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STATEMENT
By integrating shapes into a cohesive body of colours and forms in
conjunction with collage elements, flowing ideas are arbitrarily
manifested that bring the viewer's attention to the brushstrokes,
mark-making and materiality on the surface of each painting.
However, the primary focus of Artist Wendy Cohen's practice is to
invite the viewer to enjoy each painting as she transform the static
space of each painting with synchronized contrasting colours
highlighting its vibrant chemistry and resonance.
EXIBITIONS
2020 February - Joint Show Art Gallery, Sydney
2020 February - Joint Show Are Gallery, Sydney
2019 March – The Other Art Fair, Sydney
2019 April – Group Show Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK
2019 May – Group show Rossobianco Gallery, Rome, Italy
2019 June – Group Show Houston, USA
2019 July – Joint show Factory 49, Sydney
2019 September – Group Show, Chelsea, New York, USA
2019 September – San Diego Art Fair, New York, USA
2019 October – The Other Art Fair, Sydney
2019 December – Art Basel, Miami, USA
2018 April - New York Art Show, New York
2018 September - Group Show, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York
2018 December - Art Basel Miami
2017 October/November - Post Graduate Show, National Art School,
Sydney, Australia
2016 October - NAS Library Stairwell, group show MFA Stage 1
2015 November - Graduate Art Show, National Art School, Sydney,
Australia
2015 February - New York Art Show, New York
2015 May - Grid Show group show, National Art School
2015 August - Crossing Borders group show, National Art School |
Wendy
Cohen is a Sydney based professional artist who is a graduate of the
National Art School, attaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2015 and a
Master of Fine Arts in 2017.
Wendy’s aim is to convey her own fetish, poetry and harmonious
rhythm to the paintbrush, developing playful imagery with an emotive
and inventive sensibility. The loose whimsical brushstrokes
concerned with Abstract Expressionism and the precise shapes with
Geometric Abstraction, are the composites of Wendy’s paintings. Her
practice focuses on the relationship of mark making, textured,
sweeping brush strokes, shapes, lines, forms and colours with the
relationship of natural and urban surroundings that are communicated
in a painterly abstracted language.
Her paintings are a visual syntax that entices the viewer to engage
in the joy of her oeuvre as the pageantry of the visual field of
hues, shapes, light and shadows create a playful freedom of
expression.
With a sense of curiosity, exploration and discovery, a lyrical
genre is created that results in spontaneous mark making as well as
an exciting interplay between the shapes, forms and colours imbued
with the ebb and flow of textured brush strokes and the alchemy of a
variation of colours.
This spectrum of colours offshoot the radiance of its hues to create
harmony, balance and most importantly mystery. Wendy interprets
colour with the sounds of the soul as being the transcendental
essence of music to give her paintings a lyrical expression that
captures the beauty of creation as well as her cultural influences.
But most importantly, the artist hand is visible to highlight
uncomplicated, and uncontrived yet organic compositions that also
incorporate collage elements.
In her textured mixed media paintings, elements of hessian,
cardboard, paper and recycled materials are collaged and brought
back to life in the creative form. Contrasts are achieved with a
variation of collage elements that create an interesting dichotomy
between the textured paint, the elements of materials and the
flatness of the surface.
Observation, intuition and imagination are key to Wendy’s process as
she responds to the interconnection of the world, but most
importantly she welcomes the viewer to participate in the mystery
and wonderment of her paintings translated onto the canvas with a
syncopated rhythm and beat. |
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1. BANGLE JANGLE DANGLE ENTANGLED, 2020 oil on canvas 61x91 cm.
Price $950
2. Bubble Shimmer, 2020 mixed media on canvas 51x51 cm. Price $750
3. BUBBLE BLING, 2020 mixed media on canvas 51x51 cm. Price $750
4.BUBBLE BLISS, 2020 mixed media on canvas 51x51 cm. Price $750
5. Bubble Ripples, 2020 mixed media on canvas 61x51 cm. Price $750
6. Holey Moley, 2020 mixed media on canvas 51x51 cm. Price $750
7. Rolling Holing Round, 2020 mixed media on canvas 51x51 cm.
Price $750
8. Shapes of Connection, 2019 oil on canvas 91x122 cm. Ft. Price
$1500
9. Small Steps Giant Leap, 2020 mixed media on canvas 105x105 cm.
Price $1200
10. UNCHAINED MELODY, 2020 acrylic and spray paint on canvas 51x61
cm. Price $850
11.Windmill Around, 2020 mixed media on canvas 51x51 cm. Price $750
12. HORIZON OF THE HEXAGON, 2019 mixed media on canvas, 90x78 cm.
Price $820 |
