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Born	Linda Olivetti; October 24, 1924; Milan, Italy
Known for	Painting
Website	http://www.lindakohen.com/Eng/index.html

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Linda Kohen (born Linda Olivetti on October, 24, 1924 in Milan, Italy) is a Italian-born artist currently living in Uruguay.

Biography

Linda Kohen is a painter whose work has been shown in galleries and museums around the world. Kohen studied under Pierre Fossey, Eduardo Vernazza, Horacio Butler, Julio Uruguay Alpuy, and Jose Grurvich ^[1]. Kohen's paintings often feature objects in her home and her own hands and feet.^[2]

Family Life

Linda Kohen was born in Milan, Italy (father Guido Olivetti). Facing religious persecution, her family emigrated to Montevideo, Uruguay in 1939 by way of Buenos Aires, Argentina ^[2]. She married Rafael Kohen in 1946 and moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where her daughter, Martha, was born in 1947. The family returned to Montevideo, Uruguay in 1948, and her son, Roberto was born in 1950 ^[1]. Fleeing dictatorship in Uruguay, the family emigrated to Brazil on May 7, 1977^[2]. The family returned to Uruguay in the 1980s, where Kohen still resides.

Career

Exhibitions^[3]

Solo

2015 Amanti, Galleria Ghelfi, Venice, Italy
2014 Private Life: my house, my table, my bed, my self, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York
2013 Self-Shadows, The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida Pueblo Garzón Gallery, Maldonado, Uruguay
2012 ALONE, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay; I Have Always Liked to Draw, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina; TIMES, Pablo Atchugarry Foundation, Maldonado, Uruguay
2011 Ghelfi Gallery, Vicenza, Italy; MVD Gallery, World Trade Center, Montevideo, Uruguay; Dan Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil; The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida; Hoy en el Arte Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Las Vertientes Farm Cultural Center, Punta del Este, Uruguay
2010 Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009 El Peñasco, Maldonado, Uruguay
2008 Museo Artiguista, Maldonado, Uruguay; Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007 Meridiano Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay; Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005 Cultural Center of Spain, Montevideo, Uruguay
2004 Puerta de San Juan Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
2003 Alianza Cultural Uruguay Estados Unidos, Montevideo, Uruguay; Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1999 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo “El País”, Montevideo, Uruguay
1998 Mazzoni Museum, Maldonado, Uruguay; Museo Regional de San Carlos, Uruguay; Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado, Uruguay; Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997 Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado, Uruguay; New Israeli Congregation, Montevideo, Uruguay
1995 OEA Exhibition Hall, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado, Uruguay
1994 Moretti Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay; Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado, Uruguay
1991 Álvaro Castagnino Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Moretti Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay; Museo de Arte Americano, Uruguay
1988 Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil; Wizo Federation of Uruguay
1987 Cultural House of Alicia Goyena, Montevideo, Uruguay; B’Nai B’rith Oriental, Montevideo, Uruguay; Museo de Arte Americano de Maldonado, Maldonado, Uruguay
1985 Art Museum of The Organization of American States, Washington D.C.; Instituto Cultural Italiano, Montevideo, Uruguay; Museo Artiguista, Maldonado, Uruguay
1984 Bonino Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado, Uruguay; Museum of Fine Arts Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina
1982 Dan Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
1981 Gallery Meeting Point, Miami, Florida; Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
1978 Ática Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1977 Arte Múltiple Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1976 Contemporary Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
1975 Trilce Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
1971 Moretti Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay

Group

2016 Intra - Action, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Under the Influence, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York
2015 Serigraphic collection, The Americas Collection, Coral Gables Florida
2013 Women Seen By Women, Museo Gurvich, Montevideo, Uruguay
2012 The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida; LUDUS, Montevideo, Uruguay; Jacksonville Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
2011 Capilla San Jose de Manga, Zonamerica Foundation, Jacksonville, Uruguay; Arte al Pasar, World Trade Center, Montevideo, Uruguay
2010 Las Vertientes Cultural Center, Inaugural Show, Maldonado, Uruguay
2009 The Nature of Things, Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
2007 52nd Salón Nacional, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
2004 51st Salón Nacional, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
2003 Puerta de San Juan Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
2002 50th Salón Nacional, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
2001 90th Anniversary, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay; 49th Salón Nacional, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
2000 Latin American Artists, Ana Maria Matthei Art Gallery, Santiago, Chile; Homage to Anna Frank, New Israeli Congregation, Uruguay
1998 Still Life, Sur Gallery, Punta del Este, Uruguay; Women, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
1997 Embassy of Brazil, Municipality of Montevideo, Uruguay; Montevideo Shopping, Montevideo, Uruguay; Artists from the South, Colonia, Uruguay
1996 Murals from Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay; Sur Gallery, Punta del Este, Uruguay
1995 Contemporary Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay; Paco das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
1994 Women of America Embassy, Museo Artiguista, Maldonado, Uruguay
1993 Four in Maldonado, Contemporary Art Museum, Maldonado, Uruguay; Christian Art Exhibition, Montevideo Cabildo, Uruguay Immagini, Painters of Italian Origin, Montevideo Cabildo, Uruguay
1992 Christian Art Exhibition, Linardi Library, Montevideo, Uruguay To Maldonado, Museo de Arte Americano de Maldonado, Uruguay Cepa Foundation, La Plata, Argentina 40 Latin American Artists, OEA Exhibition Hall, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1988 Sur Gallery, Punta del Este, Uruguay 40 years of the State of Israel, Montevideo, Jewish Community Center, Uruguay
1987 Christian Art Exhibition, Montevideo Cabildo, Uruguay
1985 Uruguayan Women in the Arts, Municipalidad de Montevideo, Uruguay
1986 Center for Jewish Studies, Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguayan Cinematheque’s 35th Anniversary, Montevideo, Uruguay
1984 A figura Humana, Tenda Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil Artistas Plásticos Judeus, Museo da Arte Brasilera, São Paulo, Brazil
1982 Four Women Painters, ACA Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1981 Italy–Brazil, Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
1978 Arte Múltiple Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1977 International Jewish Women Workshop, Montevideo, Uruguay
1976 The Best of the Year, French Alliance Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
1970-1949 Taller Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay Moretti Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay Salón Municipal, Montevideo, Uruguay Museo de Bellas Artes Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina

Collections^[3]

External Links

Videos

Conversation between Linda Kohen and Susanna V. Temkin during the opening night of the exhibition entitled Linda Kohen: Private Life, my house, my table, my bed, my self on February 6, 2014 at Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. in New York.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSn4C11gYDE