About
Eileen Cohen is a Minneapolis-based ceramic artist and educator. She works as an Arts Educator and Exhibitions Coordinator at Silverwood Park, part of the Three Rivers Park District, and teaches clay classes to students of all ages and skills in her studio and at the Northern Clay Center. She creates large-scale wall installations using multiples to explore movement, flow, and density. Her work is found in private collections and exhibited locally and nationally. She holds an MFA in Ceramics from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and BFA from the University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
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eileendalecohen@gmail.com
Education
2003
MFA Ceramics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1996
BFA Ceramics, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Honors and Awards
2018
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grantee
2017
Third Place, Minnesota State Fair Bee & Honey Competition, Saint Paul, MN
2008
Jurors Award, Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists Exhibition, Northfield, MN
Media Winner, Saint Paul Art Crawl, Saint Paul, MN
2006
Second Place, Minnesota State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Saint Paul, MN
2004
McKnight Artist Residency, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Juror’s Award, Materials: Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2003
Artist Residency, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
2000
Third Place, Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
1999
Merit Award, Clayfest XI, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
1998
Second Place, Chester County Art Association 1998 Sculpture Show, West Chester, PA
1996
George Nocito Art Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Permanent installationS
2023
SFM Mutual Insurance Company, Bloomington, MN
Create Studio, Minneapolis, MN
Designers Guild Building, Minneapolis, MN
Private Residence, Deephaven, MN
2021
Private Residence, Minneapolis, MN
Private Residence, Edina, MN
2019
Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, MN
Private Residence, Minneapolis, MN
EXHIBITIONS
*designates solo show
2023
Window Dressing, Bumbershute, Edina, MN
Art Stat Exhibition, Mill City Clinic, Minneapolis, MN
2022
Chroma: A Spectrum of Beauty, MSP, Terminal 1, Minneapolis, MN
*Wallflower, Riverland Community College, Austin, MN
Menagerie: Animals in Art, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
2019
Spectral Matters, Bethel University, Saint Paul, MN
Chronicled in Clay: Ceramics and the Art of the Story, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
2018
MNWCA Group Show, MSP, Terminal 2, Minneapolis, MN
A Vibrant Clay Community, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
Ceramic Biennial Exhibition, Concordia University, Saint Paul, MN
2017
* Dressing Room, Ridgewater College, Willmar, MN
2016
* For the Frill of It, The Gage Family Art Gallery, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
* Dressing Room, Ridgewater College, Hutchinson, MN
Keeping Nearly Upright, Gallery 71, Edina, MN
2015
Untitled: A Show about Nature, University of Minnesota, Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center, Minneapolis, MN
Art-A-Whirl, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, MN
North of the 45th Exhibition, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Members Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2014
* The Trophy Room, Joseph Gazzuolo Fine Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Sculptura Curiosa, Douglas Flanders Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Made in Minnesota, Catherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2013
Artists at NCC Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2012
St Paul Art Crawl, Tilsner Artist Cooperative, Saint Paul, MN
2011
St Paul Art Crawl, Northern Warehouse, Saint Paul, MN
2010
Shine, Peach, a Multi-Purpose Art Space, Saint Paul, MN
St Paul Art Crawl, Northern Warehouse, Saint Paul, MN
2009
Artists at NCC Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
St Paul Art Crawl, Northern Warehouse, Saint Paul, MN
2008
St Paul Art Crawl, Northern Warehouse, Saint Paul, MN
Ultimate Landscapes, Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
Not Not Clay: Really Contemporary Ceramics, Gallery 13, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists 2008 Exhibition, Northfield, MN
* Light in Darkness, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS
MN State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Saint Paul, MN
2007
Two Person Show, Phipps Center for the Arts & Hudson Hospital, Hudson, WI
St Paul Art Crawl, Northern Warehouse, Saint Paul, MN
Artists at NCC Exhibition, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2006
MN State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Saint Paul, MN
6 McKnight Artists on Tour, Locations in MN and WI
2005
6 McKnight Artists, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
Materials: Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
AIR Show, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
2004
Craft Forms 2004, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA
AIR Show, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
Fifteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX
Starbrick Clay National 2004, Starbrick Clay, Nelsonville, OH
Materials: Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
2003
Craft Forms 2003, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2002
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Indiana University Art Museum, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
National Society of Arts and Letters Showcase of Art, Bloomington Chapter, Bloomington, IN
Indiana University Bloomington Invitational, Urban Designs, Manhattan, KS
MFA Student Exhibitions, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2001
Indiana University Bloomington Ceramics Invitational Exhibition, The Art Gallery, Hanover College, Hanover, IN
MFA Student Exhibitions, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Chairs, Bellevue Art Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2000
Feats of Clay, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
National Society of Arts & Letters Showcase of Art, Bloomington Chapter, Bloomington, IN
Book Structures, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Chestnut Branches Art Project, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
MFA Student Exhibitions, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1999
National Society of Arts & Letters Showcase of Art, Bloomington Chapter, Bloomington, IN
Clayfest XI, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
16 Visions: Ceramic Artists at Indiana University, SoFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1998
Chester County Art Association 1998 Sculpture Show, West Chester, PA
Book Arts 1982-1997, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1997
Perkiomen Valley Art Center 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Pottstown, PA
Solo Exhibition, The Gallery of Don Thompson, Pottstown, PA
Solo Exhibition, The David Frain Salon, Pottstown, PA
1996
National Works on Paper, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Natterings, BFA Thesis Show, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
1994
Undergraduate Student Show, University of Delaware, Newark, DE