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Ryosuke CohenRyosuke Cohen (Japanese: 幸円 良介 Kōen Ryōsuke; born 1948, Osaka, Japan) is an internationally known mail artist. He was responsible for the Brain Cell mail art project, which he began in June of 1985 and which has thousands of members in more than 80 countries 1. In August 2001 he began the Fractal Portrait Project 2. He has also has taught art to schoolchildren for more than 25 years. Cohen discovered mail art through the Canadian artist Byron Black. Early work by Cohen is a mixture of traditional Japanese imagery, contemporary icons, and numbers, as well as his signature, the letter "C". Cohen's original family name was Kōen, but on the advice of a friend, he adopted the English spelling "Cohen". He is not a Kohen. Cohen Ryosuke External links *Ryosuke Cohen and the Brain Cell Project
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