Jill Cohen-Nuñez

Jill Cohen-Nuñez, of: a guardian as part of the installation wait in the garden, 2020/2024, bronze, stone, dimensions variable.

Visual Description: A bronze statue of a seated figure with a serene expression, placed on top of a rough stone base, is one of four elements of a larger floor installation.

Descripción Visual: Una estatua de bronce de una figura sentada con una expresión serena, colocada sobre una base de piedra áspera, es uno de los cuatro elementos de una instalación de suelo.

Jill Cohen-Nuñez, well as part of the installation wait in the garden, 2020/2024, Maple plywood, glass, dimensions variable

Visual Description: A circular black wooden sculpture disk with the center burned and charred is slightly elevated from the ground. On top of it rest a couple of visible round and clear glass objects resting on the edge and other smaller ones on the charred center, also part of a larger floor installation.

Descripción Visual: Un disco de escultura circular de madera negra con el centro quemado y carbonizado está ligeramente elevado del suelo. Encima de él descansan un par de objetos de vidrio redondos y transparentes visibles que descansan en el borde y otros más pequeños en el centro quemado, también parte de una instalación de suelo más grande.

Jill Cohen-Nuñez, altar beam as part of the installation wait in the garden, 2023/2024, cedar wood, cherry wood, stone, dimensions variable.

Visual Description: A wooden post stands vertically, with carved faces and textures on it, surrounded on the ground by a collection of rocks placed on the floor around it as part of a larger floor installation.

Descripción de Audio (Español): Un poste de madera se encuentra verticalmente, con caras talladas y texturas, rodeado por una colección de rocas colocadas en el suelo como parte de una instalación de suelo más grande.

Jill Cohen-Nuñez, untitled as part of the installation wait in the garden, 2024 , walnut, redwood, soapstone, stone, dimensions variable.

Visual Description: A sculpture consisting of a wooden arm resting on a rock, with a smaller rock placed nearby on the floor, and a reddish wooden structure resembling a pair of eyes with jade stones connected to a long stick held on top by the wooden arm, as part of a larger floor installation.

Descripción Visual: Una escultura que consiste en un brazo de madera apoyado en una roca, con una roca más pequeña colocada cerca en el suelo, y una estructura de madera rojiza que se asemeja a un par de ojos con piedras de jade conectadas a un palo largo sobre el brazo de madera, como parte de una instalación de suelo más grande.

Jill Cohen-Nuñez, untitled (guardian) 2 as part of the installation wait in the garden, 2023/2024, raku stoneware, stone, dimensions variable.


About

Jill Cohen-Nuñez (b. 1992, Dominican-American) is an artist from the Bronx, NY. In 2023, they were awarded a New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowship at Wave Hill and have received grants and scholarships from The Connor Merit Awards, Urban Glass, The Oki Doki Studio, and a New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) City Artist Corps Grant. Cohen-Nuñez has participated in residencies at Haverford College (PA), The Newark Print Shop (NJ), Manhattan Graphics Center (NY), MASS MoCA (MA), Chashama, and Modern Art Foundry (NY). They have exhibited at the National Sculpture Society (NY), BronxArtSpace (NY), Center for Performance Research (NY), Fordham University (NY), BAAD! Bronx Academy of Art and Dance (NY), The New York Botanical Garden (NY), and The Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery (NY). They hold a BA in studio art from CUNY City College of New York.