Petah Coyne

Petah Coyne was born in 1953 in Oklahoma City. She is a longtime resident of New York City. Much of Petah's work deals with spirituality and mysticism. Coyne admits to being strongly influenced by her strict Irish-Catholic upbringing. Her photographs in particular seem to study the fleeting nature of time and human lives. Coyne's work experiments with materials and unorthodox practices. Her work has appeared in numerous galleries and exhibitions around the world.