Deron Cohen

Artist Statement

I paint stories that I make up as I go along. Love, War, Peace, Spirit, Nature, Birth, Life, Death, the Mind and the Universe dance with each other in a vivid explosion of color. Imagination runs wild and is made real in these images. Imagination is an infinite vessel filled with all our knowledge and everything else that will ever be. The images I create are designed to find a crack in your consciousness, to seep into your mind and spark your imagination.

Biography

Deron Cohen, a San Diego native, has shown his paintings extensively in galleries and venues throughout San Diego County. Most recently, he had a one man show at Intersection Arts (Villa Musica) in June 2023 and was part of a group show in August 2023 at CM Curatorial. Along with his gallery shows, Deron has been painting live and showing his work at festivals across California. You can see his work online at www.deroncohen.com.
Deron helped found Paint Night Group, a group of artists originating in San Diego that have been collaborating together for the past 20+ years. They have shown as a group all over San Diego and in 2006 had a show at Gallery 4 in Amsterdam. Paint Night Group recently showed at the 2009 Beyond the Borders International Contemporary Art Fair in San Diego and collaborated on a mural at San Diego Art Fair 2014.
Along with his painting career, Deron has created magazine illustrations, done graphic design work, and taught others how to express themselves creatively through art. He has been creating curricula for children’s art programs and teaching them, most recently through Visual and Performing Arts San Diego. Deron has also been teaching adults how to paint for the past 20 years with different companies and studios in San Diego as well as through his own workshops and private classes both in person and from around the world via webcam.
Through his own art and teaching others, Deron has come to understand that making art is a healing act. We can heal ourselves and others through creative self-expression. His most recent artwork touches on themes of inspiration and the healing act of creation.
Deron received a Bachelor in Fine Art from UCLA in 1994.

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