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Vincenzo Cohen is an Italian multidisciplinary and social artist. He earned the MA from Fine Arts Academy and the MD in Archaeology from "La Sapienza" University in Rome. His production revolves around issues related to social and environmenatal justice. The interest in history pushes him to investigate human origins through historical narratives and representation of archetypes and myths accross the Mediterranean. His desert photography reportages are focused on fragile ecosystems, climate resilience and animal survival. He has published art and history books and his works have been featured in international literary and art magazines. The artist has exhibited in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, UK, Turkey, Namibia, Brazil and USA.

Skills
Teaching skills with extensive experience in Secondary High School Institutions.
Experienced in training, educational activities, group management.
Experienced in in naturalistic, historical and archaeological fieldwork.
Driving license type A and B
Professional info
Job position 
Contemporary Multidisciplinary & Social Artist 
​Present
Content Writer for The Simuka Africa Journal
Art History Content Writer for The 34 Gallery UN SDG 3.4 Mental Health Initiative by Simukaafrica.org
Present
 
Higher Education Teacher  

2010-2022

MIUR, Ministry of Education, University and Research, Rome (IT)

Etruscan and Italic Antiquities - ​Archaeology Course

2009

UPTER, Popular University, via 4 novembre 157
Via Quattro Novembre, 157, 00187 Rome (IT)

 

Museum Operator (internship) Prehistoric art lab and tour guide

​2007-2008

Prehistoric-Ethnographic Museum Luigi Pigorini, Piazza Guglielmo Marconi, 14 Rome (IT)
 

 

Art Exhibitions, Awards & Literary Events

Il quadrato Art Prize, Il Quadrato Art Gallery, Cesenatico RN (IT), June 4-12 1997

Collective Art Exhibition, La Cuba d'oro Art Gallery, Viale Trastevere, Rome (IT), November 7 -12 2001

The Twilight Collection Solo show - Four for Art Gallery, via Merulana, Rome (IT), February 10-18 2005

Seascape and Waters Preservation Marine Nature Painting Collection - A Collective Story of Climate Change, Platform Planet Earth, Jenuary 2021

Teravarna Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, Waters International Art Group Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Los Angeles CA (US), August 13-22 2021

Modigliani Opera Vision International Contemporary Art Group Exhibition,  Fondazione Amedeo Modigliani, La Pietà Monumental Complex, Venice (IT), September 01 - October 30 2021

Platforme Planet Earth - Art for Climate Change, Unequivocable-Fragile-Hopeful. A short film featuring International Environmental Artists, 193 Gallery 24 Rue Béranger, 75003 Paris (FR), October 2021

COP26 Together for our Planet on line International Art Group Exhibition, Occhi Contemporary Art, London (UK), November 2021

Fear the Tangible International Art Group Exhibition - Pocket Star Gallery Neo Faliro, Katsoulakou 19, Athens (EL), December 7-11 2021

THE ITALICA COLLECTION Solo Show and Art Book Presentation, Museum of Brettii and Oenotrians,  Monumental Complex of St. Augustine, Cosenza (IT), February 4-5 2022

Imposing wilderness Desert Photography Collection - A Collective Story of Climate Change, Platform Planet Earth, Jenuary 2022

Platforme Planet Earth - Art for Climate Change, Accountability- Transformation-Action​. A short film featuring International Environmental Artists, Washington DC (US), March 2022

Lost for words Felt Photography curated by Kathryn Chapman - The Royal Photographic Society, Bristol (UK), May 01-31 2022

Gallery Ring, Artist of the month, Crystal Award, London (UK), May 2022

Imposing wilderness Desert Photography Solo Show supported by Culture Department of Rende (CS) - Presentation of Climate Change video by Platforme Planet Earth, Civic Museum, Palazzo Zagarese, Rende old town (IT), May 21 - June 06 2022

5th International Island Country International Group Exhibition - Usinia Nature Village, Burdur (TR), July 01-04 2022

Chania International Photo Festival, Blank Wall Gallery - Center of the Mediterranean Architecture, Old Harbor of Chania, Crete (EL), July 06-12 2022

The Extiction Collection in the Authorial Production, NATURE-ARTS INTERCONNECTIONS International Art Conference - Faculty of Arts & Design, Timisoara West University, Timisoara (RO), November 2-4 2022

