BARBARA E. COHEN CV

b. 1949, Lancaster, PA
Lives and Works In Provincetown, MA and New York, NY

Education
1972 BFA School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA
1971 European Art History, (Studies) Oxford University, Oxford, England  

Solo Exhibitions
2024 Barbara Cohen: Nothing is Perfect, Farm Projects, Wellfleet, MA 
2022 Barbara Cohen: Images of Provincetown, Lands End Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2022 Barbara Cohen: The Cube, AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2021 Barbara Cohen: Farm Stand, The COMMONS, Provincetown, MA
2019 Barbara Cohen: Left Behind, AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2018 Barbara Cohen: New Paintings, AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2017 Barbara Cohen: New Paintings and Sculpture, AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2016 Barbara Cohen: AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2015 Barbara Cohen: Venetian Pipes, Gallery Ehva, Provincetown, MA
2014 Barbara Cohen: Venetian Boat Slings, Gallery Ehva, Provincetown, MA
2013 Barbara Cohen, A Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2012 Barbara Cohen: Stranger Series II, Gallery Ehva, Provincetown, MA
2010 Barbara Cohen: Gallery Ehva, Provincetown, MA
2008 Barbara Cohen: Stranger Series, Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2007 Barbara Cohen: Father's Store, Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2006 Barbara Cohen: Jumping Beans, Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2006 Barbara Cohen: Sebastian Corks, Adirondack College, Queensbury, NY
2005 Barbara Cohen: Sebastian Cork Sculptures, New York University, New York, NY
2004 Barbara Cohen: Fitchburg Museum, Fitchburg, MA
2003 Barbara Cohen, Beachfront Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2000 Barbara Cohen: New Paintings, The Schoolhouse Center, Provincetown, MA
1999 Barbara Cohen: The Schoolhouse Center, Provincetown, MA
1997 Barbara Cohen: Portraits, Santa Monica Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993 Barbara Cohen: Painted Polaroids Past/Present,Panopticon Gallery,Boston,MA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Barbara Cohen: New work from Paros Island, Greece, Cycladic Arts Gallery, Alyki, Paros Island, Greece
2024 bad habit art & design Provincetown, MA
2024 Invitational Four Eleven Gallery Provincetown, MA
2023 Shelters, Farm Projects, Wellfleet, MA 
2022-14 AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2022 Barbara Cohen, Home and Housing, Farm Projects, Welfleet, MA
2022 Barbara Cohen, Cubes, AMP Gallery, Provincetown MA
2022 Members Juried, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2022 Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown, MA
2022 AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2017 Displacement Series, Zurcher Gallery, New York, NY
2015 24th Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
2010 Stranger Series, Paintings and Sculpture, Cape Cod Museum, Dennis, MA
2010 Invitational Drawing Show, Danese Gallery, New York, NY
2008-06 Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2006 Sebastian Cork Series, Paintings and Sculpture, Three Person Exhibition,
2006 Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2003 Invitational, Gary Snyder Gallery, New York, NY
2000-02 Invitational, The Schoolhouse Center, Provincetown, MA

Grants and Fellowships
1991 The Polaroid Artist Support Program, Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA
1990 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
1990 Artist Foundation, Massachusetts Artist Fellowship Program, Boston, MA
1989 Blanche E. Colman Award, The Boston Company, Boston, MA

Residencies
2024 Cycladic Art Residency, Paros Island, Greece
2022 Skopelos Foundation for the Arts Residency, Skopelos, Greece
2013 Emily Harvey Foundation Residency, Venice, Italy
2011 Emily Harvey Foundation Residency, Venice, Italy
1989 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweetbriar, VA
1985 The Vermont Studio Colony, Johnson, VT

