Aidan Koch
b. 1988 Seattle, WA

EDUCATION

2009 - Pacific NW College of Art, BFA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018, January - Eye to Eye, an exhibition benefiting Sanctuary for Families. Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY.
2017, October - The Best American Comics Selections: 2014-2017. South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN.
2017, October - In Search of. Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY.
2017, September - Okey Dokey, curated by Park View. DREI, Cologne, Germany
2016, October - Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905-2016. The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
2016, October - Olympia. Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, France. Curated by Karma.
2016, August - Comedy Club 2. Berlin, Germany.
2016, June - The Person You are Trying to Reach is Not Available. Hester, New York, NY.
2016, March - Someday this will be funny. Company, New York, NY.
2015, September - And Now, Dallas, TX.
2015, August - 31st Biennial of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana, curated by Nicola Lees, Stella Bottai, and Laura Mclean-Ferris. Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2015, July - Sublime, curated by Kyle Clairmont Jacques and Liz Hopkins. Autobody, Bellport, NY.
2015, May - Sara two. Hester Gallery, New York, NY.
2015, May - MDCCLXXXIV, curated by Emma Hazen. Kimberly-Klark, Ridgewood, NY.
2015, February - Fissure:Fog, curated by Bennet Schlesinger. Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2013, November - Reconstructing Comics, curated by Peter Sattler. Lakeland College, WI.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018, May - Love among the butterflies. 14A, Hamburg, Germany.
2018, April - Kiss of Light from a New Dawn. Naughton Gallery at Queens University, Belfast, UK.
2017, March - A to Zed. Park View, Los Angeles, CA.
2016, August - Iris. Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2016, April - The Midnight Room. Open Space, Baltimore, MD.
2016, January - The Sleeper. Weekends, London, UK.
2014, August - Mood Board. Mission Comics, San Francisco, CA.
2014, March - Notes. City Limits, Oakland, CA.

RESIDENCIES

2014, April-July - Maison des Auteurs, Angouleme, France.
2012, October - Epicenter, Green River, UT.
2012, June - Skylab, Columbus, OH.

PUBLICATIONS

2017 - Daughter, published by Kuš.
2016 - After Nothing Comes, published by Koyama Press. ed. Bill Kartalopolous.
2016 - Little Angels, published by MoMA PS1 GNY Series.
2015 - Heavenly Seas, published in The Paris Review Summer 2015 issue.
2014 - Impressions, published by Peradam Press.
2012 - Field Studies, published by Floating World Comics.
2012 - The Blonde Woman, self published with support from the Xeric Foundation.
2011 - Astral Talk, published by Publication Studio. ed. Aidan Koch
2010 - The WHALE, published by Gaze Books.

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES/WORKSHOPS

2016, October - Intuitive comics workshop, The LAKES festival, Kendal, UK.
2016, August - Freeform drawing workshop, Swiss Institute, New York City, NY.
2016, March - Visiting artist lecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
2016, March - Intuitive comics workshop II, Sequential Artists Workshop, Gainesville, FL.
2015, December - Visiting artist lecture, Parsons, New York, NY.
2015, November - Visiting artist lecture, LUCA Sint-Lukas, Antwerp, Belgium.
2015, April - Visiting teacher, The Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark.
2015, March - Intuitive comics workshop I, Sequential Artists Workshop, Gainesville, FL.
2015, February - Visiting artist lecture, Parsons, New York, NY.
2014, April - Visiting artist lecture, LUCA Sint-Lukas, Brussels, Beligum.
2013, March - Visiting artist lecture, Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, OR.
2012, June - Conversation with James Payne and Caitlin McGurk, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH.