CORINNE LAPIN-COHEN 

cori.lapincohen@gmail.com

www.corinnelapincohen.com

https://instagram.com/corinnelapincohen


EDUCATION:

  • BFA in History of Fine Art, Russell Sage College
  • Masters Program, Environmental Studies, Fairfield University
  • Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration, The New York Botanical Garden
  • National Academy of Fine Art
  • Greenwich Audubon Center internship 

CAREER:

  • Freelance Artist with specialties in botanical watercolors, abstract oil paintings and silverpoint drawings
  • Serving on the Advisory Board of Katonah Museum Artists Association
  • 'Adjunct professor at Lehman College teaching the fine art of drawing and botanical watercolor painting
  • Instructor of Botanical Watercolor Painting and Drawing- New York Botanical Gardens, NY
  • Coordinator and instructor of botanical watercolor and drawing classes at StoneHouse Studio
  • Coordinator and instructor of The Fine Art of Botanical Illustration program at Lasdon Arboretum, Somers, NY
  • New York Resident Artist and coordinator of Botanical Art Program- Lasdon Arboretum, Somers, NY
  • Naturalist and environmental educator, Audubon Center- Greenwich, Connecticut, CT

RECENT EVENTS and UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:


  • Presentation: A Visual History of Botanical Art: the past, present, and the future. March 7, 2024 Pleasantville Garden Club, 400 Bedford Rd. Pleasantville, NY
  • Hammond Museum- A Plethera of Plants, North Salem, NY April 6-July 14, 2024 Artist reception April 6, 3-5PM
  • Bruce Kershner Gallery- Nature's Narratives Fairfield, Ct. April 6- June 1, 2024 Artist reception April 11, 5:30-7:30
  • Artist Show Bedford- St. Matthew's Church, Bedford, NY January 26, 2024 Preview Party 6:30-9,2024, exhibit and sale Jan.27,28,29,Feb.2,3,4, 11-5 PM Major charity Fundraiser opportunity
  • Silvermine Galleries- New Canaan, Ct, New Members Exhibition, Jan.11-February 15, 2024. Reception January 23rd 2-4 PM
  • New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY- In honor of Dick Rauh, 1/2024- 6/2024
  • One Martine Gallery- White Plains, NY. "Harmony Unveiled: Humans and the Environment" November 9- December 29, 2023 Artist Reception and talk Nov. 9, 6-8PM
  • HV MOCA- Peekskill,NY. "Address: Earth" October 14- December 9, 2023
  • Pelham Art Center- September 14 - October 29, 2023. Opening Reception, Sept. 14, 6-8PM
  • Flinn Gallery- Greenwich, Ct.,"Reviving Rhythms" Aug.1-18,2023, Jurior Clare Davis, curator for Metropolitan Museum of Art modern and contemporary art. Online: click "exhibitions", click current shows.
  • Chroma Fine Art Gallery-Katonah, NY. "Glow" July 20-August 13, 2023.  Artist Reception July 29, 4-8 PM
  • Upstream Gallery- Hastings, NY June 29-July 23, 2023. "Pushing the Envelope". Juried by Nancy Nikkal and Luis Perelman.
  • Greenwich Art Society 106th annual exhibition at Bendheim Gallery,juried by David Horowitz curator at the Guggenheim,5/18-6/17, 2023
  •  ATOA: Artist Talk On Art-JUNE 12, 2023 panel discussion on Inspiration Art Group: https://youtu.be/ZSOsxBojQEA
  • Artsy Shark featured artist Spring 2023:  https://www.artsyshark.com/2023/04/14/artist-showcase-spring-2023/ 
  • Ridgefield Guild of Artists- "Opposing Forces" juried by Shazzi Thomas.April 1- April 30, 2023
  • New Jersey City University Galleries- "The Embankment Project" Nov.1-Dec. 2022
  • Address: Earth- The Art Gallery of the Visual and Performing Arts Center Of Western Connecticut University in Danbury, Ct. October-December 4, 2022
  • Address Earth- The Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art -HV MOCA, Peekskill, New York. September -December 1
  • Teatown Lake Preservation, Ossining, NY- June 10-September 30, 2022 "Plants in Our Daily Lives” 
  • Pelham Art Center: April 7-May 21,2022, Artist Reception April 7, 6-8PM. 155 Fifth Ave.Pelham, NY
  • Katonah Museum Artists Association "One of Your Best" : all member On Line Gallery, KMAA ONLINE GALLERY January 17- March 14, 2022
