Artists

Mirit Cohen

Available Work

Work

Exhibitions at GG

2011
Speech Grille
November 17, 2011 - December 24, 2011

Studio Visit

Biography

Born in Andijon, Russia, 1945
Immigrated to Israel, 1948
Died in New York City, 1990



1964-1967

Studies at the Kalisher Art College, Tel Aviv

1968

Studied at the Avni Institute of Art, Tel Aviv

1969-1971

Studied at College of Art Teachers, Ramat Hasharon, with Ran Shcori and Raffi Lavie

1971-1972

Art teacher in Public School

1975-1977

Studies at the School of Visual Art, New York City.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1972

Dugith Gallery, Tel Aviv

1973

Dugith Gallery, Tel Aviv

1977-1978

"Metal, Mental, Melted", Sculpture Installation, The Clock Tower, New York City

1978

"Broken Vessels", Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

1979

“The Broken Vessels Project”, PS 1, New York

1980-1981

"Bridges", Site Sculpture, Union Square & Cooper Square, New York City

1982

"Woman with Snakes", Live Performance Sculpture, New York City

1991

La MaMa Gallery, New York City

1994

Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1998

Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany, (cat.)

1999

Nolan / Eckman Gallery, New York City

2000

Dan Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2011

"Speach-Grille", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Selected Group Exhibitions

1972

Yodfat Gallery, Tel Aviv

Dugith Gallery, Tel Aviv

Artist Association Gallery, Tel Aviv

1973

Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

Yodfat Gallery, Tel Aviv

Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv

Debel Gallery, Jerusalem

1974

Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York City

1975

Richter Gallery, Tel Aviv

Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

Artist Association Gallery, Tel Aviv

Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Debel Gallery, Jerusalem

1978

Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1980

New York Veil, New York City

1984

Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1983 Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1989

"Bullet under Acme" Great Jones Gallery, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1987

"Artist Calendar of the Year", Histadrut Publication, Tel-Aviv

1990

"Small Works", New York University, New York City

1994

"Anxiety", the Museum of Contemporary Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan

1995

Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Artist's Association Gallery, Tel Aviv

"Never Again" Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City

1995

Rita & Arturo Schwarz Collection of Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1996

"Diary of a Human Hand" Bard College Art Center, Annandale-on Hadson, New York and Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1998

"Art of the 70s", Tel Aviv Museum of Art

"Women Artists in Israeli Art", Haifa Museum

2000

“A Wall of My Own", Israeli Art,” from the collection of Benno Kalev, Tel Aviv Museum

2001

“Arturo Schwartz Collection of Israeli Artists", Israel Museum, Jerusalem

2003

“Shemesh,” Tel Aviv Museum

2004

"Israeli Art, 70’s", Tel Aviv Museum

2005

“Self Portrait” Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv

2008

“Near and Seen” The Open Museum, Tephen

2012

"After", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2015

"Paper-Photograph: Works on Paper and Photographs from the 1970's", Gordon Gallery 2, Tel Aviv

Prizes and Awards

1995

Ministry of Culture and Education for Painting and Sculptors, Israel

1969-1971

Sharet Grant, Pnina Mandleblit Fund, Israel

1975-1977

American Israel Cultural Foundation. Art and Urban Resources, New York City

Public Collections

Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
The Israeli Consulate, Washington D.C.
The Walker Art Center Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany

Selected Publications

Art in America, April, 2000.
“Art in Review.” New York Times, November 26, 1999.
Barzel, Amnon. The Redefinition of Art in Israel. Milan: 1987.
Breitberg, Sara. Studio, 1994.
Frank, Peter. National Arts Guide (Exxon Guggenheim Exhibit), 1981.
Luski, Chaim. Yediot Ahronot, 1994.
Moore, Alan. “Mirit Cohen.” Cover Magazine, 1991.