About the Artist
Barbara D Cohen, a notable maker of things, studied art from childhood in New York City. She received her formal training at Carnegie Institute and Parsons School of Design. Cohen enjoyed a career in the graphic arts, including 11 years as an Art Director at Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Cohen and her family relocated to Denver, Colorado in 1976 where she began her artistic explorations and creative expression in the fiber arts. Although often abstract, Cohen’s intuitively created art quilts always derive from personal feelings and events. Many prominent shows, including Quilt National and Fiber Arts International, have exhibited Cohen's work.
In 2005, finding the immediacy of the medium inspiring, Cohen began working in mosaics. She has built an impressive collection of found objects, dishes, and ceramic tiles acquired from thrift stores and flea markets. Her latest endeavors include adding smalti and stained glass to the mix.
Cohen teaches mosaic classes at the Art Students League of Denver, the Arts and Crafts Gym in Steamboat Springs and in her Denver studio.
The Artist’s Gallery of Steamboat, Steamboat Springs, CO currently exhibits her work.
Selected Exhibitions
2010 |
The Art of Mosaics, Juried, Broomfield Auditorium Gallery, Broomfield, CO |
2009 |
MySelf, Original Self-Portraits, Mosaics, Juried, Mizel Museum, Denver, CO |
2008 |
Don’t Fence Me In, Art Quilts, Longmont Museum, Longmont, CO, Invitational |
2007 |
Women’s Caucus for Art, Mosaic work, Juried. Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO |
Words Within, Art Quilt, JWAN National Juried, Columbia/Barnard University, NYC, |
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2006 |
Colorado Jewish Artists Guild, Mosaics, Juried, BMH Congregation, Denver, CO |
2005 |
Foothills Gallery, Golden, CO, “Rooted in Transition”, Art Quilt, Invited Artist |
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. Golden, CO, “Small Works” Juried |
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2004 |
Canaan Gallery, Littleton, CO. Juried |
Longmont Museum, Longmont, CO. Dolls with Altitude, Invited Artist |
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Aurora Municipal Center Gallery, Fiber, Aurora, CO. Invited Artist |
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2003 |
Dearborn Rieder Gallery, Fiber, Boulder, CO. Invited Artist |
Art Students League, Denver, CO. Invited Artist |
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2002 |
Longmont Museum, Boulder, CO, Pot Luck. Invited Artist |
Oz Architecture Gallery, Denver, CO. Invited Artist |
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DairyCenter for the Arts, Boulder, CO. Quilts=Art=Quilts, Invited Artist |
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2001 |
Fiberart International 01, Pittsburgh, PA, Juried |
Quilt National 01, The Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio. Juried |
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Tu B’Shevat: The New Year of the Trees, Epstein Gallery at the JCC of Metropolitan Detroit, MI, Curator and Commissioned Artist |
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2000 |
All Colorado Art Show 2000, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, Englewood, CO. Juried |
Piecemakers Show, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. Invited Artist |