"Candid explorations of my inner world intertwine with collected inspirations transforming into a fluid and colorful expressive unity. Ever since childhood art has been a euphoric love affair, it is a self-imposed vow, a dedication, a stampede to every vital core within. To create is to castle it all, to express it all under each stroke with every single vein lucid and a mirror to my soul."
Micci Cohan is an American artist whose multidisciplinary practice encompasses painting, jewelry design, illustration, photography, poetry, and upcycled shell and sculpture work. Along with her professional art career and jewelry business, she also has been an art instructor and an art workshop facilitator for many years.
In 2015 she founded The S e n s e s + B e + B r a v e mixed media Workshop.
Best known for her exuberant, expressive palette and eclectic range of styles, she is a prolific artist whose work evokes a unique timelessness transcending current trends or categorizations. Her art has acquired a devoted following of collectors throughout the years both in the United States and internationally.
She has sold and exhibited her art in galleries and various venues since her high school years and, has been featured in many publications such as The Art in America Annual Guide to Galleries, Museums, and Artists edition, Artforum, The International Contemporary Artists, and NY Arts Magazine, to name a few and has been commissioned to do illustrations and portraits by notable clients such as the prestigious Jean Cocteau Repertory Theater in NYC, and the Indie Pop Band, Salt Cathedral.
The Jewelry
Micci Cohan's passion for adornment permeates throughout her one-of-a-kind creations. Each piece is unique and completely original making it a collectible piece of wearable art. Her artistic signature in her art along with her keen fashion sense overflows into her designs. Taking elements from different cultures and the realms of antiquity and combining them with newer contemporary elements she creates something completely fresh and wholly unique. Her signature Bohemian-style beaded necklaces are created from an eclectic palette of colorful materials such as natural gemstones, hand-painted beads, shells, tassels, crystals, pearls glass, clay, wood, charms, ceramic, pendants, and antique metals.
Her jewelry has gained a loyal following over the last 13 years and has been collected worldwide. Cohan's designs are uniquely artistic, and expressive. Her mission is to design original pieces that inspire her customers to celebrate what is authentic about them; firmly believing adornment enlightens the mind and inspires creative passion allowing every woman to express her personality in a very special way. Her motto she says is to stay fluid, stay open to being inspired, and always seek to enrich your senses, with colors, textures, and design. She thinks of them as timeless, vivid creations to collect and cherish forever. They are inspired by art, antique jewelry fashion, music, nature, coastal life, world cultures, and travel.
Currently, she lives on the beautiful coast of Long Island which has deeply inspired her and sparked a new sense of creativity fueling both her art and jewelry.