Τέχνη Contemporary Art Group Exhibition, patronage of the Municipality of Paestum, Ex-Tabacchificio Cafasso, archaelogical area of Paestum, Capaccio SA (IT), December 16/22 - Jenuary 06/23

Natural Resonance Festival in partnership with Client Earth, Portland OR (US), 28 Jenuary - 07 February 2023

B&W Athens Photography Festival, Municipality of Athens, Serafio Echelidon 19 & Piraeus 144 Street, Athens (EL), February 4-7th 2023

PrideArt for PEACE Berlin, International Group Exhibition - Pride-Art Atelier, Söhtstrasse 7, Berlin (DE), February 24-27 2023

With Roots and Without International Art Group Exhibition, Aorta Social Art Gallery, Leopolda Station, Pisa (IT), March 12-31 2023 

Africa Wildlife Artist of the Year International Art Group Exhibition, Fine Art Gallery, Swakopmund (NAM), April 8 - May 6 2023

Sinergia International Art Group Exhibition, Artly Mix, Echo's Studio, R. Pelotas 400 Vila Mariana, San Paolo (BRA), April 15-29 2023

ARTISTS UNITED NYC International Group Exhibition, Times Square Billboard New York NY (US), April 22 - May 4 2023

Art-teenth International Art Group Exhibition - Court Square Exchange, 211 State Street Bridgeport, CT, 06604 (US), June 17th - July 21th 2023

Exquisite Codes International Art Group Exhibition, Bla-Bla Projektraum Soldiner Strasse 103, 13359 Berlin (DE), June 15th - 2th July 2023

Social Justice Network, International Art Group Show by SHIM on Artsy.net, July 2023

International Action Art & Club of Pireus and Islands, Art Group Exhibition - Alsos Veikou, Athens (EL), September 15-17 2023

Breathing Lessons Contemporary Art Group Exhibition, Aorta Gallery, Pisa (IT), October 14-31 2023

Presentation of the book Pellegrini e Pagani a Roma and Artwork's  Video Projection Patronage of Viterbo's city, Palazzo Gallo, Bagnaia, VT (IT), December 09 2023

Presentation of the book Pellegrini e Pagani a Roma, Caffè letterario Casa Buendia, Montefiascone VT (IT), December 16 2023

Exquisite Code International Group Show by SHIM Social Justice Network on Artsy.net December 6-10 2023

ANTHROPOLIS (Ανθρωπογεωγραφίες) Human Geographies, Chili Art Gallery in collaboration with Artgrid, Dimofontos 13/15, Thiseio, Athens (EL), April 4 -13 2024

Elsewhere Ruthin International Arts Festival 2024, Ruthin, North Wales (UK), June 28 - July 3 2024

Art Park Rhodes, Summer Season International Art Group Exhibition, Archipoli 851 06, Rodhes (EL), July 16 - August 31 2024

Magic Mural Art Wall: Illuminating The Hartford Skyline by CT MuralsThe RiseUP Group and Matt Conway - 169 Pearl Street, Hartford, CT (US), November 13-15 2024

Abandoned buidings International Photography Group Exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery 55 Fokionos Negri Street 11361, Athens (EL), March 21 - April 02 2025

Tempo Artist Collective, IMPREINT Space, 601 Green Lanes Road N. 8 London (UK), April 26 2025

Armored Corps Solo Exhibition, ANIMA MUNDI ACADEMIA, Vytauto str.111 Studio Space, Šiauliai (LT), October 09-11 2025

 

Art & Book Fairs

Ferrara Expò, Ente Fiere, Ferrara (IT) 10-29/11-02 2021

Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Art Fair, Atelierhaus Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna (AT), August 11-25 2022

Più libri più liberi, National Fair of Small and Medium Publishing of Rome, La Nuvola, Rome (IT), December 7-11 2022

London Book Fair, Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, London (UK), April 18-20 2023

International Book Fair of Turin, Lingotto Fiere, Turin (IT), May 18-22 2023

Miami Art Week, Aqua Art Miami,1530 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL (US), December 6-10 2023

Superfine Art Fair SF, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, San Francisco (US) March 6-9 2025

