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Lauren Cohen is an interdisciplinary artist working across drawing, painting, ceramics, film, and installation. Her practice develops recurring characters and constructed narrative worlds that examine psychological, relational, and cultural systems.
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Beginning with drawing and storytelling, Cohen generates figures that move between interior states and shared archetypes. These narratives extend into paintings and ceramic works, where emotional and symbolic structures are translated into material form. Across media, her work considers how identity, memory, desire, intimacy, and power are shaped, rehearsed, and sustained.
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In the exhibition space, Cohen brings these elements together through installation. Paintings, objects, and moving image are arranged as immersive environments that privilege accumulation and resonance over fixed interpretation. While rooted in introspection, the work resists direct autobiography, offering open narrative structures that invite multiple points of entry and collective reading.
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Lauren Cohen received her MA from the Royal College of Art, London, and her BFA from California College of the Arts, San Francisco. Her work has been exhibited at Marinaro Gallery, New York; The Hole, New York; Ace Hotel, New York; KinoSaito, New York; Powerhouse Arts, New York; Raynham Hall Museum, New York; Ghost Machine Gallery, New York; Felix Art Fair (presented by Voloshyn Gallery), Los Angeles; Future Fair (presented by LoftProjects), New York; Westbeth Gallery, New York; Wassaic Project, New York; Spring/Break Art Show, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, Department of Film, New York; Van Der Plas Gallery, New York; Trestle Gallery, New York; The Maine Jewish Museum, Portland; Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco; the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, California; the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; The Blyth Gallery, London; and Goldsmiths College, University of London.
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She has been an artist-in-residence at MacDowell, NARS Foundation, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, and MASS MoCA. Previous juried exhibitions include Bloomberg New Contemporaries, The Catlin Guide, and Saatchi New Sensations.
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Cohen has forthcoming residencies and exhibitions at Vermont Studio Center in December 2026 and Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia, in October 2026.
Upcoming/Current
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October 2026: Two-person exhibition with Marianna Rothen, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
December 2026: Vermont Studio Center residency, Johnson, VT
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Past:​​
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November 1, 2025: O Circle Art Community will launch. This is a new art community built by Lauren Cohen and Emily McElwreath​​​
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September 11 - October 9 2025: Body Grounds: The Intimacy of Memory, Myth and Loss. Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn, NY 11215
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May 7-10: Future Fair, 535 West 28th New York, NY 10001
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February 27 - March 30th: Echo Chamber, The Hole, 312 BoweryNew York City, NY 10012
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March 14, 2025 - "The Fisherman" performance at ShapeShifter Lab presented by Park Slope Food Co-op: 837 Union St, Brooklyn
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January 12, 2025 - Objectum, Puppets on the Edge, Ryan Wilde's Studio: 6600 Borden Ave. Maspeth Queens
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9/26/24 - 11/29/24 Gallerina: (Do Not) Disturb ACE Hotel, Manhattan Residency and Exhibition.
Curated by Eric Shiner. Art World Chess matches every Sunday & Wednesday in October. Sponsored by Powerhouse Arts. ​​
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