About — Julia Kohane

ARTIST BIO

Julia Kohane is a New York City–based collage artist whose practice combines analog and digital processes. Using found imagery alongside her own photographs, she creates hand-cut physical collages that are subsequently scanned and digitally refined. Her works are presented as limited-edition archival prints on aluminum. Exploring the collapse of linear time, memory, displacement, and transformation, her compositions construct surreal environments that function as both psychological and physical spaces.

Selected exhibitions include Hunterdon Art Museum, Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center, Lichtundfire, Viridian Artists, Carriage Barn Arts Center, and Affordable Art Fair New York. Forthcoming exhibitions include the National Collage Society's 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition at Kingsborough Art Museum, Beyond Magic at Lichtundfire (by curatorial invitation), L’Âge d’Or in Paris, Galería Azur Paris, and Aqua Art Fair Miami Beach. Her collage Exile received Third Prize at Hunterdon Art Museum's 2026 Members Exhibition.

Published press coverage includes an artist feature in Brutjournal, an essay on the group exhibition Before Time at Lichtundfire in TUSSLE, and an invited art review by the Circle Foundation for the Arts. One of her collages has been accepted in a forthcoming publication in Broad Journal. She is a juried Signature Member of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) and a juried Member Artist of the Circle Foundation for the Arts. Kohane holds a Bachelor of Science with a double major in Psychology and Philosophy from Fordham University.

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A woman in a black lace top and long black skirt standing in a luxurious hotel lobby with marble pillars, checkered marble floor, and a staircase with an ornate black railing in the background.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work explores the collapse of linear time through surreal environments that function as both psychological and physical spaces. Within these unstable worlds, time fragments and scale shifts, reflecting the tension between internal states and external forces. Past, present, and imagined futures coexist as the boundaries of time and place dissolve.

Fragmentation and reassembly are central to both the meaning and construction of my work. Figures often appear suspended within altered landscapes and shifting architecture, conveying vulnerability alongside resilience. I am drawn to states of transition, where environments remain in flux and familiar forms become unfamiliar.

Rooted in experiences of displacement and resettlement, my work explores alienation and the fragility of the human experience, while considering how memory and emotion can shape our sense of place and belonging. The works remain open to multiple interpretations, allowing meaning to remain fluid.

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PROCESS

My work begins with found imagery and my own photographs. Some source images are digitally refined before being printed. I hand-cut the individual elements with scissors, then arrange and adhere them by hand to build a multilayered physical collage.

Once the physical collage is complete, it is professionally scanned and receives digital refinement. This includes removing minor traces of the physical assembly and making subtle adjustments to color and contrast, while preserving the scale, proportions, and character of the original hand-cut piece.

The finished image is then produced in limited editions, primarily as archival prints on aluminum, most often with a high-gloss finish that enhances the depth and intensity of the colors. I also explore alternative presentations, including framed works on fine-art paper, works on wood panels, and framed aluminum prints.

Each limited-edition work is signed on the reverse and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.