Lynne Cohen

1944
Born in Racine, USA

1965
Slade School of Art, University of London

1967
University of Wisconsin

1968
University of Michigan

1969
Eastern Michigan University

2011
Scotiabank Photography Award, Canada

2007-2008
Canada Council Long Term Grant

2005-2006
Conseil des Arts et des Lettres, Québec

2005
Governor General's Award in Visual Arts and Media Arts

2002
Canada Council Senior Arts Grant

2001
National Magazine Awards, Canada, Gold Award
Ontario Arts Council Senior Arts Grant

1997
Canda Council Senior Arts Grant

1994
Ontario Arts Council Award

1993
Ontario Arts Council Senior Arts Grant

1991
Canada Council, Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award

1989
Merit Award for Occupied Territory, Photo / Design
Canada Council Senior Arts Grant

1985
Ontario Arts Council Senior Arts Grant

1978
Ontario Arts Council, awards

1967
Logan Award, Chicago Art Institute

2019
Lynne Cohen. Double Aveugle, 1970-2012, Pavillion Populaire Montpellier, FR

2016
Lynne Cohen - Almas Gemelas, Museo Universidad de
Navarra,Pamplona, Spain
Lynne Cohen - Missing In Action, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto

2015
Lynne Cohen : un hommage, Galerie In Situ - fabienne leclerc, Paris

2014
False Clues, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, CDN
Fundación MAPFRE, AZCA Exhibition hall, Madrid
False Clues, University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst

2013
False Clues, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal

2012
Nothing is Hidden, Scotiabank Photography Award Exhibition, Design Exchange, Toronto
Occupied Territory, Higher Pictures Gallery, New York
Lynne Cohen with Patrick Tosani, Galerie In Situ Fabienne Leclerc, Paris
Photographs 1973-1978, Banff Centre, Alberta McCord Museum, Montreal

2011
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto
Les Rencontres d'Arles, Edition 42, Arles
Art 45, Montreal
There's Always Something, James Hyman Gallery, London
Occupied Territory, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago

2010
Art 45, Montreal
Photo Espana, Museo de la Ciudad, Madrid

2009
Cover, Le Point du Jour, Cherbourg-Octeville
Proof, In Situ-Fabienne Leclerc, Paris
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto
Galerie le Bleu du Ciel, Lyon

2008
Visions Nocturnes, Centre d'art contemporain, Noisy-le-Sec
Clear Arrangements, Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig
Art 45, Montral, Canada
Fototeca, Havana, Cuba

2007
Clear Arrangements, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf Berlin
Camouflage, Hasted/Hunt, New York
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto
A Place without a place, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

2006
Camouflage, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf Frankfurt /Netwerk Aalst /
Haus Wittgenstein Vienna / Olga Korper Gallery Toronto /
Carleton University Art Gallery Ottawa (cat.)
Mixed Messages, Hasted Hunt Gallery New York
Olga Korper Gallery Toronto

2004
From the Collection, National Gallery of Canada Ottawa

2003
No Man's Land, Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf Frankfurt /
Musée de l'Elysée Lausanne (cat.)
Image / Imatge, Orthez

2002
No Man's Land, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (cat.)
Fotohof Salzburg

2001
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf Frankfurt

2000
Centro de Fotografía, Universidad de Salamanca
Common Ground, P.P.O.W. New York (cat.)

1998
Museum voor Fotografie Antwerp

1993
P.P.O.W. New York
Ehlers / Caudill Gallery Chicago
Robert Koch Gallery San Francisco
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen Brussels

1992
Art Gallery of York University
Chinati Foundation, Marfa Texas
Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University
FRAC, Limousin Limoges (cat.)
Carleton University

1989
Museum für Gestaltung Zurich
Art 45 Montreal
Sweger Konst,Stockholm
Université de Sherbrooke Québec

1988
P.P.O.W. New York
Interim Art London

1986
49th Parallel New York

1984
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design

1983
Brown University, Providence Rhode Island

1978
International Center of Photography New York
Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, Harvard University

1975
University of New Mexico Albuquerque

2017
Lynne Cohen and Taryn Simon, Boiler House Level 2 West, Tate Modern, Bankside, London, UK

2016
Petit déjeuner au crépuscule, Centre d'art Image/Imatge, Orthez, FR

2013
Concrete - Fotografie und Architektur, Fotomuseum Winterthur

2012
Galería Visor, ARCO, Madrid
Watch This Space, Art Gallery of Ontario

2011
Convulsive Beauty, James Hyman Gallery, London
Bleu, Musée d'art contemporaine de Montréal
Herein!, DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt am Main
Real Venice, Venice Biennale
Magie des Objekts, Leopold Museum, Vienna
Mortel!, FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen, France
The Life and Death of Buildings, Princeton University Art Museum
Espace Art Contemporain & Ancien Marché de l'Arsenal, La Rochelle, France
Maison Champlain & Poudrière Saint-Luc, Brouage, France
Entreprise collective, Espace Création, Montreal
The Unseen Eye: From the W.M. Hunt Collection, George Eastern House, Rochester
Imperfect Health/En Imparfaite Santé, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal

