Maria Cohen is a UK-based multidisciplinary artist who graduated from Camberwell College of Arts with an MA in Fine Art Painting in 2021. Her work explores the topics of sexuality and identity through the use of diverse media and a repetitive image of a rabbit as an alter-ego and symbol to represent both themselves and society. Maria’s studies at UAL were supported by Art Ambassador Awards, and she was involved in the development of a curatorial project at the Copeland Gallery in London 2021.
education:
2020-2021 Camberwell College of Arts, London, MA Painting
2019-2020 ICA Moscow, MA History and Philosophy of Art
2010-2016 V. Surikov State Academy Art Institute, Moscow, Russia, Master of Fine Art
2004-2009 College of Performing Arts, Moscow, Russia, Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons)
selected solo:
2023 "Zero Gravity" Voskhod Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
group exhibitions:
2024 "Woolwich Contemporary Art Fair," London
2023 "Ego Dialogue" Regroup Collective Exhibition, Greatorex Street Gallery, London
2023 "Undercurrents" Adelaide Crescent, Brighton and Hove
2023 "Zero Gravity" Voskhod Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2022 "Regroup" Regroup Collective Exhibition, Espacio Gallery, London
2022 "Still Happening" Kupfer Gallery, London
2022 "Intimacy" Regroup Collective Exhibition, Fitzrovia Gallery
2022 "X-Nowness" Collective Exhibition Supported by Voice of Culture, Basel Art Center
2021 "London Grads Now" Saatchi Gallery, London
2021 "Regroup Collective" No Format Gallery Group Show, London
2021 South London Gallery, UAL MA Fine Art Graduate Showcase, London
2021 "Unmuted" MAFA Interim Group Show, Copeland Gallery, London
2020 "The 2nd Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art"
2020 "Baseless" Winzavod, Moscow Centre for Contemporary Art
2020 Online Exhibition "#ямогуговорить"
2020 "The Event or Chaos as a Form of an Order" Solo Exhibition, Sokol Residence
2019 "What Did You Listen" Performance, MOMMA, Moscow
2019 "Dismorphophobia, or the War Within Your Mind," MOMMA, Moscow
2019 "Communities and Spaces" Exhibition, Winzavod, Moscow Center for Contemporary Art
curatorial projects:
2023 "Pray & Sacrifice" Public Art, Series of Performances on the Streets Around Tel Aviv, Israel
2023 "Undercurrents" Artists Open Houses, Brighton, UK
2022-2023 "Dealing with Toxic Masculinity" Series of Performances on the Streets Around London (Soho, Shoreditch, Greenwich)
2023 "Zero Gravity" Voskhod Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2022 "Intimacy" Fitzrovia Gallery, Regroup Collective, Instagram: @regroupcollective
2019 "What Did You Listen" Performance, MOMMA, Moscow
2019 "Dismorphophobia, or the War Within Your Mind," Regroup FYFM, MOMMA, Moscow
2019 "Paradise Will Be Sold Tomorrow," Regroup FYFM
2019 "Communities and Spaces" Winzavod, Moscow Center for Contemporary Art
honors / awards:
2024 Shortlisted for "Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair," London, UK
2022 Project "Rabbits Choice," A-List Society of American Art
2020 UAL International Postgraduate Scholarship
2016 Honorable Mention Award for Achievements in Fine Arts, V. Surikov State Academy Art Institute, Russian Academy of Arts
2016 Shortlisted for Online Selection, Marchionni Prize, MAGMMA Museum, Villacidro, Italy
residencies:
2024 Art Residence at the Vera Hotel, Tel Aviv
2022-2023 Art Residence at the Empress Place, London
2021 Camberwell College of Art, Summer Residence, London
2019 Chekhov API, Scientific Creative Residence, Moscow Region
2018 International Residence, Kyrgyzstan