Jean Cohen studied at The Cooper Union in New York and Skowhegan School of Painting in Maine. Her one person exhibitions include The Marcella Geltman Gallery in New Jersey; Broome Street Gallery, New York and The Landmark Gallery, New York in which she was a founding member. Her paintings are in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The New Jersey State Museum, Museum of Modern Art, The University of Maine, The Whitney Museum of American Art.