Bibliography
2024 Brown, Susan Rand. Provincetown ARTS, Provincetown, MA
2022 Alvin, Rebecca. Our Provincetown: Intimate Portraits by Barbara Cohen, Provincetown Magazine, July 14, 2022
2021 Winston, Elizabeth. Our Provincetown, Provincetown Arts, Provincetown, MA
2021 Parker, Teresa. The Journey, The Independent, Provincetown, MA
2021 Tamora Israel, Intimate Portraits, THE BANNER, Provincetown, MA
2021 Von der Wende, Andre , Arts & Minds, The Independent, Provincetown, MA
2021 Saskia Maxwell Keller, Arts and Minds, The Independent, Provincetown, MA
2021 Rita Fucillo, Farm Stand, Art New England, Orleans, MA
2019 Braverman, Melanie. Life Jackets, Provincetown Arts, Provincetown, MA
2016 Brown, Susan Rand. Displacement Camps, Art New England, Boston, MA
2015 Brown, Susan Rand. It Takes a Town, Provincetown Banner, Provincetown, MA
2014 Brown, Susan Rand. Venetian Slings, Art New En gland, Boston, MA
2013 Brown, Susan Rand. Illuminating, Provincetown Banner, Provincetown, MA
2012 Minsky, Deborah. Neon Light's, Provincetown Banner, Provincetown, MA
2010 Drake, Gillian. Moving On, Cape Arts Review, Cape Cod, MA
2010 Artscope, Gallery Ehva, Barbara Cohen, Provincetown, MA
2010 Brown, Susan Rand. Cohen's Love Affair, Provincetown Banner, Provincetown, MA
2010 Tufts Magazine, The Polaroid Resurrected, Medford, MA
2010 Blau, Reva. Provincetown Banner, Provincetown, MA
2009 Winston, Elizabeth. Alive and Well, Cape Arts Review, Cape Cod, MA
2009 Desroches, Steve. The Memory, Provincetown Magazine, Provincetown, MA
2009 Harrison, Sue. Long Way Home, Provincetown Banner, Provincetown, MA
2007 Brown, Susan Rand. I like that Editing of Life, Provincetown ARTS, Provincetown,
2007 Cohen, Barbara. Painter/Sculptor, Cape Cod Life Magazine, Orleans, MA
2005 Kadoor, Ric. Art New England, Boston, MA
2004 Wood, Anne. Provincetown Banner, Provincetown, MA
2003 Sperry, Jennifer. Barbara Cohen, New Paintings, Cape Cod Arts, Cape Cod, MA
2003 Brown, Susan Rand. Cohen in New York, Provincetown Banner, Provincetown, MA
2002 Driscoll, Kathi Scrizzi. Lighting up Cape Cod, Cape Cod Times, Orleans, MA
2002 Harrison, Sue. Cohen Goes Public, Provincetown Banner, Provincetown, MA
2002 Lindstrom, Rena. Provincetown Magazine, Provincetown, MA
2002 Doty, Mark. August By The Sea, Out Magazine, New York, NY
2002 Gilbert, Mathew. New Books, Boston Sunday Globe, Boston MA
2002 Susan Seligson, Provincetown East/West, Provincetown Arts, Provincetown, MA
2002 Tufts Magazine, Provincetown East/West, Medford, MA
1997 Neprew, Ned. Provincetown on the Hudson, Provincetown Arts, Provincetown, MA

Publications
Cohen, Barbara E. Our Provincetown, Provincetown, MA, Provincetown Arts Press, 2021
Cohen, Barbara E. Venzia: Essenze, Venice, Italy, Damocle, 2013
Cohen, Barbara E. New York Love Affair, Provincetown, MA, Fields Publications, 2010
Cohen, Barbara E. Dog In The Dunes Revisited, Provincetown, MA,Fields Publications, 2005
Cohen, Barbara E. Provincetown, Hanover, MA, University Press of New England, 2002
Cohen, Barbara E. Dog in the Dunes, Kansas City, MO, Andrews McMeel, 1998
Cohen, Barbara E. and Taylor, Louise. Women’s Best Friend, New York, NY, Little Brown and Co., 1996
Cohen, Barbara E. and Taylor, Louise. Horses and their Women, New York, NY: Little Brown and Co., 1993
Cohen, Barbara E. and Taylor, Louise. Cats and their Women, New York, NY: Little Brown and Co., 1992
Cohen, Barbara E. and Taylor, Louise. Dogs and their Women, New York, NY: Little Brown and Co., 1989

Public Collections
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown MA
The New School, New York, NY
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA
Boston Public Library, Boston MA

Private Collections
Werner Kramarsky, New York, NY

Teaching
2019/2022 Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
1991/1992 Worcester Museum, Worcester, MA
1993/94 Winterium, Lawrence Academy, Groton , MA