  • Katonah Museum Artists Association at Northern Westchester Hospital Center: November 15, ,2021 - October 14, 2022
  • Putnam Arts Council: “Grass + Roots” October 2- November 7, 2021. Opening reception October 2nd, 2-5pm, 521 Kennicut Hill Rd., Mahopac, NY and virtual.
  • Hammond Museum Virtual October Exhibition; Virtual Reception October 2, 2021 10:00 AM
  • Katonah Museum Artists Association Online Gallery Juried Show: “Open to Interpretation” September 25- October 23, 2021, kmaaonlinegallery.com Juror: Katie Schmidt Feder
  • Carriage Barn Art Center-September 18- October 22, 2021, Reception- September 18, 2-4 PM, 681 South Ave, New Canaan, Ct
  • Ridgefield Guild of Artists- September 18- October 17, 2021, Reception weather permitting- September 18, 2-4 PM, In the gallery, 34 Halpin La., Ridgefield, Ct and online: rgoa.org (203) 438-8863 Juror: George Billis of the George Billis Gallery
  • Carter Burden Gallery- Contemporary Botanical Art from the New York Botanical Garden. July 1- 28th, 2021; 548 W.28th St., #534, NY, NY, Reception: Thursday July 15, 1-7PM
  • Katonah Museum Artists’ Association Online Gallery Juried Show: Ricochet, May 15-June 13, 2021 www.kmaaonlinegallery.com
  • Arts Westchester Gallery- “Together apART” May1- August 1, 2021, White Plains, NY and virtual online.
  • Teatown Lake Preservation, Ossining, NY- April 2021-“Where Have all the Flowers Gone”
  • Gallery at Rockefeller State Park- March-April 2020 “Captivating Blossoms and Botanicals” Reception: April 2, 2020
  • SK Gallery, White Plains- November-December 2019 “Kristallnacht”
  • Site-BrooklynGallery-September-October, 2019 “Geometry”
  • Northern Westchester Hospital Center- September-March 2020 “Family Affairs”
  • Gallery at Rockefeller State Park- March-May 2019, “Where Have all the Flowers Gone” Featured Artist
  • Ridgefield Guild of Artists- February 2019 “Conversations”
  • Catherine H- February – April 2019 “The Art of Healing”
  • Katonah Village Library- January –March 2019Once Upon a Time” Solo Exhibit
  • The Art Gallery at Rockefeller State Park Preserve-Spirit of SpringMarch 11-April 29, 2018
  • Chappaqua Station Gallery- one woman exhibit “Dare to Dream” April-May 29, 2018
  • Ridgefield Guild of Artists- “The Blues” Feb.4-March 4, 2018
  • Chappaqua Station Gallery- one woman exhibit November 2017-January 15,2018
  • “Dare to Dream”- Northern Westchester Hospital Center, October-March 15,2018. Series of ten paintings.
  • Hammond Museum “Inspirations”- June-Sept. 2017
  • Regeneron Corporation, Tarrytown, NY-“Balance in Motion”, 2017
  • “Abstractions”-Oak and Oil Gallery, Katonah, NY 2017
  • “Dare to Dream”- One woman exhibit, Katonah Library, 2017
  • Katonah Museum of Art- instructor for workshop on botanical drawing in conjunction with “Matisse as Curated by Ellsworth Kelly” 2017
  • Boston Biennial Project IV ArtVenice- May 2017
  • Northern Westchester Hospital Center- “Balance in Motion” Series of 12 paintings, 2017
  • Katonah Museum of Art- Katonah, NY- featured artist during “SupraEnvironmental” October 25 – January 24, 2016
  • The Oak and Oil Gallery, Katonah, NY - Traditional Botanical and Abstract oils. 2016
  • Martin Stankiewicz Gallery- ”The Threads” Tarrytown, NY Oct- Nov, 2015
  • CHAPPAQUA LIBRARY- Northern Westchester Artists Guild member exhibit-  2016
  • MartinStankiewicz Gallery- “Imaginings” Tarrytown NY: June 2015
  • “Art Around Town” Chappaqua- June 4-June 29, 2015
  • SchoolHouse Gallery- Croton Falls, NY- April 24-May 31, 2015
  • Mayo Performing Arts Center- “Botanicals” One Woman Exhibition, 2015, Morristown, New Jersey
  • Carriage Barn Gallery-“Elemental Energies” New Canaan, Ct., 2015
  • Katonah Museum of Art-“Line Describing A Cone” Tri-State Juried Exhibition; January 18 – February 15, 2015
  • “Confronting Cancer through Art”- Katonah Library, Jan.2015. solo exhibi
  • Gallery in the Park, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Pound Ridge, NY “Natural Instincts”-September 13-October 29, 2014,
  • ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY 9th floor Gallery "UNABASHEDLY", 2014