Art Basel 2025, Messe Basel Messeplatz 10 4058 Balisea (CH), June 19-22 2025

 

Next Events

Superfine Art Fair Austin, Fair Market, Austin TX (US), February 20-22 2026

Print Publications   

Aut, Magazine by M. Mieli LGBT Community Cultural Circle - Rome (IT), September 2005

International Yearbook of Contemporary Art 2021, Art Now & Mondadori Stores, PA (IT), March 2021

Hidden Talents Art Magazine, Spring issue 2021, The Arches Project, Birmingham (UK)

Hidden Talents Art Magazine, Summer issue, The Arches Project Birmingham (UK), July 2021

Flora Fiction Literary & Art Magazine, Fredoom, vol. 2 issue 2, FL (US), Summer 2021

Modern Renaissance Magazine, Culturallyarts Community features, DC (US), issue 3, August 2021

Modern Renaissance Magazine, Culturallyarts Community features, DC (US), issue 5, November 2021

Divergents Magazine, Fall issue, VT (US), October 2021

Hidden Talents Art Magazine, Autumn issue, The Arches Project, Birmingham (UK), September 2021 

Polychromia 2021, Annual Art Book by Studio Byblos, PA (IT), February 2021 

Peace in the valley vol I, Religious and Spiritual Experiences by LGBTQIA Faith, Literary AnthologyCharlotte NC (US), Jenuary 2022

Best Picture, Artjobs.com, London (UK), March 2022

Best Picture, Artjobs.com, London (UK), December 2024

Flora Fiction Literary & Art Magazine, New Beginnings, vol. 3 issue 1, FL (US), Spring 2022

International Yearbook of Contemporary Art 2022 - Il linguaggio espressivo di Vincenzo Cohen, Art Dossier by L. Zappulla, Art Now & Mondadori Stores, PA (IT), March 2022 

The Thought Collective, issue 1, Glasgow (UK), April 2022

The Mutagens Anthology, A fundraiser anthology for Ukrainian humanitarian Aid, Culturally Arts Collective, DC (US), June 2022

Superpresent Magazine, Vol.2 N.3, (US), Summer issue, July 2022

Transformative Power of Art Journal, War and Piece, vol. 1, Chicago IL (US), Summer issue Special Edition, April 2022  

Insights of an Eco Artist Magazine, issue 1, Lisbon (PT), July/August 2022

Illuminating the Beauty of Science, Suboart E-Magazine, Lisbon (PT), May 2023

​UNESCO World Day for Cultural Diversity, E-Magazine by Kuvik Galerie, Hamburg (DE), May 2023

NNC Art Magazine, The Book of Peace vol. I, VWorld NNC Gallery, London (UK), August 2022

Limitless Nature, Bruxelles Art Vue, Hardcover Album, Bruxelles (BE), Edition 2022

CAI 2022 Catalogo Artisti Italiani Ricognizione sull'Arte Contemporanea, III Edizione, Daphne Museum, CE (IT) 2022

101 Contemporary Artists & more.. Anniversary Edition by CoA, Tbilisi (GE) 2023

Deep in Thought Exhibition Catalogue, Cista Arts, London (UK), February 2023

PrideArt for Peace Berlin, Exhibition Catalogue by Foreword & Editor, Berlin (DE), February 2023 

Tension, Artist Book by SU4IP, London (UK), March 2023

Climate Art Collection, Sterlility of the land, Berlin (DE), March 2023

Wow Art Magazine, Vol. I, Wow World Show, Dubai (UAE), April 2023

Hidden Talents Art Magazine, Spring issue, The Arches Project, Birmingham (UK), May 2023

Arboreal Literary Magazine, issue 2, Eugene OR (US), May 2023

NNC Art Magazine, vol. 2, Special Guest by Vanessa Rusci, VWorld NNC Gallery, London (UK), August 2023

Social Justice Art of the Twenties, Vol. 1, Contemporary Art Book edited by J. A. Jackson, Miami (US), November 2023

Catalogo Nazionale dell'Arte Moderna N.59, Plank outside text, Editoriale G. Mondadori, Cairo Editore, Milano (IT), November 2023