2010
Le Fabuleux Destin du Quotidien, Grand-Hornu, Hornu, Belgium

2009
New Contemporaries 2009, Cornerhouse, Manchester / A Foundation, London

2008
Le Point du Jour, Cherbourg-Octeville, France
Visions Nocturnes, Centre d'art contemporain, Noisy-le-Sec
REAL. Fotografien aus der Sammlung der DZ BANK, Städel Museum, Frankfurt
Vu Photo, Quebec Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Musée Régional de Rimouski, Canada
Musée de la Gaspésie, Gaspé, Canada
Musée du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle, France
Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada
Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa

2007
Lynne Cohen - Denis Farley, Parisian Laundry, Montreal
Clegg & Guttmann, Cohen, Muntean/Rosenblum, Polanszky, Sirbiladze, West,
Haus Wittgenstein, Vienna
Lynne Cohen - Bert Danckaert, Espai Visor/Galerie Visor, Valencia
Lynne Cohen - Candida Höfer, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna
Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki Here I disappear, The Apartment, Syntagma, Athens
Projects Art 45, Montreal
Through the artist's eye (Cohen, Kogler, Wurm, Weber), Palais Dorotheum, Vienna
Ecran total, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Musée Nicephore Niepce, Chalon-sur-Saône
Galerie Xippas, Paris
La Réserve, Pacy-sur-Eure
Galería Bat, Madrid
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

2007
Colectiva Fotografica: Mil palabras, Bach Quatre Art Contemporani, Barcelona

2006
Side Effects, Galería Visor Valencia
Blinded by Science, National Gallery of Canada
Les peintres de la vie moderne, Centre Pompidou Paris

2005
The Space of Making, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Kanada, Städtisches Museum Zwickau
Kunstmuseum Heidenheim
Städtische Galerie Waldkraiburg
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal
Festival du photo vers l'image Biarritz
Eastern Michigan University

2004
Oldenburger Kunstverein
Faces, Places, Traces: New Acquisitions to the Photography Collection,
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa
Musée des Beaux-Arts Montreal
Mer Calme à Peu Agitée - Sculpture, Peintre, Photographie, Video,
FRAC Bretagne & Clair Obscur, Le Grand Cordel Rennes
Rivage, Museé d'Art et d'Histoire de Saint-Brieuc
Polyptique. Proposition de Jean-Louis Poitevin, Eclateur Joiliot Curie Ivry-sur-Seine
Artéfacts. La Vie Secrète des Choses, Fondation d'Art Contemporaine Daniel et Florence Guerlain, Les Mesnuls, Ile-de-France
Prototype. Contemporary Art from Joe Friday's Collection, Carleton University Art Gallery

2003
Confluence, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography Ottawa (cat.)
Bleda + Rosa. Lynne Cohen, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Igor Mischiyev, Galería del Àngels Barcelona
Home Sweet Home, Centre Photographique d'Ile-de-France Pontault-Combault
Image / Imatge, Orthez
Singulier / Pluriel, Trafic Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-les-Rouen
The Bigger Picture, Ottawa Art Gallery
Des Voisinages, FRAC d'Ile-de-France, Le Plateau Paris
Perception Destabilisée, Galeries du Cloître, Ecole des Beaux-Arts Rennes
Raum - Zeit - Fotografie, Oldenburger Kunstverein
Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen
Licht / Café Crème Luxembourg / Königliche Bibliothek Copenhagen

2002
Sala Millares Madrid
Salamanca. Un Proyecto Fotográfico, Centro de Arte de Salamanca (cat.)
XII Galería d'Art & Galería Sicart, Vilafranca del Penedès
Aquaria, Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum,Linz
Le Regard de l'Autre, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
Confluence, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photoraphy Ottawa

2001
The Power of Reflection, Centre des Arts Saidye Bronfman Montreal
Mélanges, Domaine de Kerguéhennec Bignan

2000
Le Siècle de Corps, Musée de l'Elysée Lausanne
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography Ottawa
Latitude, Art Gallery of Ontario
Centre Culturel de Colombier Rennes

1999
IVAM Valencia (cat.)
Culturgest Lisbon
Centre d'Art Contemporain de Brussels

1998
Power Plant Toronto
Bowdoin College Museum of Art Brunswick, Maine
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach
Musée d'Art Moderne Villeneuve d'Ascq
Centre National de la Photographie Paris
Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago

1997
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus Ohio
University of Tampa Art Gallery
Musée des Beaux-Arts Montreal
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa
P.P.O.W. New York
Cranbrook Art Museum Michigan
National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington DC
Centre d'Art Contemporain Geneva
Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University Tallahassee

1996
Musée d'Art Moderne Paris
MUHKA Antwerp
Centre d'Art Neufchâtel Switzerland
New York Public Library New York
California Museum of Photography Riverside
Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota, Florida
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa
FIAC, Espace Eiffel Branly Paris
New York Public Library
National Museum of Australia Canberra (cat.)

