Joseph Cohen

Photo credit: Natan Dvir.

Joseph Cohen (b. 1982, Houston, Texas) is an American artist whose work examines the relationship between perception, materiality, and the aspects of human experience that exist beyond the visible world. Working at the intersection of painting, material science, and optics, Cohen creates tactile artworks that investigate presence, time, and the limits of human perception.

His ongoing Proposition series is developed through an accumulation of gestures, decisions, and materials over extended periods, with each painting becoming a record of sustained attention and the belief that our identities are shaped by the actions and experiences we accumulate, including those that are no longer visible. His interdisciplinary practice incorporates advanced materials, including separated carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, and specialized pigments that exhibit optical properties beyond the visible spectrum.
For more than a decade, Cohen has collaborated with scientists and researchers at institutions including Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rice University, and Houston Methodist Research Institute. His collaboration with the Heller Lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering contributed to research published in Nature Communications in 2019, demonstrating the potential for artistic experimentation to inform scientific innovation. Cohen’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including his 2026 solo exhibition To Be Here at Friedrichs Pontone in New York.
Proposition 504 (2025): Separated carbon nanotubes, surfactant, binder, pigment, tracer dyes, gold, and iron on 600 lb. Arches 30″x22″
Proposition 533 (2026): Separated carbon nanotubes, surfactant, binder, pigment, tracer dyes, gold, and iron on 600 lb. Arches 40″x59″ (paper)
Proposition 531 (2026): Separated carbon nanotubes, surfactant, binder, pigment, tracer dyes, gold, wax, and iron on 600 lb. Arches 30″x22″ (paper)
Joseph Cohen

Joseph Cohen

Photo credit: Natan Dvir. Joseph Cohen (b. 1982, Houston, Texas) is an American artist whose work examines the relationship between perception, materiality, and the aspects of human experience that exist beyond the visible world. Working at the intersection of...

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Joseph Cohen

Steve Greene

Steve Greene was born in 1955 and grew up in a small farming town in Arkansas. He moved to New York City in 1978, where he studied at Pratt Institute, receiving a BFA in illustration. Greene has had nine solo shows, including five with FROSCH&CO since 2011. His...

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Joseph Cohen

Channing Hansen

Channing Hansen (b. 1972) explores ideas of connection through his abstract knitted forms. He collects, processes, and dyes raw fleece from conservation-bred sheep. After spinning fleece into yarn, Hansen transforms the material into complex forms through knitting,...

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Kirsten Batten-Leach

Kirsten Batten-Leach is an interdisciplinary artist who makes sculptures and performances about carework and bodily autonomy. She creates a record of these durational works in the form of photography and drawing. Her background as a former ballet dancer and domestic...

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Rana Begum

SCAD Savannah – Fall 2025 – Exhibitions – Rana Begum – “Reflection” – Artist Portrait – SCAD Museum of Art – Photography Courtesy of SCAD Born in Bangladesh in 1977, Begum lives and works in London. In 1999, Begum graduated with a BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College...

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Loren Erdrich

Loren Erdrich (b. 1978) lives and works in New York City. Her undergraduate degrees include a BA, magna cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA (2000) and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, IL (2005). In 2007...

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Annie Hémond Hotte

Annie Hémond Hotte (b. 1980, Montreal, Canada; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York) received her MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2009, where she was awarded the Warden Purchase Prize. In 2023, she received the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist...

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Ana Segovia

Ana Segovia produces images through paintings that subvert the heteronormativity of popular imaginaries. The artist revisits mythical scenes and figures from industries like film and sports, reconfiguring their hegemonic role as idealized models of masculinity. An...

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Erin Milez

credit Ryan Warner-2026 Erin Milez (b. 1994, Pittsburgh, PA) received a MFA from New York Academy of Art, NY and a BA from Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA. Her work has recently been exhibited at Studio E, Seattle; Seattle Pacific University, Seattle Pacific...

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Janet Biggs

Photo of the artist filming in Antarctica. Photo credit: Robert Cmar Janet Biggs’s work focuses on extreme landscapes and situations, drawing connections between physical terrains and psychological, societal, or political dynamics. She has had solo exhibitions, film...

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