Ilustrated Worlds Magazine, issue 4, Hillsboro (OR) USA, December 2023

Goddessarts Magazine, issue 12, Karlsruhe (DE), December 2023

Dwell Time Press, issue 3, West Yorkshire (UK), Jenuary 2024

Exist Otherwise Literary Journal, issue 9, Oakland, CA (US), Jenuary 2024

Swordplay zine, Quarterly digital zine, issue 4, Manchester (UK), Jenuary 2024

Decapitate Third Estate, Art and Social Justice E-Magazine, Vol. 5, Chicago IL (US), February 2024

Fifteen Magazine, issue 2, Psicografici Editore, Roma (IT), Giugno 2024

Harbour Review, Small Harbor Press, issue 12, British Columbia (CA), February 2024

ARTE N. 607 Rivista d'Arte Contemporanea, Editoriale G. Mondadori, Cairo Editore, Milano (IT), March 2024

MVIBE Magazine, Minimalist landscapes, issue 4.1, NY USA, April 2024

L'Esprit Literary Review, issue 4, Chicago IL (US), April 2024

Chestnut Review, Vol. 5, Spring issue 4, New York (US), April 2024

MAYDAY Magazine, New American Press, Milwaukee WI (US), May 2024

Honeyguide Literary Magazine, issue 8, Smithtown NY (US), June 2024

CutBank Literary Magazine, Art Cover, Summer/Fall issue 101, University of Montana, Missoula MT (US), June 2024

Vocivia Magazine, Nightmares and Daydreams, issue 5, Philadelphia PA (US), July 2024

Wretched & Divine, issue 7, Forget-Me-Not Press, Caledon ON (CA), July 2024

The Neurodiversiverse Alien Encounters - A Science Fiction Anthology edited by Anthony Francis & Liza Olmsted, Thinking Ink Press, Campbell CA (US), August 2024

100 Art Photo Mag, Volume 4, VWorld NNC Gallery, London (UK), September 2024

Armored Corps: The spirit of combativeness and human resilience -The AutoEthnographer Literary & Arts Magazine, vol. 4, issue 3, Fort Lauderdale (US), September 2024

Visual Art Journal, issue 7, Tbilisi (GE), September 2024

The Shallot Journal of Mental Health, Art, & Literature by the Layered Onion, Vol. 3, issue 2, Oregon WI (US), October 2024

Last Leaves Magazine, Feral, WA (US), Fall issue 9, October 2024

Ake Review, Vol. XI edited by The Book Buzz Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria, November 2024 

Toad Shade Zine, Black & white, issue 2, Sloth & Envy Press, Memphis TN (US), November 2024

The Doorkeeper Art Zine, Faut il mourir pour Dantzig?, The Ma'at Foundation, Luxembourg City (LU), December 2024

Ilustrated Worlds Magazine, Winter issue 8, Hillsboro OR (US), December 2024

The Genre Society, Art Cover, Winter issue 3, (US), Jenuary 2025

Cosmic Daffodil Journal, Myth and Metaphor issue 9, Apollo PA (US), February 2025

Full House Literary Magazine, issue 1, London UK, March 2025

IHRAM Quarterly Magazine, The Evolving Gaze: Society's Voice for Masculinity, IHRAM Press, New York (US), March 2025

The Quarterly Literary Journal, This is Where We are Now? vol. 13, part.1, Quarter press, Millen GA (US), April 2025

Interludes Conversations on Mental Health & The Arts, The 34 Gallery UN SDG 3.4 Mental Health by SimukaAfrica.org, April 2025

Reminghton Review, quarterly online literary journal, Spring issue, Terre Haute IN (US), April 2025

Hedge Apple Literary Magazine, Labyrinth, Hagerstown CC Hagerstown MD (US), April 2025

The Lady with a Luminous Face: Queen Nefertiti in Egyptian Art, The 34 Gallery UN SDG 3.4 Mental Health by Simukaafrica.org, May 2025

Small Wonders LLC, issue 23, Art cover, Appleton WI (US), May 2025

EPOCH History Magazine, issue 20, Lancaster University History Department, Lancaster (UK), June 2025

149 Review, issue 1, Salisbury, MD (US), June 2025

Gathered Here Today: An Open Casket of Art and Poetry, Illustrated Anthology by Graveside Press, CA (US), July 2025

