical prodigy from a different and inviting universe. Educated at the Boston Museum School, her sculptures can be seen in prominent galleries and Art Collections all over the country.
There can be few artists working today who inhabit such a cogent, unified private world, and have such an immediate gift of inviting everyone else into it
EDUCATION
1971 - Corcoran School of Art and George Washington University,
Washington, DC
1975 - B.F.A., Boston Museum School of Arts and Tufts University,
Boston
SOLO AND TWO PERSONS EXHIBITIONS
2002 - Bronze Sculpture, The Culture House Gallery,
Santa Monica, CA
2001 - New Work Bronze, Gallery Blu, Palm Desert, CA
- The Millennium Show, Diane Nelson Fine Art, Laguna
Beach, CA
- Invitational 2001, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
- Invitational, Downtown Art Center Gallery, San Rafael, CA
1999 - Works in Bronze and Ceramic, The John Natsoulas Gallery,
Davis, CA
- 30 Ceramic Artists, The John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1996 - Oh Baby, Napa Valley College Art Gallery, Napa, CA
- Dreamscapes of Claudia Cohen, Griffith Gallery, SF, CA
- Sculptural Visions, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove
1991 - Solo, Rosicrucian Museum, San Jose, CA
1978 - Solo, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA
1976 - Solo, The Atrium Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 - The Clown Show, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Creative Dimensions ,The Marin Community Foundation,
San Rafael, CA
- Individual Artists Grantees Showcase Exhibition, Falkirk
Cultural Center.SR , CA
2002 - Treviso Salutes the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Denese Roberge Gallery, Group Show,Palm Desert , CA
2001 - Denese Roberge Gallery, Day of the Dead Show,
Palm Desert, CA
2000 - Scottsdale 2000, The Scottsdale Art Center,
Scottsdale, AZ
1999 - Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Electra, Sausalito, CA
30 Ceramic Artists, The John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1998 - Sculptural Annual, Pacific Rim Sculpture Group, Contract
Design Center, San Francisco, CA
1997 - 30 Ceramic Artists, The John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1996 - Innocence/The Promise of Life, four-artist exhibition,
The Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
- Mother Load Exhibition, Pacific Rim Sculptures Group,
Sonora, CA
- Northern California Ceramic Art, Bedford Art Center,
Walnut Creek, CA
- BACA '95, Berkeley Art Center, CA
- Through the Door, Pacific Rim Sculpture Group, Contract
Design Center, SF, CA
1994 - Puppets and Poetry Invitational, Craft and Folk Art
Museum, San Francisco, CA
- 8th Annual 30 Ceramic Artists, John Natsoulas Gallery,
Davis, CA
- Banaker Gallery, three-person exhibition, SF, CA
- Beginnings, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Napa, CA
- California State Fair Art Exposition, Sacramento, CA
- International Arts Festival, Ft. Mason, San Francisco, CA
1993 - Marin Arts Council Individual Grant Recipient Show,
Mill Valley, CA
- Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
1992 - Gallery Route One Annual Juried Show, Pt. Reyes Station
- Marin Community Foundation Show, Larkspur, CA
- Berkeley Art Center Annual National Exhibition, Berkeley
- Just Plain Screwy, The Charles Wustum Museum,
Racine, WI
- The Art of Assemblage, Claudia Chapline Gallery,
Stinson Beach, CA
- Shrines, Falkirk Cultural Center 16th Annual Exhibit,
San Rafael, CA
- Davis Art Center, three-person exhibition, Davis, CA
- Feather and Fur, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
- The Artist and the American Yard, The Charles Wustum
Museum, Racine, WI
- The Blue Book Chronicles, About War and Peace,
Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland
- The Surrealists Salon, Rayko Gallery, SF, CA
- Images and Objects, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- The Great Marin String Along, College of Marin Art Gallery,
Kentfield, CA
- Portrait of Marin, self-portraits by Marin Artists, Artisan's
Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
- Invitational, CAC Gallery, New York, NY
1990 - Clay '90, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA
- Piece Works and Artists' Dolls, Claudia Chapline Gallery,
Stinson Beach, CA
- Design and Craft '90: The New Decade, CAAC Gallery,
Berkeley, CA
- California Crafts 10, E.B. Crocker Museum, Sacramento
- National Cone Box Show, University of Kansas, MO
PUBLICATIONS
2002-2003. Art & Antiques Magazine
2001 - Artweek, August
2001 - American Craft, June /July
- American Style, June/July
- Art & Antiques Magazine, September
1998 - Humor and Art by Nicholas Roukes, Davis Press
1995 - The Art of CaliforniaMagazine,Discovery Award
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT
1983-99 Principal designer of ceramic masks for Clay Art,
San Francisco, a ceramic gift manufacturing firm
1978-82 Designer and co-owner, Cast of Thousands,
San Francisco, a gift manufacturing firm
AWARD
2004 - First Prize in Sculpture. Scottsdale Center for the Arts. AZ
2003 - Grant Recipient, Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, CA
2001 - Sculpture Award, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, AZ
2001 - Sculpture Award, Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, Palo Alto
1998 - Invited Artist, International Ceramic Exhibition and
Conference, Faenza, Italy
1993 - Discovery Award Winner, Art of California
1993 - Art at the Movies, Artisans Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1992 - Grant Recipient, Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, CA
Marin Society of Artists, Open Sculpture Exhibition, Ross,
BACA National Exhibition, Berkely, CA
1991, 1992 - Award of Merit, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
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