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Plaster starts as stone, is ground into a soft powder, mixed with water, and becomes stone again.

Hardening, transformation, and return are the pillars of my explorations. Through a kitchen sink of materials I seek to bring awareness to the moments that go unnoticed yet leave us deeply impressed or scarred. My exploration of identity within diaspora through material transformation always returns the sculptures to the original circumstances they reference. The processes that make up their lifespan, the ones that have little testimony of existence, are the important ones.

The objects remember, and that’s what matters.












Selected Works


The place remembers

Slime, vinyl, expandable-foam casts, mattress foam, wood
Boston, MA, 2026





The place remembers

Slime, vinyl, expandable-foam casts, mattress foam, wood
Boston, MA, 2026

The place remembers

Slime, vinyl, expandable-foam casts, mattress foam, wood
Boston, MA, 2026

The place remembers

Slime, vinyl, expandable-foam casts, mattress foam, wood
Boston, MA, 2026

The place remembers

Slime, vinyl, expandable-foam casts, mattress foam, wood
Boston, MA, 2026

The place remembers

Slime, vinyl, expandable-foam casts, mattress foam, wood
Boston, MA, 2026

The place remembers

Slime, vinyl, expandable-foam casts, mattress foam, wood
Boston, MA, 2026

The place remembers

Slime, vinyl, expandable-foam casts, mattress foam, wood
Boston, MA, 2026





Shaking

Eggshells, paper egg carton, servo motors, motion sensor, arduino, wood
Boston, MA, 2026




Shaking

Eggshells, paper egg carton, servo motors, motion sensor, arduino, wood
Boston, MA, 2026
Shaking

Eggshells, paper egg carton, servo motors, motion sensor, arduino, wood
Boston, MA, 2026








House Under Construction

Plaster, acrylic paint, soil
Floating University Gallery, Berlin, 2025
In collaboration with Open Society University Network (OSUN) and Bard College Berlin





House Under Construction

Plaster, acrylic paint, soil
Floating University Gallery, Berlin, 2025
In collaboration with Open Society University Network (OSUN) and Bard College Berlin

House Under Construction

Plaster, acrylic paint, soil
Floating University Gallery, Berlin, 2025
In collaboration with Open Society University Network (OSUN) and Bard College Berlin
House Under Construction

Plaster, acrylic paint, soil
Floating University Gallery, Berlin, 2025
In collaboration with Open Society University Network (OSUN) and Bard College Berlin
House Under Construction (returning to the land)

Performance at Strandbad Wannsee Beach, Lake Wannsee, 2025
In collaboration with Wannsee Contemporary Gallery and the Cordts Arts Foundation
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Boston, MA, 2025






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Boston, MA, 2025

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Boston, MA, 2025

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Boston, MA, 2025

Decodeme 1

iPhone images
Boson, MA, 2023-2025
Decodeme x

iPhone images
Boson, MA, 2023-2025
Decodeme x

iPhone images
Boson, MA, 2023-2025
Decodeme x

iPhone images
Boson, MA, 2023-2025
Decodeme x

iPhone images
Boson, MA, 2023-2025
Decodeme x

iPhone images
Boson, MA, 2023-2025

Quazar Reflections x

Composite iPhone images
Lichterfelde, Germany and Rockaway, New York, 2022
Quazar Reflections x

Composite iPhone images
Utah and Long island? 2023





Quazar Reflections x

Composite iPhone images
Cable Street, London, 2022
Quazar Reflections x

Composite iPhone images
Lichterfelde, Germany and Damascus, PA, 2022
Quazar Reflections x

Composite iPhone images
Sky of x, and ground of y, 2023

Quazar Reflections x

Composite iPhone images
Lichterfelde, Germany, 2022
Come Into My Bedroom

Installation and Performance
Plaster, cardboard, acrylic paint, plastic tarps, audio mix, found objects
Hells Kitchen, New York, 2022

Come Into My Bedroom

Installation and Performance
Plaster, cardboard, acrylic paint, plastic tarps, audio mix, found objects
Hells Kitchen, New York, 2022

Come Into My Bedroom

Installation and Performance
Plaster, cardboard, acrylic paint, plastic tarps, audio mix, found objects
Hells Kitchen, New York, 2022

Come Into My Bedroom

Installation and Performance
Plaster, cardboard, acrylic paint, plastic tarps, audio mix, found objects
Hells Kitchen, New York, 2022








Elan J Cohen (b. New York City, 2004) is a visual artist currently based in Boston, MA. Working across sculpture, performance, photography, and curation, he chases the preciousness of small unnoticed moments that sit within larger conversations about diaspora and change.

He is a founding member of the Boston curatorial collective Club Curate.  He holds a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University.

Contact
elanjcohen@gmail.com
Instagram: elanjcohen




Curriculum Vitae



Education

2026 BFA, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University

2025 Bard College Berlin, Concentration in Artistic Practice


Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 Defunded/Defunked
Arts Collaborative Medford,
Medford MA

2026 Recession Indicators,
Arts Collaborative Medford,
Medford MA

2026 Wunderkammer, Boston MA

2026 Until We Run Out Of Space, Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston MA

2025 The Procedure, Mission Hill Gallery, Boston MA

2025 We Threw Open The Doors, Floating University Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2025 Interventions, Cordts Arts Foundation with Wannsee Contemporary, Wannsee, Germany

2025, (Dis)Organizing Otherwise: Counter Public Spheres, Monopol Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2025 Edge, Subcentral Studio, Cambridge MA

2024 “<3”, Mission Hill Gallery, Boston MA

2024 The First Ever Gallery Show, Mission Hill Gallery, Boston MA

2024 Photography Area Showcase, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Atrium Gallery, Boston MA

2024 Digital Media Area Showcase, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Atrium Gallery, Boston MA

2023 Bacchanal, Stockwell Collective, Boston, MA

2022 Beacon Art Show, The Beacon School, NY

Curatorial Projects

2026 Never Seen Before, Club Curate at Apt. 6 Gallery, Allston MA

2025-26 Episodic Sculpture, Club Curate at Apt. 6 Gallery, Allston MA

2025 (Dis)Organising Otherwise: Counter-Public Spheres, Monopol Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2024 Sound and Immersive Media Showcase, Resonance Gallery, Medford MA

2024 The Wheel, Club Curate, Seaport MA

2024 What We Make For Ourselves and Lie in, Club Curate at Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA