Rachel bas-Cohain

Rachel bas-Cohain (1937–1982) was a New York-based conceptual artist. She was a founding member of the A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence).

Rachel bas-Cohain
Born	1937 (1937) New York City
Died	1982 (aged 44–45) New York City
Nationality	American
Known for	conceptual art

Biography

Bas-Cohain was born in 1937 in New York.^[1] She obtained her arts education from the Art Students League of New York. She also attended The New School for Social Research, the Brooklyn Museum School, and Brooklyn College.^[2] She was a graduate of the Brooklyn School of Music and received a two-year grant from the Radcliffe Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[2] Bas-Cohain had fellowships at the MacDowell Colony in 1966 and 1968.^[3] In 1972, she became one of the founding members of the A.I.R. Gallery.^[4]

Over the course of her career, she worked in a variety of media and styles. She described her work as "air, fluids, light in motion exhibited as sculpture."^[5]

Her image is included in the iconic 1972 poster Some Living American Women Artists by Mary Beth Edelson.^[6]

Her work is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,^[1] the Whitney Museum of American Art,^[7] and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.^[8]