Fred Cohen is an artist based in New York. He studied architecture in college and worked in the field of interior design for over forty years. Early in his career, he was inspired by the design system used to break down visual arts into basic elements and began incorporating the method into his practice as a painter. Cohen explores the system of color and design while finding a way to investigate his evolving understanding of the world. Cohen explains why he paints, “I paint because I have to. It has become my pathway to relating to the world around me and inside me. It enables me to share.”