CURRICULUM VITAE
MERLIN L. COHEN
5221 N. Salida Del Sol Drive
Tucson, Arizona, USA
85718-5411
Studio: 1-520-615-1905
Home: 1-520-615-1902
Fax: 1-520-615-1904
Email: merlin@merlincohen.com
Website: www.merlincohen.com
ART EDUCATION
1994 – 2010 Marble Institute of Colorado, Marble/marble Symposium.
21 days each year of onsite instruction and exercises in stone carving.
1993 – Montoya/ Mas Famous Sculptors Seminar
1990 – 1992 Personal instruction by Ralph Hurst, then Artist in Residence,
University of Tennessee- Martin.
SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITS AND AWARDS
2012 – Featured artist, Tucson Lifestyle magazine
2010 & 2011 – Juried exhibitor, Tucson Jewish Community Center Sculpture Garden
2009 - Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ - Please Touch exhibit for the visually impaired
2007 thru 2011 - Group Show, Redstone Art Center, Redstone, CO
2007 – Elected an Associate of the Royal British Society of Sculptors
2007 thru 2012– Invited artist, Sculpture in the Park – Loveland, Colorado, High Plains Art Council
2007 – Industry Award, Sculpture Only Competition, Sculptural Pursuit magazine
2006 – Art Scottsdale, Arizona, juried show invited participant
2005 & 2006 – Sculpture in the Park juried show – Loveland, Colorado, High Plains Art Council
2005 – Featured artist, Tucson Home and Garden magazine
2005 – Emerging Artist - art & antiques magazine
2003 – Sculpture Internationale juried exhibit – Atlanta, Georgia
2002 – Featured Artist – Sculpture Journal
2002 - Featured Artist – Tubac, Arizona Center for the Arts juried show
2001 & 2002 – Arts Partnership Phantom Gallery solo show, Tucson, Arizona
2000, 01, 02 – Santa Cruz Valley, Arizona juried shows
2000 – Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona Carved in Stone juried show
1999 – Tubac, Arizona Center for the Arts, juried show special merit award
1999 – Tucson, Arizona Museum of Art Designers Showcase House invited exhibitor
1997 - Tennessee All-State Art Exhibit, juried show, sculpture award
1996 & 1997 – Arts in the Park, juried Fine Art division, Memphis, Tennessee
1996 – MidSouth Fair, Fine Arts juried show, 1st place, sculpture division
1995, 96, 97 – Art League juried shows, Memphis/Germantown, Tennessee
WORK IN COLLECTIONS OF
Santa Fe Museum of Art
Tucson Jewish Community Center
Keeling Neighborhood Park, Tucson, Arizona
GlaxoSmithKline - Environment, Health and Safety Excellence Award
Children’s Clinics Honorarium Garden, Tucson, Arizona
Tallahassee Community College, Florida, The Ralph Hurst Gallery
Temple Emanu-El, Tucson, Arizona
Paul Ash Management Co., Tucson, Arizona
Hacienda Del Sol Resort, Tucson, Arizona
RBC Dain Rauscher Inc, Tucson, Arizona
Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky
Jackson National Life Insurance, Franklin, TN
Numerous private collections
REPRESENTED BY
ARTBOX Gallery
Indianapolis, IN
Howard Schepp Fine Art
Palm Desert, CA
Lovetts Gallery
Tulsa, OK
Pierce Modern Gallery
Paso Robles, CA
The Redstone Gallery
Park City, UT
Wilde Meyer Galleries
Scottsdale and Tucson, AZ
SIGNIFICANT LIFE EVENTS
1937 – Born, Memphis, Tennessee
1961 – Graduated Dental School, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee
1961 – Joined United States Army
1969 – Separated from active duty – Started solo General Dentistry practice, Union City, Tennessee
1972 – 1988 – Elected School Board Official, Union City, Tennessee
1976 – 1988 Chairman of the School Board
1980 – 1988 Board of Directors of Tennessee School Boards Association
1984 – 1988 Elected Board of Directors of National School Boards Association
1985 – 1986 Elected President of Tennessee School Boards Association
1990 – First sculpting lesson from Ralph Hurst, Artist in Residence, University of Tennessee - Martin
1992 – Sold Dental Practice to devote full time to stone sculpting
1997 – Retired from the United States Army as senior ranking Dental Corps officer of the Army Reserve
1998 – First gallery representation, Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2005 – Identified as an “Emerging Artist” by arts & antiques magazine
2007 – Juried into the Royal British Society of Sculptors
2009 – Elected to the Tucson Museum of Art Board of Directors
2010 – Elected to the College of Fine Arts Board, University of Arizona
2011 – Landscape marble sculpture accepted by the Santa Fe Museum of Art