Exhibition History
Exhibition History
This listing reflects the most complete information available at the time of publication of Cora Cohen (Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2026). * denotes the publication of an accompanying catalogue and/or essay.
Solo Exhibitions
2020s
Cora Cohen A Decade: 2012–22, Greene Naftali, New York, September 12–November 1, 2025
Cora Cohen: Works from the 1980s, Morgan Presents, New York, September 15–October 18, 2022
2010s
Bridge Freezes Before the Road: Drawings, New York Studio School Gallery, New York, May 31–July 10, 2016
Cora Cohen and Susanne Doremus: Collaborations, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, October 7–29, 2016
Cora Cohen–auf Papier, Galerie Hafemann, Wiesbaden, Germany, September 6–October 11, 2013
The Responsibility of Forms, Guided by Invoices, New York, February 15–March 30, 2013
Recent Paintings, Heather Gaudio Fine Art, New Canaan, Connecticut, September 29–November 29, 2012
*Works on Paper, d. m. allison art, Houston, January 14–March 3, 2012
Altered X-Rays, Field Institute Hombroich, Museum Insel Hombroich, Neuss, Germany, June 17–26, 2011
field notes, Project Room #50, Dinter Fine Art, September–October 2011, http://www.dinterfineart.com/html/project_cohen.html
2000s
Come in a Little Closer: Recent Paintings, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, October 17–November 22, 2008
*Oblique Forms: Spray Paint Paintings, Photographs, The Hybrid Indexical Adventure Series, Abaton Garage, Jersey City, New Jersey, September 9–October 31, 2007
*Paintings and Drawings, Markus Winter Gallery, Berlin, February 11–March 31, 2007
Strange Fruit, Abaton Garage, Jersey City, New Jersey, May 1–31, 2005
New Paintings, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, January 2005
Cora Cohen: Recent Paintings, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, September 30–October 29, 2004
Questions of Nature: Uncharted Space and Wasted Time, National Focus Artist, The 1912 Gallery, Emory & Henry College, Emory, Virginia, October 21–December 10, 2003
Space, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2002
Paintings, McCoy Chelsea, New York, February–April, 2001
1990s
Paintings and Altered X-Rays, Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Belvederestrasse 149a, Cologne, 1999
New Paintings, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1999
Works on Paper, Upstairs Hering Raum Bonn, Germany, 1998
Cora Cohen, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, 1998
The Mob Within the Heart, Hering Raum Bonn, Germany, 1997
Cora Cohen: Recent Paintings, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, September 10–November 1, 1997
Cohen/Koberling, Hering Raum Bonn, Germany, 1997
*Cora Cohen: paintings and Altered X-rays, 1983–1996, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, April 5–May 3, 1996 and Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, August 31–October 13, 1996
*Cora Cohen, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, October 26–December 3, 1994
Cora Cohen: Works on Paper, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, 1994
New Arts Program, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, 1993
Recent Paintings, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, 1993
A/C Project Room, New York (Cora Cohen/Annie Deleporte), 1992
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, 1990
1980s
Wolff Gallery, New York, 1988
Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, 1984
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey, 1983
Dunne/Steen Fine Arts, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1981
Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, 1980
1970s
Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, New York, 1979
State University of New York at Oneonta, New York, 1977
Soho Center for Visual Artists, New York (Cora Cohen/Susan Fortgang), 1976
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, 1974
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, 1972
Group Exhibitions
2020s
Taking Form: Mark Making as Picture Building, Morgan Presents, New York, September 4–October 18, 2025
2010s
Discourse: Abstract, organized by Gayle Ruskin, Anita Rogers Gallery, New York, September 5–October 6, 2018
Four Degrees of Abstraction, curated by Anne-Brigitte Sirois, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, June 21–July 28, 2018
Three Days at Custom Cabinets, Los Angeles, 2018
The Greatest Show on Earth, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, January 6–March 25, 2018
Hand Over Hand, Jiun Ho at Dennis Miller Associates, New York, May 22–September 30, 2017
Bluets, curated by Sofia Leiby, Burning in Water, New York, March 10–April 22, 2017
Sideshow Nation V: Thru the Rabbit Hole 2, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, January 7–February 26, 2017
Machines of Paint and Other Materials, curated by Jennifer Riley, Studio1046, Brooklyn, September 10–October 2, 2016
*Artists’ Painters, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, June 12–August 21, 2016
Shaky Ground, curated by D. Dominick Lombardi, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, January 8–February 14, 2016
