Selected Works
Acostada 2, 1983 Oil on canvas 70 x 50 cm 27 1/2 x 19 1/2 in
Television, 1971 Oil on cardboard 33 x 26 cm 13 x 10 in
Fuga 3 , 1984 Oil on canvas 70 x 61 cm 27 1/2 x 24 in
Fuga- El sobretodo, 1984 Oil on canvas 61 x 74 cm 24 x 29 in
La gran mesa redonda, 1983 Oil on cardboard 80 x 100 cm 31 1/2 x 39 1/2 in
Las guias telefonicas, 1982 Oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 in
La madre en el sillon, 1998 Oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm 36 x 28 1/2 in
Enfrentados, 1985 Oil on canvas 81 x 60 cm 32 x 23 1/2 in
Mi madre en el ascensor, 1982 Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm 31 1/2 x 23 1/2 in
Linda Kohen
Born 1924 in Milan, Italy
The Italo-Uruguayan artist Linda Kohen was born in Milan in 1924. She lives and works in Montevideo. A member of the Taller Torres García since 1949, she then developed her art in a very personal, sensitive, metaphysical, and poetic way. She affirms that what has always motivated her was the mystery, the great mystery of life, and death. She has exhibited extensively, with solo shows in museums in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Italy, and the USA. Her works are part of public and private collections in South and North America, and Europe. Delmira Agustini Medal (2019), Figari Prize to artistic trajectory (2021) and Ordine all Merito della Repubblica d ́Italia (2023). Named Illustrious Citizen of Montevideo city (2024).
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Dibujar siempre (La meta es el origen) Sala Sáez del Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas, Montevideo, Uruguay
2023
Exilios, Museo Juan Manuel Blanes, Montevideo, Uruguay
2022
Linda Kohen, la persistencia de lo íntimo, Museo Figari, Montevideo, Uruguay
2020
Spare Room, Galería Piero Atchugarry, Miami, EEUU
2019
Una salida para el laberinto, Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Natura, Yacht Club Punta del Este, Maldonado, Uruguay
2017
Natura y El Hombre, Fundación Pablo Atchugarry, Maldonado, Uruguay
Caminos, Museo Mazzoni de Maldonado, Punta del Este, Uruguay
2015
Book Presentation, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
Amanti, Galería Ghelfi, Vicenza, Italia
Serigraphy, The Americas Collection, Florida, USA
2014
Dan Galería, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Instituto Italiano de Cultura, Montevideo, Uruguay
Cecilia de Torres Ltd, New York, USA
2013
Galla caffe', Vicenza, Italia
Vicenza Lovato - Arte Moderna e antiquariato
"Self Shadows" at The Americas Collection Gallery, Miami, USA Galeria Pueblo Garzón, Maldonado, Uruguay
2012
"SOLA" Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
"Siempre me ha gustado dibujar" Centro Cultral Borges, Viamonte y San Martin, Buenos Aires
Public Collections
Fundación Ortiz Gurdian, Nicaragua
MASP Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brasil
MOLAA - Museum Of Latin American Art, California, USA
Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, USA
MFA H, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
MAM Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina Museo de Bellas Artes Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina
Banco Central del Uruguay (BCU)
MACA, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Atchugarry, Maldonado, Uruguay
MNAV Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales del Uruguay
EAC, Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Museo Gurvich, Uruguay
MAAM Museo de Arte Americano de Maldonado, Uruguay
MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Uruguay
Museo de San José, San José Uruguay
Museo Juan Manuel Blanes, Montevideo, Uruguay
Biblioteca Nacional del Uruguay, BNU
Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Montevideo
Cátedra Alicia Goyena, Montevideo
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Comisión del Patrimonio Artístico y Cultural, Montevideo Casa de la Cultura de Maldonado, Maldonado
Liceo de San Carlos, Maldonado
Past Exhibition
Linda Kohen: Spare Room
September 16th, 2020 — November 14th, 2020
Spare Room presents the underlying memory of something long gone that permeates Kohen's seventy-year-long memoir. Having lived a life colored by uncertainty and departure, painting was Kohen's way to pin down the last trace of a memory before it disappeared from the world. Her 2005 painting-installation, El Gran Biombo, welcomes the spectator into the meticulously painted corridors of her home. During isolation Kohen reflected on her major installation, assembling an abundance of drawings which exercise a more minimal approach to depicting her home. Collectively, the exhibited works define her earnest and autobiographical approach to confronting the implications of image-making. Offering a new entry-point into the artist's compendious record of her personal life.
Video Podcast
Linda Kohen: Spare Room
Piero Atchugarry Gallery, in collaboration with The Americas Collection, presents Spare Room, a solo exhibition of recent drawings made in isolation by prolific painter Linda Kohen, alongside a selection of her paintings and her 2005 large-scale installation, El Gran Biombo. The exhibition's video podcast will premiere at 12pm on Saturday, October 31st.