Susan Cohn b. 1952

  • Designer (Jewellery Designer),
  • Maker (Glass & metal Artist / Designer)
Cohn is a designer working in metals, jewellery and the graphic arts. She initially trained at RMIT and has continued her studies at other institutions. Her work has been recognised by a number of awards including the Industrial Design Award, Victorian Design Awards and election to the Design Institute of Australia's Hall of Fame.
exhibited at
Techno craft: the work of Susan Cohn 1980-2000
Date
2000
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

An NGA exhibition that toured nationally. Australian Air Express. The first survey of a contemporary jeweller and metalworker to be mounted by the National Gallery.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NGA annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Techno Craft: the work of Susan Cohn 1980-2000. Canberra: The National Gallery of Australia, 2000
ISBN 0642 541 469

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Jewellery
exhibited at
Black intentions: Susan Cohn
Date
2003
Place
Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Australian Air Express. Black Intentions: Susan Cohn was developed by Cohn to coincide with the simultaneous display of the retrospective, Techno craft: the work of Susan Cohn 1980 to 2000, a travelling exhibition from the National Gallery of Australia.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
http://apps.ngv.vic.gov.au/whatson/whatson_exhibitions.jsp?timescale=1; AGNSW Library catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Black intentions: Susan Cohn. Melbourne, Vic: Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, c2003. [9] p. [3] plates (1 folded): ill (some col) ; 22 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Jewellery
appeared at
Women in the Arts
Date
8 March 1995
Place
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

Lectures, commencing with a ;lecture by Susan Cohn, 8 March 1995

Type
Other event
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Susan Cohn: recent works
Date
1987
Place
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Description

An exhibition focussing on contemporary innovative works utilising paper.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery annual report 1987-88

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Paper, Design