Erik Koch biographie

Born in Esbjerg, Denmark, 1933

Studied at Hans Hofmann's school, New-York

Lives in the south of France since 1983

1954 Traveling to the United-States, student at Santa Monica College, Los Angeles

1955-57 Assistant at the Hofmann’s school, New-York and Provincetown

Hans Hofmann and Ibram Lassaw personal assistant

Worked with the painters part of the American Abstract Expressionist's movment, USA

1958 Studio in Copenhagen

1958-60 Traveling in Europe: The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland

1961 Studio in San Francisco and Berkeley, California

1962 Studio in New York and Provincetown, personal assistant to Hans Hofmann

1963 Studio in Switzerland, 1962 to 1963 sculptor Hubert Queloz's assistant, La Chaux de Fonds

1966-69 Studio in San Francisco

1970 Studio in Paris

SHOWS

1956 h.c Gallery, Provincetown, United-States

1957 h.c Gallery, Provincetown, United-States

1963 Lord's Gallery, London, England

1967 Karl Van Der Voort Gallery

1972 Yager Gallery : Hartwick university, Oneonta, United-States

1974 Jacques Davidson Gallery, Tours, France

1974 Jacomo Santiveri Gallery, Paris, France

1974 Salon International d’art contemporain, Jacomo Santiveri Gallery, Paris, France

1975 Salon International d’art contemporain, Jacques Davidson Gallery, Paris, France

1979 Group show at Saidenberg Gallery with André Masson, Gyorgy Kepes and Victor Elmaleh, Madison Avenue, NYC, United-States

1989 Show at Mediatheque, art center, between a and b, Uzès, France

1991 Numaga Gallery, Auvernier, Switzerland

1992 Koch/Freed, Carré Davidson Gallery, Tours, France

1993 City gallery, Copenhagen, « usa on paper », Denmark

1993 Summer show Zhouf gallery

1994 « koch s’expose », Mediatheque, art center, Uzès, France

1994 Alte Schmied Gallery, Bern, Switzerland

1994 Creation of the monument to the unknown poet, first worldwide, Trois-Rivières, Canada

1994 Alte Schmied Gallery, Bern, Switzerland

1995 Part of the Cézanne and cubism exhibition, Cape Museum of fine art, Cape Cod, USA

1996 Numaga Gallery, Auvernier, Switzerland

1996 Show of the colourpoems, university art center, Montpellier, France

1997 Francis Graham Dixon Gallery, London, England

1999 Numaga Gallery, Auvernier, Switzerland

2000 Michel Ray Gallery, Paris, France

2004 Workshop and group show Ponte Cultura, Nüremberg, Germany

2007 Numaga Gallery, Auvernier, Switzerland

2007 Invited in Geneva, showroom 1 at Hélène Yubero, art collector, Switzerland

2008 Invited in Geneva, showroom 2 at Hélène Yubero, art collector, Switzerland

2010 Jonas Gallery, Cortaillod, Switzerland

2012 Group show in Beaudouin art center, Paris, France

2014 Deleuze-Rochetin Gallery, Arpaillargues, France

2015 Orsay Gallery, Paris, France

2016 Geometrical art museum, Art Triennale, Tomé, Japan

TEACHING

1975 Director and professor at State University, New York

1975 Supervision of the art program, Tours, France

1977 Teaching painting and drawing at Rhode Island College, Providence

1978 Teaching at Hartwick College, Oneonta

1980 Director of program and teaching at Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg

1993 Working in Provincetown, USA : teaching drawing at Rhode Island college

COLLECTION

Orsay Gallery, Paris, France

Satoru Sato Museum, Tomé, Japon