Sideshow Nation IV: Thru the Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, January 19–March 20, 2016
Salon du Dessin, Lennon, Weinberg, Inc., New York, 2015
Paperazzi IV, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, 2015
Sideshow Nation III: Circle the Wagons!!!, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, January 10–March 15, 2015
Le Show des Amis, Show Room, Brooklyn, 2014
Urban Virtue: Paintings by Cora Cohen and Susanne Doremus, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, October 9–November 7, 2014
Making Space, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, April 9–May 3, 2014
Sensitive Instruments, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, February 7–March 15, 2014
Paperazzi 3, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, January 13–February 12, 2012
Sideshow Nation II: At the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, January 4–March 3, 2014
Painting in the Expanded Field, Mary S. Byrd Gallery of Art, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, January 16–February 13, 2014
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Industry City, Brooklyn, October 20–December 15, 2013
Season Review, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, 2013
Signs and Systems, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, 2013
Signature Works, Guided by Invoices, New York, 2013
Paperazzi 2, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, 2013
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, 2013
Assembly 2012, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, 2012
Paper Band, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, 2012
Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 2012
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts 2012, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 2012
I Surrender, devening projects + editions, Chicago, 2012
Hex, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, 2012
Mic: check (occupy), Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, January 7–February 26, 2012
American Women, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2011
Drawn out Death, curated by Angel Quesada and Rolando Reyna; Talento Bilingue de Houston, Houston, 2011
Polis, curated by Markus Winter, Art Blog Art Blog, New York, 2011
Scripted, curated by Todd Keyser, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, 2011
70 Years of Abstract Painting—Excerpts, Jason McCoy Gallery Inc., New York, 2011
IT’S ALL GOOD!! apocalypse now, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, January 8–February 20, 2011
*Carl Plansky and Friends, Sam and Adele Golden Gallery, New Berlin, New York, September 25–November 20, 2010
This World, Other World, curated by David Grozinsky, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, Vermont, 2010
The Feminine in Abstract Painting: new works by Cora Cohen, Melanie Parke, Kiki Slaughter, Margie Stewart, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, 2010
It’s a Wonderful 10th, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, 2010
2000s
*Strokes, curated by John Pomara, Visual Arts Building: Main Gallery, The University of Texas at Dallas, September 25–October 18, 2009
Group Exhibition, William Shearburn Gallery, Santa Fe, 2009
It’s a Wonderful Life, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, 2009
Shape Shifters: New York Painters, curated by James Biederman, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, 2008
Back to the Drawing Board, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, 2008
No Words And Words On Paper, Stalke Kirke Sonnerup, Denmark, 2007
Dutch Barn Fall Show, curated by Rose Burlingham, Clinton Corners, New York, 2007
Painters of California and New York, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2007
Art Connections 4r, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, 2007
im + provisus: Compositions in Jazz, curated by Alison Nichols Ferring and Eva Lundsager, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 2003
Painting Painting, N3 Project Space, Brooklyn, 2003
Back to the Future, curated by Michael St. John and Jason Duval, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, 2002
CEPA Benefit Art Auction, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 2002
*The Five and Dime Series, The Record, the Death, the Surprise, Jan Van der Donk, New York, March 7–April 8, 2001
Celebrating Yaddo Artists, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, 2001
1990s
Group show, organized by Stefanie Hering, Oppenhoff and Rädler, Leipzig, 1999
Stockholm Art Fair, with Galerie Mariann Ahnlund, Stockholm, 1999
*Immediacies of the Hand: Recent Abstract Painting in New York, curated by Carter Ratcliff and Kim Sobel, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York, February 25–April 17, 1999
Positionen 33 Painting, Hering Raum Stahlwerk Willich, Willich, Germany, 1999
Selected Paintings, McCoy Kansas City, Missouri, 1999
Painting New York/Copenhagen, Stalke Out of Space, Copenhagen, 1998
*Art On Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, November 8, 1998–January 10, 1999
Stockholm Art Fair with Galerie Mariann Ahnlund, Stockholm, 1998
Group show, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, 1999
