Biography
Yve Laris Cohen (b. 1985, San Diego, CA)
The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Education
| 2011 | MFA, Visual Arts: Columbia University, New York, NY |
| 2008 | BA, Dance & Performance Studies/Art Practice: University of California, Berkeley |
Selected Exhibitions
| 2012 | Performance, Danspace Project, New York, NY (May) Performance, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (May) Waltz; Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY Coda, “In Practice: You never look at me from the place from which I see you” SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY |
| 2011 | Call Home, Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY Soft Goods II, San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA Soft Goods I, Jen Rosenblit’s House, Brooklyn, NY Duet with Thomas von Foerster, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY Duet.. "Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition" Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY Performance for Women and Performance, NYU Dept. of Performance Studies, New York, NY Dog House, Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY |
| 2010 | Duke, “Fresh Tracks” Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY WILLY, “Half a self, a cave-dweller” The Former Convent of St. Cecilia’s Parish, Brooklyn, NY The Love for Three Oranges “HARDCORPS: Movement Research Spring Festival” FAÇADE/FASAD, Brooklyn, NY Here ends the first act, Ulla’s House, Brooklyn, NY Monster, “B-Sides” 6-8 Months, New York, NY Marzipan, Dixon Place, New York, NY Yukon Gold, “First-Year MFA Exhibition” Miriam & Ida D. Wallach Art Gallery, New York, NY Jōb, “You should have been here an hour ago” Kunstverein NY at White Slab Palace, New York, NY TEEM, DraftWork at Danspace Project, New York, NY Jōb, Little Theatre at Dixon Place, New York, NY |
| 2009 | Homing, Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY All you need is one good idea, son, The Tank, New York, NY Custom Made Dance for David Brick, American Dance Festival, Durham, NC 48x4x3: collaboration with Erika Hand, Lindsay Benedict, and Lyndsey Karr for the Movement Research Roll Call Festival, The Chocolate Factory, Long Island City, NY Me and March, “our first one” home.base, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2008 | I’ve changed my mind about it all again, and this time outer space won’t get me down, Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) Commission: Hollins University, Roanoke, VA Four minutes and thirty-three seconds, Tranny Fest: North American Transgender and Transgenre Film Festival, San Francisco, CA |
Collaborations
| 2011 | The Shining (Yvonne Meier), New York Live Arts, New York, NY REUSABLE PARTS/ENDLESS LOVE (Ryan Kelly and Brennan Gerard), Danspace Project, New York, NY A Gay Bar Called Everywhere (Emily Roysdon), The Kitchen, New York, NY |
| 2010 | I SAY THE WORD (Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People and Jenny Holzer), The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA |
| 2009 | Holistic Healing Center and Emerging Artist Massage Parlor (Einat Amir and Arlen Austin), VOLTA, New York, NY Mountain Shouting (Jennie MaryTai Liu), Ontological Hysteric Theater, New York, NY Meet me in the morning (Jennie MaryTai Liu), Schaefer Theatre, Durham, NC Chautauqua! (National Theater of the United States of America), Performance Space 122, New York, NY |
| 2008 | Invisible Cities (Chia-Yi Seetoo) University of California Institute for Research in the Arts Conference, Riverside, CA Why Do These New Yorkers Think We Want to See This? (Ishmael Houston-Jones) American Dance Festival, Durham, NC |
| 2007 | 141 Demands, Black Factory Tour (William Pope.L), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA Flat Affect (Ellis Wood), Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA |
| 2006 | Fire on Wall Street (Ellis Wood), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Sitelines Series: Cipriani Building Exterior Balcony, New York, NY Island Solutions (Ellis Wood), Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA |
Bibliography
| 2012 | Critic's Picks: You never look at me from the place from which I see you, Samara Davis, Artforum.com, March 5 (online) Yve Laris Cohen in conversation with R.E.H. Gordon on Coda, R.E.H. Gordon Critical Correspondence, March 8 (online) Dance as Blood Sport: Performance Artist Yve Laris Cohen Tackles Ballet, David Everitt Howe, Modern Painters, March Thoughts, Questions, Concerns, blah blah blah, Claudia La Rocco, The Performance Club, March 28 (online) |
| 2011 | The Best Dance of 2011, David Velasco, Artforum, December |
Awards and Honors
| 2011 | Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grantee Queer/Art/Mentorship Fellow |
| 2010-2012 | Artist in Residence, Movement Research |
| 2010 | Fresh Tracks Resident, Dance Theater Workshop |
| 2009 | Agnes Martin Graduate Fellowship, Columbia University |
| 2008 | Bessie Schönberg Scholar, American Dance Festival Award of Excellence in Video, UC Berkeley |
| 2007 | Mask and Dagger Award, UC Berkeley |
| 2006 | ArtsBridge Scholar, ArtsBridge America |
| 2005-2008 | Point Scholar, The Point Foundation |
