Aaron Krach

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Aaron Krach
Aaron Krach
Born (1972-02-15) February 15, 1972 (age 52)
Ionia, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego (BA)
State University of New York at Purchase (MFA)
Websiteaaronkrach.com

Aaron Krach (born February 15, 1972) is an American artist, writer, and journalist currently living in New York City.[1]

Background

Aaron Krach was born in Ionia, Michigan on February 15, 1972. He grew up in Alhambra, California, and graduated from Alhambra High School. He attended the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, CA, graduating with a B.A. in Visual Arts in 1994. Aaron Krach moved to New York City in 1995. He received his MFA from Purchase College in 2012.[2] He lives and works in Manhattan.[3][4]

Career

Artist

His work has been exhibited in Olympia, Washington, New York City, St. Petersburg, Florida, and Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2006, his solo exhibition titled "100 New York Mysteries" was presented at DCKT Contemporary in Chelsea, New York.[5] In 2007, new photographs and sculpture were exhibited at 3rd Ward, Jack The Pelican Presents in Brooklyn, Gallery 312 Online in Nova Scotia, Canada, and Massachusetts's College of Liberal Arts. In 2009, "Longer Periods of Happiness," appeared at DCKT in Manhattan.[6] His Paul Gauguin-inspired installation, "Where are you going? Why are you leaving? Will you come back?" debuted at The Reading Room,[7] Dallas, in 2015; and was included in a group show, Referenced, at Danese/Corey gallery, NYC, in 2017.[8] Christopher Muther of the Boston Globe wrote of Krach's work as "[playing] with the familiar."[9] Numerous art books [10] have been exhibited in galleries[11] and at art book fairs[12][13] including New York,[14] Los Angeles,[13] and Basel, Switzerland.[15] Recent titles include: The Author of This Book Committed Suicide (NYPL), 2012[16]; 4,582 Stars, 2013,[17] Dark Pools (Almost Everything), 2016[18], Richard Pryor: Live on The Sunset Strip [19], and Sottsass Showers, 2021. [20] Many of his book are in the library at The Whitney Museum of American Art [21] and the library at The Museum of Modern Art, NY. [22]

Author

Nominations. 2004 – Lambda Literary Award for Half-Life[23] and Violet Quill Award for Half-Life[23][24]

Journalist

Curator

In October 2009, Krach curated the exhibition, "Artists Who Use Text To Say Nice Things".[25] Artists featured in exhibition included; Alex Da Corte, Carl Ferrero, Dana Frankfort, Incidental, Chris Johanson, Cary Leibowitz, Gillian MacLeod, Mark Mahosky, Heath Nash, Kate O'Connor, Jack Pierson, Megan Plunkett, Franklin Preston, Trevor Reese, Alyce Santoro, Sighn, Mickey Smith, Charlie Welch and Shawn Wolfe.[26] In January 2011, Krach curated the exhibition "Soon-Yi Purchase" at 206 Rivington Gallery, New York City. Artists included; Courtney Childress,[27] Margaret Rizzio, Glenn Wonsettler, Jonathon Price, Bradford Smith, Jen Dawson, Alex Branch and himself.

References

  1. ↑ "Aaron Krach – L.A. Paris, New York Interview". Ohlala Magazine. August 28, 2005. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  2. ↑ "8 Degrees: Purchase College MFA Exhibition 2012 – Announcements – Art & Education". www.artandeducation.net. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ Riordan, Kevin (May 27, 2004). "Interview with Michigan born Aaron Krach". Between The Lines. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  4. ↑ Shapiro, Alex. "Interview with Aaron Krach". Absolute Write. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Aaron Krach, 100 New York Mysteries". DCKT Contemporary. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Aaron Krach, Longer Periods of Happiness 2009". DCKT Contemporary. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  7. ↑ thereadingroom. "The Reading Room". Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Ref•er•enced – Exhibitions – Danese/Corey". www.danesecorey.com. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  9. ↑ Muther, Christopher (January 29, 2009). "For these artists, T-shirts are their canvas". Boston Globe. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Printed Matter". www.printedmatter.org. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Show #6". Field Projects. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  12. ↑ Johnson, Paddy; Kirsch, Corinna (September 26, 2014). "Highlights from the New York Art Book Fair". Art F City. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Exhibitors | PRINTED MATTER'S LA ART BOOK FAIR". laartbookfair.net. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Exhibitors | NY Art Book Fair Presented By Printed Matter". nyartbookfair.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  15. ↑ "The exhibitors for the I Never Read, Art... - I Never Read, Art Book Fair Basel | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  16. ↑ "The Author of This Book Committed Suicide by Aaron Krach | McNally Jackson Books". www.mcnallyjackson.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Printed Matter". www.printedmatter.org. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Printed Matter". www.printedmatter.org. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Aaron Krach - Richard Pryor: Live on The Sunset Strip". Printed Matter. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  20. ↑ "Aaron Krach - Sottsass Showers". Printed Matter. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  21. ↑ "Whitney Museum of American Art, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library catalog › Results of search for 'Aaron Krach'". library.whitney.org. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  22. ↑ Krach, Aaron; Glaeser, Ludwig (2015). Almost everything: Dark pools. Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). New York: A. Krach. OCLC 954348434.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named BTWOF
  24. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named LAMBDA
  25. ↑ "Artists Who Use Text To Say Nice Things". One Art World. Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  26. ↑ "Artists Who Use Text To Say Nice Things". Fleisher-Ollman Gallery. Retrieved October 27, 2009.
  27. ↑ "Sculpture > New Work 2010/2011". Courtney Childress. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.

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