Lina Kogan

About the artist

Lina Kogan is an award winning American contemporary sculptor and mixed media artist. Her symbolically rich collages, abstract paintings and sculptures were exhibited at Torrance Art Museum, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pacific Design Center, Neutra Institute Museum, California Conference for Advancement of Ceramic Arts, Taoyuan City Exhibition Hall, and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lina was born in Ukraine and moved to the US in 1992. Kogan’s first ceramic sculptures emerged in 1996, followed by mixed media and experimental abstracts. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband and a large fluffy dog, while her two children are away in college. Taking "reduce, reuse, recycle" principle to the next level Lina builds minimalistic 2d and 3d art with found objects from the hi-tech world. Disassembled gadgets, musical instruments, watches become pieces of the puzzle that join paint and clay in the multi-layered artworks. Kogan’s mixed media pieces don’t reference recognizable forms. The outcome is deconstructed to the extent that meaning is shifted, and harmony is often found. Influenced by her engineer grandfather she was fascinated with technology and drafting from an early age. Currently Kogan balances her art practice with a career in technology, which often acts as a source of her inspiration. Kogan received multiple awards including Emerging Artists Jeanne Ward Foundation award, Homage to Russian Avant-Garde award by renowned art critic Peter Frank. Kogan had 8 solo and over 50 group exhibits since 2005. Lina holds a Masters Degree in Multimedia and Creative Technologies from University of Southern California.