Lenore Mizrachi-Cohen
Visual artist · New York City
Practice
Lenore is a visual artist and mother of four. Her art is informed by her Syrian Jewish heritage. She's worked as an artist and producer since earning a BA in art from Brooklyn College in 2009. In 2024 she founded Muse, an artist collective studio in Brooklyn.
Internationally exhibited and collected, Lenore's work has been presented in solo and group shows in the US, Austria, Italy, Amsterdam, Canada and Israel. She and her work have been published in books, scholarly journals, newspapers and featured in radio and television interviews. In 2025 her work was included in Heritage, a survey of consequential Jewish artists in the US (Baigell, Syracuse University).
Her Arabic calligraphy was featured in a solo show at the Museo Ebraico of Lecce and in the Roman Parliament in 2025. Sculptural calligraphy works were exhibited at the Jewish Museum of Vienna from 2024-6, and her conceptual art at the Jewish Museums of Amsterdam and Berlin. In 2021, Lenore created and produced the group show Maktoub as part of the Jerusalem Biennale, bringing together Hebrew and Arabic calligraphers from the UAE and Israel to exhibit in Jerusalem.
She is currently based in NYC.
Artist statement
Lenore's practice is deeply rooted in the idea of connecting with and renewing her cultural heritage. A descendant of Syrian Jews, she primarily uses Arabic calligraphy to create her conceptual works, which are both two and three dimensional. Flat, scripted calligraphy often morphs into sculptural arrangements which range in size from tabletop cloches to installations that fill entire rooms. Lenore is interested in exploring contemporary issues using her heritage as a starting point and lens to interpret things through; recent projects have highlighted forced migration, cultural erosion, heritage, mental health and women's issues. Trained in both Hebrew and Arabic scripting, Lenore is currently at work on an artists book which uses traditional proverbs from both languages to highlight cultural similarities.
Translations: The 613
Culture Shift Series: Irreversible. Mixed media (calligraphy, photography, paper cut, sewn elements), 12 x 18. Study Torah (#419).
Exhibition: Translations: The 613
Tags: Calligraphy · Sculpture · Arabic
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