Mina Cohen

BORN
Toronto, Canada 1951

EDUCATION
University of California, San Diego, BFA 1974
Sacramento State University, MA 1978

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2001 Partners Gallery, Little River, California

2000 Mendocino College, Ukiah, California

1999 Abington Friends School, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC

1997 Frameworks Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA., in conjunction with Anne Frank in the World, Karpeles Manuscript Library

1996 Westmount College, Santa Barbara, CA.

1995 Intercultural Center, Sonoma State
University, Cotati, California
Fort Bragg Center for the Arts, Fort Bragg,
California

1992 College of the Redwoods, Fort Bragg, California

1991 Open Studios, Trees of Life Installation,
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA.

1990 What's Afoot Gallery, Caspar, California

1987 Open Studios, Tribes Series, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA.

1984 Lawson Galleries, San Francisco

1981 Studio Exhibition, Aleph Bet Series, San
Francisco

1980 Dana Reich Gallery, San Francisco

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2000 Partners Gallery Invitational, Little River, CA.

1999 Igniting the Edge, Women's Caucus for Art, Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles,CA.

1997 Miriam's Cup Invitational Exhibition, Ma'yan" Jewish Women's Project, NY

1995 Anne Frank in the World, International Travelling Exhibit

Two Person Exhibition, Scharffenberger Cellars, Philo, California

1994 Fort Bragg Center for the Arts
Invitational, Fort Bragg, Ca.
From the Heart of Women, Invitational,
Medocino Art Center

1993 Akiba Hebrew Academy Alumni Exhibition, Philadelphia Resistance & Rescue: Denmark's Response to the Holocaust, Jewish Museum, San Francisco

1992 Mina Cohen & Elizabeth Ross, Mendocino Art Center
Kaiser Center Oakland, Center for the Visual Arts Group Exhibit

1991 First Survey, North Light Gallery, Gualala,
California

1989 Artists Who Teach on the Mendocino Coast, Fort Bragg Center for Arts

1988 Emerging Mendocino, Mendocino Art Center
Especially for Children, Mendocino Art Center

1986 Inaugural Exhibition, Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, California.

1985 Especially for Children, Mendocino Art Center Winter Exhibition, Lawson Galleries, San Francisco

1984 Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, CA. Great Gifts in Small Packages, San Francisco Art Commission

1983 South of Market Cultural Center, San Francisco

1982 Crocker Bank, Oakland, CA. Open Studios, San Francisco

1978 San Francisco Arts Commission Festival

1977 Northern Calif. Arts, Inc. Annual Exhibition, Sacramento, CA. (hon. mention)
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco
Crocker Kingsley Annual Exhibition, Sacramento, CA.

 

 

TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
1998 to present Women Beyond Borders, exhibit of personal boxes (U.S., Europe, Asia)

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
1998 CAJE Conference, Miriam's Cup, San Antonio,
Texas

1997 Miriam's Cup, Moment Magazine, March, 1997

1996 Visiting Artist, San Francisco State University

1995 New Talent, Curator, Mendocino Art Center

1994 The Creative Process Lecture Series, Willits Arts Commission, Willits, CA.

1991 Arts & Entertainment Magazine, June issue

1987 Juror, Small Works, Mendocino Art Center

1984 Curator, Crocker Bank, Kaiser Center, Oakland, CA.

1981 Visiting Artist, University of California,
Berkeley

COLLECTIONS
Scharffenberger Cellars (Philo, CA),
Lloyds Bank (San Francisco),
Jewish Historical Society (Portland, Oregon), Temple Isaiah (Lafayette, CA.),
Numerous Private Collections (U.S. & Europe)

EMPLOYMENT
1999-Present, Adjunct Faculty, College of the Redwoods, Art History and Art Appreciation

1999 Instructor, Mendocino Middle School, Discovering Great Artists

1995 & 1996 Personal History Paintings, Project of Mendocino Grammar School

1994-97 Exhibitions Committee, Mendocino Art Center

1989-90 College of the Redwoods, Instructor, "Art Marketing Techniques"

1985-88 Mendocino Art Center, Fine Arts & Curriculum Coordinator

1974-76 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, Assistant Director

AFFILIATIONS
1999 Women's Caucus for the Arts

1989-present San Francisco Art Commission

1981-present Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, California

1979-present National Artists Equity

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