"I paint because I have to, it is my way to be and to share in the world. I do not know what will come next, I just wait and watch, surprised and happy. Many years ago, I was taught a design system using basic geometric shapes from Nature to form borders and eventually whole compositions. After a while I was told to use paint; I resisted, not interested, never having painted before, owning no supplies, nothing. As soon as I did as I was asked, I was home naturally, comfortable, easily, very surprised to be a painter. It continues 50 years later, self-taught painter, always interested, always evolving, and having fun waiting to see what is next." Fred Cohen studied architecture at the University of Miami before attending Pratt and the City College of New York. He has been featured in group and solo shows in New York City since the late 1970s and received the Prix de Paris Award in 1980. Commissions include large scale murals for private clients and the Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. EXHIBITIONS:group show: Ta-Nisia Galleries, New York, N.Y., 1978.solo show: National Art Center, New York, N.Y., 1979.group show: Ligoa Duncan Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1980.group show: National Art Center, New York, N.Y., 1980.group show: Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y., 1980.group show: Akadamie Raymond Duncan, Paris, France; 1980.group show: Horizon Galleries, New York, N.Y., 1982.group show: Zoma Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1983.group show: Simone Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1984.group show: Prince de Marigny and Cazalet Galleries, New York, N.Y., 1985.group show: Mid-Hudson Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1988.group show: Avanian Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1989.group show: Scarborough Gallery, Chappaqua, N.Y., 1992.group show: Art of the Americas Gallery, Piermont, N.Y., 1997.group show: Laurie Seeman Gallery, W. Nyack, N.Y., 1998-99.group show: Happy Dog Gallery, Piermont, N.Y., 2005.group show: Gemini Gallery, Piermont, N.Y., 2006.solo show: Outside In, Piermont, N.Y., 2015 SPECIAL EVENTS:series of two murals for a private residence in New York City, N.Y. app. 10×25, and 10×15 feet, 1977.publication and distribution of fine art poster, 1981.series of two murals for Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, N.Y., both app. 10×25 feet, 1985.album cover for French and German Folk Songs, CBS Records, New York, N.Y., 1985.audio cover for Aesop’s Fables, Caedmon publishing, New York, N.Y, 1989. AWARDS AND REVIEWS:work reviewed in Artspeak Magazine, N.Y.C., 1979.Prix de Paris Award, 1980.Best Painting in Show Award, Lincoln Center, N.Y., 1980.work reviewed in Artspeak Magazine, N.Y.C., 1984.work reviewed in Monitor Newspaper, Bronx, N.Y., 1985.work shown in television promotion for Next Monet Gallery, 2001.