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Brian D. Cohen is a printmaker and founder of Bridge Press, publisher of limited edition artist's books and etchings. Cohen has shown in many individual and group exhibitions, and his work is held by major private and public collections throughout the country. He has won several major international print competitions. Cohen has illustrated two natural science books and is a frequent contributor of artwork to literary reviews and other publications.
The process of etching is physical and elemental, requiring force and pressure, inviting aggression and then delicacy, conjoining fire, water, earth, and air. There is something about setting an image into metal that implies permanence, duration, and enduring presence, and I hope my images mirror the medium in that sense.
EDUCATION
MFA, Painting, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1984
BA, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, magna cum laude with High Honors in Fine Arts, 1981
Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1976-77
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founder and Owner, Bridge Press, Kennebunk, Maine, artist's books, etchings, and paintings, 1989 to present Instructor, Terracotta, online courses in History and Language of Art and Printmaking, History and Technique, spring and summer, 2021
Teacher, Drawing, Printmaking, Painting and Art History, The Putney School, Putney, Vermont, 1985 – 2011; 2017 to 2020
Senior Development Associate, The Putney School, 2013 – 2020
President, Idyllwild Arts Foundation, Idyllwild, California, 2011 – 2012
Dean of the Faculty, The Putney School, 1990 - 1992, 2008 - 2011, Chair, Arts Department, 1985 – 1993
Instructor, Printmaking and Painting, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont, 1995 and 2005
Instructor, ILEAD (Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth), Hanover, New Hampshire, 2004
Artistic Director and Master Printer, Two Rivers Printmaking Studios, White River Junction, Vermont, 2000 – 2003
Instructor, Department of Graduate Education, St. Michael’s College, Winooski, Vermont, 2003
Founding Director, Putney School Summer Programs, The Putney School, 1987 to 2001
Instructor, Intaglio Printmaking, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire, 2000
Instructor, Drawing and Painting, Community College of Vermont, Brattleboro, Vermont, 1994 - 95, 2001
Instructor, External Degree Program, Johnson State College, Johnson, Vermont, 1994 – 95
Adjunct Faculty, Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene, New Hampshire, 1994 – 95
Artist-Instructor, Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont, 1994 – 95
Assistant in Fine Arts and Coordinator of Comfort Gallery, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, 1984 – 85
Teaching Assistant, Drawing, Painting, and Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1982 – 83
COLLECTIONS (select) Library of Congress, Washington, DC Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Stanford University, Stanford, California Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Jacob Lawrence Foundation, Seattle, Washington Ken Burns, Florentine Films, Walpole, Vermont |
University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Wisconsin Yale Gallery of Art, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut DeCordova Museum of Art, Lincoln, Massachusetts Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut Special Collections, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado Bailey Howe Library, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont Baker Library, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania China Printmaking Museum, Guanlan, China Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire |
