Residency dates
16 – 31 May 2024
Artist Images
Residency Images
Testimonial
"Over the past two weeks, the creative retreat at Xenia allowed me to do things I desperately needed: one was rest and quiet, the other was a clean break into a new studio, leaving other projects behind and allowing the natural environment to bring up new ideas. In my time at Xenia, walking through the woods, I noticed my interactions with nature and with other people at the retreat – Deer, hares, and squirrels ran away from me, and due to natural anxiety, I ran away from anyone I didn’t know well. This led to a series of new paintings of hiding in nature, in the woods, based on my experiences in the retreat. Taking time off also allowed me to make more time-consuming work, in which I focused on weaving on a little frame loom, a child rescued by a large bird. Perhaps an imaginary mode of transport, inspired by myth."
Bio
Born
1990,
Israel
About
Shir Cohen is a multidisciplinary artist based in London. They completed their BFA at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in 2015, winning the Eileen S. Cooper Award in 2014. After a long-term residency program at ArtCube Artists Studios in Jerusalem, Cohen moved to London and completed their MA in painting at the Royal College of Art, supported by the Clore-Bezalel Scholarship.
Since then, Cohen exhibited a duo show at Huxley-Parlour Gallery with Olivia Sterling (Rage Comics, 2023), a solo show at Bezalel Fine Arts Gallery (Lion Hunt, 2019), and multiple group shows, including the project The Operated Jew, as part of the exhibition More than Enough (2023) at ArtPort Gallery, Tel-Aviv.
If you would like to know more about Shir, please visit their website here: www.shircohen.com.
Residency dates
16 – 31 May 2024
Artist Images
Residency images
Testimonial
"Over the past two weeks, the creative retreat at Xenia allowed me to do things I desperately needed: one was rest and quiet, the other was a clean break into a new studio, leaving other projects behind and allowing the natural environment to bring up new ideas. In my time at Xenia, walking through the woods, I noticed my interactions with nature and with other people at the retreat – Deer, hares, and squirrels ran away from me, and due to natural anxiety, I ran away from anyone I didn’t know well. This led to a series of new paintings of hiding in nature, in the woods, based on my experiences in the retreat. Taking time off also allowed me to make more time-consuming work, in which I focused on weaving on a little frame loom, a child rescued by a large bird. Perhaps an imaginary mode of transport, inspired by myth."
About
Shir Cohen is a multidisciplinary artist based in London. They completed their BFA at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in 2015, winning the Eileen S. Cooper Award in 2014. After a long-term residency program at ArtCube Artists Studios in Jerusalem, Cohen moved to London and completed their MA in painting at the Royal College of Art, supported by the Clore-Bezalel Scholarship.
Since then, Cohen exhibited a duo show at Huxley-Parlour Gallery with Olivia Sterling (Rage Comics, 2023), a solo show at Bezalel Fine Arts Gallery (Lion Hunt, 2019), and multiple group shows, including the project The Operated Jew, as part of the exhibition More than Enough (2023) at ArtPort Gallery, Tel-Aviv.
If you would like to know more about Shir, please visit their website here: www.shircohen.com.