Biography
Lina Kogan is an award winning American contemporary sculptor and mixed media artist. Her multifaceted mixed media works, collages, abstract paintings and sculptures were exhibited by Torrance Art Museum, the American Museum of Ceramic Art, the Pacific Design Center, Neutra Institute Museum, TAG Gallery, The Brewery Art Colony, and the California Conference for Advancement of Ceramics Arts (CCACA). The artist has had eight solo shows and has participated in over 50 group exhibitions in the US and overseas.
Kogan has received multiple awards including the Emerging Artists Jeanne Ward Foundation award and the Homage to Russian Avant-Garde award by renowned art critic Peter Frank.
Kogan was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. She moved to the US in 1992 and graduated from University of Southern California in 2000 with a Masters degree in Multimedia and Creative Technologies. Kogan’s first ceramic sculptures emerged in 1996, followed by mixed media and experimental textured abstracts incorporating found objects. Kogan has also co-curated and moderated on-line art-talks, exhibits, and charity auctions. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