Plastic pollution and Africa, SDG6 Series, The Simuka Africa Journal,  Simuka Africa Youth Association, Ngoni T/Norton, (ZW), July 2025

Penumbric Magazine, vol IX issue 2, Neomythos Press LLC, Denver CO (US), August 2025

The Sunlight Press Magazine, Philadelphia PA (US), August 2025

The Muse Zine by Sunsoak, issue 2, London (UK), August 2025

Brown Bag, The Quest to Cacao Crest, 10th Edition, online multimedia art journal, Saint Paul, MN (US), September 2025

The Mystery of Abyssinian Lions, SDG4 Series, The Simuka Africa Journal, Simuka Africa Youth Association, Ngoni T/Norton, (ZW), September 2025

Anima Mundi Academia Art Magazine, issue 17, Siauliai (LT), October 2025

Moonday Mag, issue 8, Los Angeles CA (US), October 2025

 

Digital Publications

Marvelous Art Magazine, The Twilight Collection, March issue 2021

Boomer Magazine, The New Artist, Spring issue, Boomer Gallery, London (UK), March 2021

ArtNow Magazine, ArtNow vol. III, PA (IT), May-June 2021

The Purposeful Mayonnaise Magazine, issue 1, CA, June 2021

The Bagel Hole, Artist Interview, TPM Gallery, CA, October 2021

Collect Art Magazine, First edition, CoA, Tbilisi (GE), Autumn  issue, September 2021

Pigeon Review, San Francisco CA (US), Autumn issue, November 2021

Chromart E-Magazine, Winter issue, Berlin (DE), December 2021

Personal Publications

Vincenzo Cohen, Monography, StudioByblos, PA (IT), July 2021

Poesia, Collana Ominium, Susil Edizioni, Carbonia SU (IT), March 2022

Pellegrini e Pagani a Roma, Collana Nuove Voci, I saggi, Albatros il Filo, Roma (IT), July 2022

BODIES ARMY Art Book 2024 - SNAP Collective, Copenhagen (DK), October 2024


Next Publications

The Witching Hour, issue 3, Sunderland (UK), October 2025

Veridine Literary Magazine, issue 4, South England (UK), Fall 2026

Art Horizons, Art Green Island LLC, Houston TX (US), November 2025

Rooted Literary Magazine, Rites Anthology, Fort Worth TX (US), November 2025 

Peace in the valley vol. 2 by LGBTQIA Faith Anthology, Charlotte NC (US), Jenuary 2026

 

Media clips

Interview within the program Se scrivendo on Sky Italia TV Channel, October 2022

Interview within the program Dieci Libri on Sky Italia TV Channel, October 2022 

Interview within the radio column Maschile & Sciarra TSN News, February 2024

Languages

English level B1-C1

Spanish Level A2-A1

Education
Classical High School Diploma 
09-1992/07-1997

EQF level 4

Classical High School "Italo Maione" Paola CS (IT) 

Fine Arts MFA

09-1998/07.2002

EQF level 7

Academy of Fine Arts of Rome
Via di Ripetta, 222, 00186 Rome (IT)

Graduate thesis in "History of the Spectacle: The two Nosferatu: cults of the non-living and the undead

 

Methodologies and Technique of Archaeological DrawingArcheological drawing Course

05-2005/06-2005

EQF level 3

National Prehistoric Museum of Abruzzo
Paludi, 1, Celano (AQ), 67043 Celano AQ (IT)

Prehistoric and Protohistoric documentation of lithic industry, ceramic and metallic tools

Archaeological and Historical Sciences MD

01-2003/02-2007

EQF level 6

University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome (IT)

Graduate thesis in Etruscan and Italic Antiquities: The italic settlement of Castiglione di Paludi in the Ancient Brutium

AIEA - Field guide course, level 1

08-2015/10-2016

AIEA (Associazione Italiana Esperti Africa)
Via Luigi Cibrario 7, 10100 Turin (IT)

 

AIEA - Focus on African mammals course

05-2015/06-2015

AIEA (Associazione Italiana Esperti Africa)
Via Luigi Cibrario 7, 10100 Turin (IT)

 

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