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    DORIAN COHEN

    By means of a realistic figurative painting of classical tradition, Dorian Cohen focuses on the creation of urban imagery among landscapes, mirages and naturalistic genre scenes. Organized in a series of images, his work builds a genealogy of urban narratives by studying the pictorial and narrative mechanics at work between each of these series.

    Dorian Cohen is a young French painter born in 1987. He lives and works in Paris. He has a degree in urban design and engineering and is self-taught as a painter. His paintings were revealed to the art world in 2017 during the 62nd Montrouge Salon. In 2018, he won the Colas Foundation Award and in 2019 he was nominated for the 10th edition of the Sciences PO Contemporary Art Award.

    ENQUIRY

    Born in Paris in 1987,
    Lives in Paris, works in Aubervilliers

    EDUCATION
    Self-taught painter
    Degree in Urban Engineering (Bac +5), specialising in Urban Planning and Architecture, 2011

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2024
    The promise of blue, Long Story Short Gallery, New York City, USA

    2023
    Dans l’Intérieur des Silences, Galerie PARIS-B, Paris, France

    2021
    Bien que cela soit naturel, Galerie PARIS-B, Paris, France

    2020
    Même le ciel sera vert, UGC Artbox, Brussels, Belgium
    Nous danserons un jour ensemble, L’aparté, Iffendic, France

    2019
    Même le ciel sera vert, Galerie La Peau de l’Ours, Brussels, Belgium
    Des villes, des spectacles, une histoire, 2Angles, Flers, France
    Gardens, La Ritournelle, Chateauroux, France

    2016
    Itinere, L’ A.R.P.A.C., Montpellier, France

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2022
    Une Vie à l’Opéra, Galerie PARIS-B, Paris, France

    2021
    La Petite Collection, curated by Florence Lucas and Pauline Lisowski, Galerie Bertrand Grimont, Paris, France
    Here, There, Somewhere, Galerie Paris-B, Paris, France
    Echappée, curated by Élodie Bernard, Galerie LPD’O, Bruxelles, Belgique

    2020
    Jeune Création 70, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France
    Le pouvoir se charge de vous, Galerie Jeune Création, Romainville, France
    L’écho du silence, curated by Valérie Delaunay and Clarisse Russel, 16K, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
    Art au Centre #3, Liège, Belgique
    Momentum, curated by Gaya Goldcymer et Jonathan Taïeb, Galerie Episodique, Paris, France
    Lauréats du Prix Master Toile, Mairie de Barbezieux, Barbezieux Saint-Hilaire, France

    2019
    The Nationa(a)l artist supermarket, Brussels, Belgium
    10ème Edition du Prix Sciences Po, Paris, France
    Twenty Five elements, Espace Commines, Paris, France

    2018
    Fondation Colas, Paris, France
    Park, Atelier W, duo with Lucie Douriaud, Pantin, France
    Repetition as originality, 6B, Saint-Denis, France

    2017
    L’esprit du temps, curated by l’Association Florence, Espace Commines, Paris, France
    Kids Commissaires du Salon de Montrouge, Galerie Arty Family, Paris, France
    62ème Salon de Montrouge, curated by Ami Barak and Marie Gautier, Montrouge, France
    L’Urbain, curated by Gaya Goldcymer and Jonathan Taïeb, Galerie Episodique, Paris, France

    2016
    La mètis du renard et du poulpe, Cabane Georgina #03, Marseille, France
    CRAC 2016, Salle Jean-Morlet, Champigny-sur-Seine, France

    2015
    Parcours d’Artistes, Les Passerelles, Pontault Combault, France
    Rêver peut-être, Galerie La Ralentie, Paris, France

    AWARDS AND GRANTS

    2020
    Winner of the grants Master Toile

    2019
    Sciences Po Prize for Contemporary Art, nominated
    Le Souffle, Sion, winner of the BeeMedias gran

    2018
    Winner of the Fondation Colas

    2017
    Nominated at the 62nd Salon de Montrouge, curated by Ami Barak and Marie Gautier

    RESIDENCIES

    2022
    Creative residency at Therapeia, Paxos, Greece

    2019
    Creative residency at L’Aparté, Trèmelin, France
    Creative residency at 2angles, Flers, France
    Residency at Le Souffle, mécénat du groupe Bee Media 2019 (postponed sine die), Sion-Vaudémont, France

    COLLECTIONS

    Fondation Colas
    Klimatik Collection
    Fond d’Art Contemporain de la Ville d’Aubervilliers
    Fond d’Art Contemporain Ville d’Ivry-sur-Seine
    Collection de l’Association Florence pour l’Art Contemporain

    PUBLICATIONS

    2020
    Nous danserons un jour ensemble, published by L’ Aparté Centre d’Art

    2017
    Catalogue du 62ème Salon de Montrouge
    L’ Art et ses Objets, Gaya Goldcymer, published by Galerie Episodique

    2016
    Exhibition catalogue CRAC 2016, Biennale de Champigny-sur-Marne, 2016

    ​TV / VIDEO / PODCAST

    2021
    Podcast A l’atelier, a conversation with Julie Chaizemartin, Art District Radio

    2020
    Podcast Dorian’s studio, The Room Projects
    Podcast Nous danserons un jour ensemble, Radio C-LAB, Rennes

    2018
    Short film, Dorian Cohen, WIPART

    2017
    Coulisses-Les grands de demain s’exposent, Télématin, France 2

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    INTERVIEW OF DORIAN COHEN