Ken Goshen is an NYC-based artist and educator with a background in classical painting and printmaking. “My passion is bringing together traditional techniques and a contemporary outlook.” Says Ken Goshen. His art explores the gap between conceptualized pictorial visions and experiential sensory inputs. His work brings together traditional techniques and a contemporary outlook–evoking both a sense of nostalgia and exhilaration in the unexplored.
Goshen started his art education in his teens, studying at various institutions in both Israel and New York. He is an alumnus of the Classical Drawing and Painting Master Class program at Hatahana Studio for Figurative Drawing and Painting (2010 – 2013, Tel Aviv). He earned his BFA (with honors) in Fine Arts with a minor in Printmaking from Parsons School of Design (2013 – 2017, NYC). Goshen works and lives in NY, and teaches painting and drawing to over 700 students from all over the world.
“Understand that every painting is abstract, no matter how representational it is. Even the most realistic portrait is composed of shapes and colors” says Ken.
When he was five, Ken used to draw Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for hours every day. In retrospect, it’s very appropriate that they are named after Renaissance artists. He transitioned from an illustrative style in his teens, to a classical style in his 20s, and these days abstraction and eclecticism are gradually making their way into his work.