Born in Venezuela, Silvia Cohen studied Fine Arts at the University of Haifa, Israel, and through the years has experimented with several forms of visual art including drawing, painting, sculpture, etching, photography, and silversmith.

Cohen has shown her work in collective and solo exhibitions in Venezuela, Israel, Switzerland, Romania and the United States.

Simultaneously to her visual arts career, the artist has been engaged in art teaching activities for adults.

The concept of “joie de vivre” or the joy of life is always present in her work, which she expresses through the use of vivid colors and energetic brush strokes.