Barnett Cohen
Visual Arts Residency

Barnett Cohen is a visual artist and choreographer whose work proposes a kaleidoscopic, queer surrealism. Select venues include Amant; Canal Projects, as part of Performa 2023; The Centre Wallonie Bruxelles; Kunsthalle Trondheim; Rupert; Judson Memorial Church; The center for Performance Research; The Exponential Festival; The Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; JOAN; LAXART; Human Resources; REDCAT; The Onassis Foundation (online); and Ryan Lee Gallery. In 2021, Open Space/SFMoMA published a collection of their poems alongside those of artist and collaborator Simone Forti. Residencies include Skowhegan, MacDowell, NARS, Rupert, and Denniston Hill. Their work has been reviewed and featured in The Brooklyn Rail, BOMB, The New Yorker, T Magazine, Artforum, Hyperallergic, Cultured, The Financial Times, and Riting.