  • UNITED STATES BOTANIC GARDEN- Washington, DC exhibit of original paintings included in book newly published book “American Botanical Paintings -Native Plants of the Mid Atlantic” February 15-June 15,2014
  • Katonah Library- One woman exhibit of Corinne Lapin-Cohen. December 2014-January 2015
  • Katonah Museum Artists Association- “Portrait of Survival” interactive art. 2013
  • Katonah Museum of Art “Face to Face: Community Portraits” -  2013-2014
  • BOTANICAL EXPLORATIONS: A personal exploration. One woman exhibit Weller Gallery, Fellows Riverside Gardens, Mill Creek MetroParks., Youngstown, Ohio May 3-July 14, 2013 Three day workshop June 12-14, 2013
  • Northern Westchester Hospital- Mt. Kisco, New York March 2012-Sept. 2012 and October 2013- March 2014
  • Filoli Botanical Gardens 14th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition- March -June 2012, San Francisco, California
  • Point Park University “From a Different Point of View” Pittsburgh, Pa. Mar-May  2012
  • UW Botanic Garden “Native Plants of the North West”- Miller Library, Seattle, WA. March 1-31,2012
  • NAWA: “Ev(e)olution II- Riverside Public Library, NYC March 1-31,2012
  • NAWA: “Open Small Works”- NAWA GALLERY, NYC, Feb.1-Feb. 27, 2012
  • Katonah Museum- NEW YORK, NEW YORK, Katonah, NY, August -December 2011
  • Country Estates, Katonah, NY- June – December 2011
  • Framings Gallery, Armonk, NY- October-December, 2011
  • A Spin on Green” at ArtsWestchester, White Plains, NY June-July, 2011
  • Ward Pound Ridge Reservation- Gallery in the Park: “Discoveries…Botanical Explorations a one woman exhibit of over 70 paintings and drawings. May-September, 2010
  • Huntington Library Botanical Art Exhibit- Pasadena, California - October, 2008
  • National Association of Women Artists, 119th annual exhibition-GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, Reading Pa. August 24 - September 28, 2008 Award: Miriam Schorr award for Works on Paper
  • Cooperstown Museum- 73rd National Exhibition- July, 2008
  • Carnegie Museum of Natural History- “Invasives”- Jan. 27, 2007
  • “Drawn from Nature”- One Woman Exhibit- Lasdon Arboretum, October -March 2007, and  Summer 2008
  • “Visions of Nature”- Westchester Community College, Native Plant Center- October, 2006
  • “Beauty of Botany”, Seattle Pacific Science Center- Oct. 2006
  • International Botanical Art Exhibition Filoli Gardens- Woodside, California, 2002, 2003, 2006
  • Ferns, Mushrooms and Lichen of the Northeast” Highstead Arboretum, Redding Connecticut, - October, 2006
  • “Take a Closer Look” Sheldrake Environmental Center, Larchmont, NY One Woman Exhibit- April-June, 2005
  • Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota Fresh Cut”: International ASBA Exhibition, June -Oct., 2005
  • GNSI Exhibit, - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2004 – 2005
  • "Botanical Reflections", Hammond Museum - North Salem, New York- One-person exhibit, 2004
  • New York Botanical Garden, one-person exhibit- Native Trees- 2002
  • New York State Museum, Albany New York- Focus on Nature VIII- 2004
  • Arts Alive Festival at the Kennedy-Douglass Center - Florence, Alabama 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, "Barbara Long Botanical Art " award- 2003, 2004, 2005
  • Carriage House Gallery -Waveny Park, New Canaan, CT- Botanical Art: Modern Masters 2003
  • Denver Museum of Nature & Science- 2003
  • Carnegie Mellon’s Hunt Institute of Botanical Art- Permanent Collection, 2001

CORPORATE CLIENTS:

  • Regeneron Corporate Headquarters, Tarrytown, NY
  • Johnson and Johnson
  • Precision Arts Dentistry

BIBLIOGRAPHY and PUBLICATIONS:

  • “Botanical Paintings, Native Plants of the Mid-Atlantic” 2014
  • Cancer Research-spring/Summer 2010
  • Night Gardening 1999- Hyperion
  • 10th International Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration – Hunt Institute 2001
  • Country Living Home Almanac- 2002
  • Searchings III- Welcome Books- 2005
  • Searchings II- Welcome Books-2004