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Salonnièr #4: 3-10 August
Dana Manor Cohen Dana Manor Cohen’s residency at Rotem Berlin Salon is dedicated to research and work, as well as to deepening her engagement with the recurring motifs throughout her practice, such as Eurasian jay feathers, eyes, nature, stones, and old books. Her artistic process reflects her profound connection to the local landscape in which she lives and works, and to the energy of nature that continually draws her to dwell within it and create. This ancient energy binds together femininity, the body, and the earth. The book covers on which she paints are old and forgotten, bearing traces of journeys and experiences. Time has left its traces upon them. She is drawn to these books by their color and texture, a title or author’s name, or simply by an intuitive and unexplainable attraction. The encounter between the book’s title and the painted image becomes a dialogue from which a new story emerges, while the painted landscape resonates with the story already held within the book itself. The old book serves not only as a surface for painting, but also as a gateway to the past, connecting materiality, memory, and time. On the pages of these books, Manor Cohen often draws in charcoal fragments of childhood memories and beautiful moments that can no longer return. During her daily walks in nature, she collects jay feathers and stones - small treasures placed in her path by the landscape itself. She paints eyes on the stones, as though creating protective 'eyes against the evil eye'. Or perhaps they symbolise a benevolent gaze, the Good Eye. The Eurasian jay is a common bird in the Galilee region where Manor Cohen lives. To her, their feathers symbolise belonging, and in her artwork they become talismans and ancient, primordial signs. |
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Dana Manor Cohen (b. 1981) is a painter who lives and works in a small kibbutz nestled in the heart of a green, mountainous oak forest in northern Israel. Drawing inspiration from the landscape and unique geography of the Upper Galilee region, she creates paintings of landscapes and natural elements on a variety of surfaces. Through her art, she seeks to capture the fleeting moments that life offers, which often go unnoticed. Examining these moments closely, she provides viewers with a space for contemplation, offering them comfort and a renewed sense of connection to simplicity, the earth, and belonging.
Manor Cohen studied classical academic drawing at Atelier Weber (2025). She graduated from of the Animation Department at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2009), and also studied puppet theatre design and stage design at the School of Puppet Theatre and Drama, Kibbutzim College, Tel Aviv (2014).
Selected exhibitions she has participated in include: the Artists’ Greenhouse at the Fresh Paint Art Fair (2021), the Jewish Museum in Casale Monferrato, Italy (2023), and the Jerusalem Biennale at the Museum of Italian Jewry (2024).
Manor Cohen studied classical academic drawing at Atelier Weber (2025). She graduated from of the Animation Department at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2009), and also studied puppet theatre design and stage design at the School of Puppet Theatre and Drama, Kibbutzim College, Tel Aviv (2014).
Selected exhibitions she has participated in include: the Artists’ Greenhouse at the Fresh Paint Art Fair (2021), the Jewish Museum in Casale Monferrato, Italy (2023), and the Jerusalem Biennale at the Museum of Italian Jewry (2024).