Born in 1983 in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Lives and works near Alger, Washington
Education
2008 Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
2005 Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
Solo Exhibitions
2014 "Killing Myself, Killing Myself," The Compound, Los Angeles, CA
2008 "Living Within, Pounding Without..." The Goodan Family Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2007 "Persistence of Midnight, the Smell of Decay," The Raymond Gallery, Pasadena, CA
"Portraits of Wanda and Severin, I and II," The Raymond Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2005 "Ending On," Von der Ahe Library, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2023 "Spring," Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA
2019 "Quicksilver Group Photograph Exhibit," Quicksilver Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2013 "Bitch Island," Collaboration with Page Person,The Compound, Los Angeles, CA
2008 “Lust 4 LACE,” Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
2005 “Adults Only,” Icon Studio, Phoenix, AZ
Performances
2012 "Spinning / Breathing" with Stelarc and Wings of Desire, Suspension Symposium, Oslo, Norway
2011 “Vice Anglais” by Mike Kelley, Los Angeles, CA
"Nurse Olive," West of Rome Public Art, Art LA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
"Castration" a play collage by Page Person, Human Resources Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Haunted House," Blood Manor, New York, NY
"Human Sound Puppet" with Aesthetic Meat Front, Wings of Desire, Oslo, Norway
"Journey to Enlightenment" with Operafication and CoRE, Wolf Theater, Las Vegas, Nevada
2010 “Nurse Olive,” West of Rome Public Art Benefit. A Night of Growth and Discovery with
Mike Kelley and Michael Smith, Los Angeles, CA
"Fall of Flowers and Ash" with Coco Katsura and AMF, Body Exchange, Berlin, Germany
"Haunted House," Blood Manor, New York, NY
"Milk" Miss Rubber World Fetish Pageant, New York, NY
Guest Artist and Speaker
2023 Loyola Marymount University, College of Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2022 College of the Redwoods, Eureka, CA
Interviews
Sylvan, E. (2021, October 18). "Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I First Became An Artist" Authority Magazine, Medium, https://medium.com/authority-magazine/jenn-cohen
Cohen, J., (2022). "I Needed to Find Myself Before Starting My Own Art Business" Artsy Shark, https://www.artsyshark.com/2022/06/08/i-needed-to-find-myself
Cohen, J. (2022). "The Intricate Work in Restoring Photos for a Vietnam Veteran" PetaPixel, https://petapixel.com/2022/01/03/the-intricate-work-in-restoring-photos
Cohen, J. (2021). "Connection Through Color: Black and White Photographs Take on New Life" Fstoppers, https://fstoppers.com/post-production/connection-through-color
Bibliography
Stelarc. "Spinning / Breathing: Event for Multiple Suspensions" Stelarc 2012
Taft, Catherine. "Growing Pains" Artforum August 2010