1995
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa
National Museum of Australia Canberra

1994
Maison de la Culture Nevers
P.P.O.W. New York
Carleton University Art Gallery
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa

1993
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa (cat.)
Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea Milan
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa

1992
Maryland Institute, Emily Carr College of Art and Design
Dazibao Montreal
Musée d'Art Contemporain Montreal
Center for Creative Photography Tucson
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography Ottawa
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

1991
Typologies. A Photographic Dialog, Newport Harbor Art Museum California
University of North Texas
FRAC Limousin
Acron Art Museum Ohio
Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington DC
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (cat.)

1990
Ehlers / Caudill, Chicago
Biennale Internationale de Marseille
Newport Museum and Art Gallery Wales

1989
Sarah Lawrence College New York
Victoria and Albert Museum London

1988
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
Dia Art Foundation New York
Aperture New York

1986
P.P.O.W. New York
Presentation House Vancouver

1985
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa

1984
The Photographers' Gallery London (cat.)
Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto
Bibliothèque Nationale Paris
Presentation House Vancouver

1983
Latitudes and Parallels, Winnipeg Art Museum (cat.)

1981
Cultural Centre Nantes
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa
Musée des Beaux-Arts Montreal
Musée d'Art Contemporain Montreal

1980
Centre Saidye Bronfman Montreal
The Magical Eye, National Gallery of Canada Ottawa (cat.)
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs New York

1977
Rooms, Museum of Modern Art New York (cat.)
New Acquisitions, National Gallery of Canada Ottawa (cat.)

1976
Optica Montreal

1973
University of Michigan
Walker Art Center

1972
Detroit Art Institute

1969
Detroit Art Institute
Oklahoma Art Center
Grand Rapids Art Museum

1968
Chicago Art Institute

Catalogues/Monographs

2012
Nothing is Hidden, Steidl
Almas Gemeles, Tender Puentes, Pamplona
Occupied Territory, Expanded and revised edition, Aperture, New York
Lynne Cohen: Faux Indices (False Clues), ABC Art Books

2011
Lynne Cohen, Dazibao/Vu, Montreal
Real Venice/Venezia Autentica, Ivory Press
The Life and Death of Buildings, Princeton University Art Museum, Yale University Press
Herein! DZ Bank, Frankfurt am Main
Art at Work, Art Gallery of Miississauga, Ontario
James Hyman Photography, James Hyman, London

2009
Cover, Le Point du Jour Éditeur, Cherbourg-Octeville

2008
Images d'un renouvellement urbain, Le Point du Jour, Cherbourg-Octeville

2007
A Place Without A Place, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki
Is there a there there?, National Gallery of Canada

2006
Son et vision / Sound and Vision, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Montréal

2005
Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Kanada, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Lynne Cohen, Camouflage, Le Point du Jour Éditeur, Cherbourg / France

2004
Lynne Cohen, Edition Galeria Bacelos, Vigo
Raum, Zeit, Architektur in der Fotographie, Oldenburger Kunstverein

2003
Confluence. Contemporary Canadian Photography, Text: Martha Hanna), Ontario /
Canada
Yet Untitled, Sammlung Bernd Künne, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Ostfildern
Annexe H, Image/Imatge, Text: Catherine Pomperat, Orthez / France

2002
Aquaria, Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz
Hyperspace: Lenticular Photography, Text: Jack Anderson, Dunlop Art Gallery,
Regina / Canada
Salamanca. Un Proyecto Fotográfico, Cosorcio Salamanca
Une collection pour une région, 1982-2002, FRAC, Haute-Normandie

2001
No Man's Land, Text: Ann Thomas, London
The Power of Reflection,Text: Martha Langford, Centre des Arts, Saidye Bronfman,
Montreal

2000
Art Chicago 2000 Gallery Catalogue, Chicago

1992
L'endroit du décor/Lost and Found, exhibition catalogue FRAC-Limousin, Limousin /
France
Stages Without Wings, Cat. Art Gallery of York University, York

1990
Lynne Cohen, Cat. Galerie Gokelaere and Janssen, Text : Thierry de Duve, Brussels

1988
Occupied Territory, New York