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Linda Kohen (born Linda Olivetti on October, 24, 1924 in Milan, Italy) is a Italian-born artist currently living in Uruguay.

Biography
Linda Kohen is a painter whose work has been shown in galleries and museums around the world. Kohen studied under Pierre Fossey, Eduardo Vernazza, Horacio Butler, Julio Uruguay Alpuy, and Jose Grurvich. Kohen's paintings often feature objects in her home and her own hands and feet.

Family Life
Linda Kohen was born in Milan, Italy (father Guido Olivetti). Facing religious persecution, her family emigrated to Montevideo, Uruguay in 1939 by way of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She married Rafael Kohen in 1946 and moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where her daughter, Martha, was born in 1947. The family returned to Montevideo, Uruguay in 1948, and her son, Roberto was born in 1950. Fleeing dictatorship in Uruguay, the family emigrated to Brazil on May 7, 1977. The family returned to Uruguay in the 1980s, where Kohen still resides.

Solo

 * 2015 Amanti, Galleria Ghelfi, Venice, Italy
 * 2014 Private Life: my house, my table, my bed, my self, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York
 * 2013 Self-Shadows, The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida Pueblo Garzón Gallery, Maldonado, Uruguay
 * 2012 ALONE, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay; I Have Always Liked to Draw, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina; TIMES, Pablo Atchugarry Foundation, Maldonado, Uruguay
 * 2011 Ghelfi Gallery, Vicenza, Italy; MVD Gallery, World Trade Center, Montevideo, Uruguay; Dan Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil; The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida; Hoy en el Arte Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Las Vertientes Farm Cultural Center, Punta del Este, Uruguay
 * 2010 Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * 2009 El Peñasco, Maldonado, Uruguay
 * 2008 Museo Artiguista, Maldonado, Uruguay; Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * 2007 Meridiano Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay; Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * 2005 Cultural Center of Spain, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 2004 Puerta de San Juan Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 2003 Alianza Cultural Uruguay Estados Unidos, Montevideo, Uruguay; Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * 1999 Museo de Arte Contemporáneo “El País”, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 1998 Mazzoni Museum, Maldonado, Uruguay; Museo Regional de San Carlos, Uruguay; Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado, Uruguay; Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * 1997 Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado, Uruguay; New Israeli Congregation, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 1995 OEA Exhibition Hall, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado, Uruguay
 * 1994 Moretti Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay; Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado, Uruguay
 * 1991 Álvaro Castagnino Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Moretti Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay; Museo de Arte Americano, Uruguay
 * 1988 Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil; Wizo Federation of Uruguay
 * 1987 Cultural House of Alicia Goyena, Montevideo, Uruguay; B’Nai B’rith Oriental, Montevideo, Uruguay; Museo de Arte Americano de Maldonado, Maldonado, Uruguay
 * 1985 Art Museum of The Organization of American States, Washington D.C.; Instituto Cultural Italiano, Montevideo, Uruguay; Museo Artiguista, Maldonado, Uruguay
 * 1984 Bonino Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Museo de Arte Americano, Maldonado, Uruguay; Museum of Fine Arts Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina
 * 1982 Dan Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
 * 1981 Gallery Meeting Point, Miami, Florida; Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
 * 1978 Ática Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * 1977 Arte Múltiple Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * 1976 Contemporary Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 1975 Trilce Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 1971 Moretti Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay

Group

 * 2016 Intra - Action, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; Under the Influence, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York
 * 2015 Serigraphic collection, The Americas Collection, Coral Gables Florida
 * 2013 Women Seen By Women, Museo Gurvich, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 2012 The Americas Collection, Coral Gables, Florida; LUDUS, Montevideo, Uruguay; Jacksonville Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 2011 Capilla San Jose de Manga, Zonamerica Foundation, Jacksonville, Uruguay; Arte al Pasar, World Trade Center, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 2010 Las Vertientes Cultural Center, Inaugural Show, Maldonado, Uruguay
 * 2009 The Nature of Things, Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
 * 2007 52nd Salón Nacional, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 2004 51st Salón Nacional, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 2003 Puerta de San Juan Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 2002 50th Salón Nacional, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 2001 90th Anniversary, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay; 49th Salón Nacional, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 2000 Latin American Artists, Ana Maria Matthei Art Gallery, Santiago, Chile; Homage to Anna Frank, New Israeli Congregation, Uruguay
 * 1998 Still Life, Sur Gallery, Punta del Este, Uruguay; Women, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 1997 Embassy of Brazil, Municipality of Montevideo, Uruguay; Montevideo Shopping, Montevideo, Uruguay; Artists from the South, Colonia, Uruguay
 * 1996 Murals from Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay; Sur Gallery, Punta del Este, Uruguay
 * 1995 Contemporary Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay; Paco das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
 * 1994 Women of America Embassy, Museo Artiguista, Maldonado, Uruguay
 * 1993 Four in Maldonado, Contemporary Art Museum, Maldonado, Uruguay; Christian Art Exhibition, Montevideo Cabildo, Uruguay Immagini, Painters of Italian Origin, Montevideo Cabildo, Uruguay
 * 1992 Christian Art Exhibition, Linardi Library, Montevideo, Uruguay To Maldonado, Museo de Arte Americano de Maldonado, Uruguay Cepa Foundation, La Plata, Argentina 40 Latin American Artists, OEA Exhibition Hall, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * 1988 Sur Gallery, Punta del Este, Uruguay 40 years of the State of Israel, Montevideo, Jewish Community Center, Uruguay
 * 1987 Christian Art Exhibition, Montevideo Cabildo, Uruguay
 * 1985 Uruguayan Women in the Arts, Municipalidad de Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 1986 Center for Jewish Studies, Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguayan Cinematheque’s 35th Anniversary, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 1984 A figura Humana, Tenda Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil Artistas Plásticos Judeus, Museo da Arte Brasilera, São Paulo, Brazil
 * 1982 Four Women Painters, ACA Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * 1981 Italy–Brazil, Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
 * 1978 Arte Múltiple Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * 1977 International Jewish Women Workshop, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 1976 The Best of the Year, French Alliance Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * 1970-1949 Taller Torres-García, Montevideo, Uruguay Moretti Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay Salón Municipal, Montevideo, Uruguay Museo de Bellas Artes Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina

Collections

 * Collections Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, California
 * Samuel Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville Florida USA
 * Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * Museo Gurvich, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * Museo de Arte Americano de Maldonado, Uruguay
 * Museo de Arte Contemporáneo “El País”, Montevideo, Uruguay
 * Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 * Museo de Bellas Artes Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina
 * Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
 * Fundación Ortiz Gurdian, Managua, Nicaragua

Videos

 * Conversation between Linda Kohen and Susanna V. Temkin during the opening night of the exhibition entitled Linda Kohen: Private Life, my house, my table, my bed, my self on February 6, 2014 at Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. in New York.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSn4C11gYDE
 * Linda Kohen Solo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDCfvTazZhE

Interviews

 * http://www.cciu.org.uy/news_detail.php?title=linda-kohen-entrevista-metaf-sico-de-lo-cotidiano&id=7517