Lilith, curated by Stephanie Theodore; The Workspace at Dolgenos, Newman, & Cronin, New York, 1998
Absolute Surprise to Benefit the Royal College of Art and the New York Studio School, David McKee Gallery, New York, 1998
Coalition for the Homeless Benefit Exhibition and Auction, The Puck Building, New York, 1998
*The Tsagaris/Hilberry Collection: A Sustaining Passion, Dubuque Museum of Art, Iowa, April 13–June 28, 1998 and The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, May 21–July 23, 2000
Pool, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, 1997
Abstract Painting, curated by Jeffrey Wasserman, Carrie Hadad Gallery, Hudson, New York, 1997
*After the Fall: Aspects of Abstract Painting Since 1970, curated by Lilly Wei, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York, March 27–September 7, 1997
Import/Export, presented by Stefanie Hering at Auto Kaiser, Cologne, Germany, 1996
Cohen, Dagly, Dahn, Penck, others, Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Cologne, Germany, 1996
Group Show, Galleri Mariann Ahnlund, Umeå, Sweden, 1996
Accrochage, Hering Raum Bonn, Germany, 1996
Cora Cohen, Leslie Kamen, Robert Mallary, Mitchell Algus Gallery, New York, 1996
Salon des Tree, Central Park, New York, 1995
*In Search of the Pleasure Principle, CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York, April 8–May 26, 1995
*New York University 1995 Faculty Show, Apex Art, New York, 1995
Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians Gallery, New York, 1995
Freedom—Discipline—Abstraction, Trans Hudson Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1994
Heterogeneity, Abstraction and Virtual Space, curated by Leonard Bullock, Out of the Blue Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1994
Mirage, with McClelland, Nelson, Szold, Whitten, Penine Hart Gallery, New York, 1994
Abstract Paintings, Klein Art Works, Chicago, 1994
Small Format Abstract Paintings, Bill Maynes Contemporary Art, New York, 1994
Group show, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, 1994
*Contemporary American Artists, US Embassy, Manila, Philippines, 1994
Libidinal Painting, curated by Bill Arning; White Columns, New York, 1993
30th Anniversary Exhibition of Drawings for the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, 1993
Inaugural Show 1993, The Painting Center, New York, 1993
New Works by Gallery Artists, Jason McCoy Inc., New York, 1993
Introductions, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, 1992
Contemporary Surfaces, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, 1992
An Esemplastic Shift, A/C Project Room, New York, 1992
*Painting Self-Evident: Evolution in Abstraction, curated by Katherine Porter, Piccolo Spoleto, Charleston, South Carolina, May 20–June 28, 1992
Painting Invitational, with Bloodgood, Bullock, Kinmont, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, March 28–April 25, 1992
Multiple Grounds, Sytsema Galleries, Baarn, the Netherlands, 1992
The Fetish of Knowledge, A/C Project Room, New York, 1992
Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, John Post Lee Gallery, New York, 1992
Shades of Difference, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, 1992
*Strategies for the Next Painting, curated by Saul Ostrow and Jamie Wolff, Wolff Gallery, New York, and Feigen Gallery, Chicago, February 23–March 30, 1991
Painting the Dematerialized Ego, with Fitzgerald and Boocheever, Genovese Gallery, Boston, 1990
Postminimalism, Genovese Gallery, Boston, 1990
Serial Drawings, Genovese Gallery, Boston, 1990
The Radiant Principle, Penine Hart Gallery, New York, 1990
1980s
A Decade of American Drawing: 1980–89, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, 1989
Methods of Abstraction, Urban Gallery, New York, 1989
Among Them, But Not Of Them, with Fisher, Heilmann, Sarat, Saxon-Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, 1988
Six Abstract Painters, Penine Hart Gallery, New York, 1988
Aspects of Abstraction, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, 1988
Group Revelations, The Harcus Gallery, Boston, 1988
The Presence of Nature: Some American Paintings, curated by Beth Urdang, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, 1987
*Art Against AIDS, curated by Robert Rosenblum, Dia Art Foundation, New York, June 4–July 4, 1987
Contemporary and Modern Masters, Lever/Meyerson Galleries, New York, 1987
Painting Invitational, Bette Stoler Gallery, New York, 1987
Paintings and Sculpture by Candidates for Art Awards, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, 1987
*Painting as Landscape: Views of American Modernism, curated by Klaus Kertess, Baxter Art Gallery, Pasadena, California, March 13–May 5, 1985, and Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, August 4–September 22, 1985
The Non-Objective World, curated by Stephen Westfall, Kamikaze, New York, 1985
Figures of Paint, curated by Klaus Kertess, Cable Gallery, New York, 1984
Abstract Substance and Meaning: Painting by Women Artists, College Art Association Conference, New York, 1982
1970s
*New Options in Painterly Abstraction, Cadman Plaza East Courthouse, Brooklyn, 1979
*New Talent, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, 1976
Invitational Exhibition, Deitcher/O’Reilly Gallery, New York, 1976