KIM KYNE COHEN
BIO
Kim Kyne Cohen is a Los Angeles–based ceramic sculptor, painter, and accessories designer. Her work blends a distinct sense of play with themes of religion and sexuality, offering sharp, often humorous commentary on the absurdity of the human condition. Cohen frequently uses mischievous gingerbread figures to investigate the body—stripping away surface differences in order to convey universal truths succinctly.
Her artwork has been exhibited at the Contemporary Jewish Museum and Craft Contemporary, as well as numerous galleries across Los Angeles and New York. Her work has also been featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Forbes and PAPER magazine.
CV
B. 1990 / West Hartford, CT
Currently based in Los Angeles
EDUCATION
2008-12 BFA, Otis College of Art and Design,
Los Angeles, CA
EXHIBITIONS
2026, Future Tense, MYMA, Online Exhibition
2026, Butter Fine Art Fair, Band of Vices, Los Angeles, CA
2026, Squeeze, Sidebitch, Los Angeles, CA
2026, Atrium Art Fair, Sidebitch, San Francisco, CA
2026, Be Still, Band of Vices, Los Angeles, CA
2025, The Middle Becomes Eclectic II, The Middle Room, Los Angeles, CA
2025, As it Unfolds, NADA Curated, Online Exhibition
2024, Inchoate Futures, Melrose Botanical Gardens, Los Angeles, CA
2024, The After Party, Not Real Art, Online Exhibition
2024, Ice Cream House, Little by Little, Brooklyn, NY
2024, Forest Bathing, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2024, California Jewish Open, Contemporary Jewish Museum, SF, CA
2024, Adult Contemporary, Guerrero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024, Apophenia, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023, CLAYDD @ CRAFT, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles,CA
2023, SUPPORT SYSTEM, Sidebitch, Los Angeles, CA
2023, Open Show, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2023, Barro Barrio, Guerrero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023, Our Art LA, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA
2022, Céramique, Aparador LA, Los Angeles, CA
2022, Spielraum, Cotyledon Projects, Los Angeles, CA
PRESS
Claire, Marina, “In The Middle of Conscious Giving This Holiday Season” in Art and Cake, January 2, 2026.
Teicholz, Tom, “I Left My Art In San Francisco” in Forbes, December 30, 2024.
Tracy, Marc, “San Francisco Jewish Museum Has a Blank Space for Dissenting Artists” in The New York Times, June 6, 2024.
Colton, Garrett, “A Minute with Kim Kyne Cohen” in Art Stuff, March 21, 2024.
Laurens, Morgan, “Kim Kyne’s Sugary Works Help the Existential Medicine go down” in Not Real Art, September 29, 2021.
Roberts, Taylor, “Seven Black Artists You Should Know” in PAPER Magazine, June 19, 2020.
Los Angeles Times, “Art Out of Protest” in Los Angeles Times, June 5, 2020.
RESIDENCIES & INTENSIVES
2025, Artist Residency in Motherhood, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Build Big Ceramic Intensive, The Infinite School, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Build Big Ceramic Intensive, The Infinite School, Los Angeles, CA
SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS
2025, The Color Network Microgrant
2022, BZIPPY SCULPT Scholarship, Los Angeles, CA
2020, The Art Hoe Collective Grant
ARTIST TALKS
2026, The Middle Becomes Eclectic II Artist Panel, The Middle Room, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Inchoate Futures Artist Panel, Melrose Botanical Garden, Los Angeles, CA