About

Hope Cohn is an award-winning independent curator, artist, and educator. She has created exhibitions throughout Atlanta and is dedicated to fostering a deeper connection between art, artists, and audiences.  She has curated numerous exhibitions for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, including Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, E-Merge Contemporary Atlanta Artists, . She conceived and curated SCORE: Sports + Art for MOCA GA and. Beyond Words for the Swan Coach House Gallery. Under her visionary leadership at Spruill Gallery, exhibitions such as Nelson Mandela: Man of the People; Katrina: Five Years of Reflection, and Breaking New Ground: Intersections at the Crossroads of Art and Technology earned her a Creative Loafing award for "Best Gallery.” 

Cohn has taught at Georgia State Ernest Welch School of Art & Design, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, SCAD Atlanta, Pratt Institute, The School of Visual Arts NYC and the High Museum of Art.  

She received her Master’s Degree in painting from Pratt Institute and her BFA from the Atlanta College of Art. Her work is included in various private and corporate collections including The Neiman Marcus Corporation, King and Spalding, Alston and Bird, Highland Group, Kilpatrick Stockton and others.

In every role — artist, curator, educator — Cohn champions the idea that art has the power to engage, inspire, and spark dialogue. She has deep respect for the creative process and for the people who undertake it. Her work isn’t about spotlighting her own voice. It’s about making room for others, building platforms, and ensuring that art remains a living, breathing, vital part of public life.