Aaron Krach Explained

Aaron Krach
Birth Date:15 February 1972
Birth Place:Ionia, Michigan, U.S.
Alma Mater:University of California, San Diego (BA)
State University of New York at Purchase (MFA)

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, 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

Krach's debut novel Half-Life was published to critical acclaim[23] by Alyson Books in 2004.[24] The novel was nominated for a Violet Quill Award and was among the 2004 Lambda Literary Award finalists.[25] [26] Of Half-Life, Reed Business Information wrote "Gay readers will relish the attention lavished on love's growing pains and the smart dialogue between Adam and his high school buddy." His second book, 100 New York Mysteries, was published in 2006.[27]

Nominations. 2004 – Lambda Literary Award for Half-Life and Violet Quill Award for Half-Life

Journalist

Krach has written for Time Out New York, Out magazine, InStyle, Oui, The independent film & video monthly, Indie Wire, HX, The Villager, a former editor of Empire Magazine,[28] arts editor of Gay City News, and was a former editor of Empire in New York City, and was a senior editor at Cargo,[29] [30] which work was lengthily quoted in San Diego Union Tribune.[31] He was an editor at BravoTV.com, and affiliated sites OUTzoneTV.com and BrilliantButCancelled.com. He was the features editor at House Beautiful, a Hearst publication, until August 2010. He received his MFA from SUNY Purchase in 2012.[32]

Curator

In October 2009, Krach curated the exhibition, "Artists Who Use Text To Say Nice Things".[33] 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.[34]

In January 2011, Krach curated the exhibition "Soon-Yi Purchase" at 206 Rivington Gallery, New York City. Artists included; Courtney Childress,[35] Margaret Rizzio, Glenn Wonsettler, Jonathon Price, Bradford Smith, Jen Dawson, Alex Branch and himself.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Aaron Krach – L.A. Paris, New York Interview . August 28, 2005 . Ohlala Magazine . 2009-10-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080303234345/http://www.ohlalaparis.com/ohlalaparis/2005/08/aaron_krach_la_.html . March 3, 2008 . mdy .
  2. Web site: 8 Degrees: Purchase College MFA Exhibition 2012 – Announcements – Art & Education. www.artandeducation.net. en. 2018-11-11.
  3. News: Interview with Michigan born Aaron Krach . Riordan . Kevin . May 27, 2004 . . 2009-10-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727150832/http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=7974 . July 27, 2011 .
  4. Web site: Interview with Aaron Krach. Shapiro. Alex. Absolute Write. 2009-10-28.
  5. Web site: Aaron Krach, 100 New York Mysteries . . 2009-10-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090716151935/http://dcktcontemporary.com/exhibition/view/546 . July 16, 2009 .
  6. Web site: Aaron Krach, Longer Periods of Happiness 2009 . . 2009-10-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090716151915/http://dcktcontemporary.com/exhibition/view/1621 . July 16, 2009 .
  7. Web site: The Reading Room. thereadingroom. 2017-02-13.
  8. Web site: Ref•er•enced – Exhibitions – Danese/Corey. www.danesecorey.com. en. 2017-02-13.
  9. News: For these artists, T-shirts are their canvas. Muther. Christopher. January 29, 2009. Boston Globe. 2009-10-28.
  10. Web site: Printed Matter. www.printedmatter.org. 2016-03-07.
  11. Web site: Show #6. Field Projects. 2016-03-07.
  12. Web site: Highlights from the New York Art Book Fair. Johnson. Paddy. Kirsch. Corinna. Art F City. September 26, 2014 . 2016-03-07.
  13. Web site: Exhibitors PRINTED MATTER'S LA ART BOOK FAIR. laartbookfair.net. 2016-03-07.
  14. Web site: Exhibitors NY Art Book Fair Presented By Printed Matter. nyartbookfair.com. 2016-03-07.
  15. Web site: The exhibitors for the I Never Read, Art... - I Never Read, Art Book Fair Basel Facebook. www.facebook.com. 2016-03-07.
  16. Web site: The Author of This Book Committed Suicide by Aaron Krach McNally Jackson Books. www.mcnallyjackson.com. 2016-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308063744/http://www.mcnallyjackson.com/bookmachine/author-book-committed-suicide-aaron-krach. March 8, 2016. dead. mdy-all.
  17. Web site: Printed Matter. www.printedmatter.org. 2016-03-07.
  18. Web site: Printed Matter. www.printedmatter.org. 2016-03-07.
  19. Web site: Aaron Krach - Richard Pryor: Live on The Sunset Strip. 2021-03-31. Printed Matter. en.
  20. Web site: Aaron Krach - Sottsass Showers. 2021-03-31. Printed Matter. en.
  21. Web site: Whitney Museum of American Art, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library catalog › Results of search for 'Aaron Krach'. 2021-03-31. library.whitney.org. en.
  22. Book: Krach. Aaron. Almost everything: Dark pools. Glaeser. Ludwig. 2015. A. Krach. Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). New York. 954348434.
  23. Web site: Unconventional coming-of-age. 2009-10-26. Lambda Book Report.
  24. Book: Krach, Aaron. Half-life: a novel. Alyson Books. 2004. 1-55583-854-5. 53971973. October 26, 2009.
  25. Web site: Books Reviewed In Books To Watch Out For: The Lesbian Edition #13 & #14. https://web.archive.org/web/20081121130931/http://www.btwof.com/enews_extras/Images14LES/14LES_BookList.html. November 21, 2008. 2009-10-26. Books To Watch Out For.
  26. Web site: 2004 Lambda Literary Awards Recipients and Finalists. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090913094349/http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/previous_winners/paw_2004_2006.html. September 13, 2009. 2009-10-26. Lambda Literary Foundation.
  27. Book: Krach, Aaron. 100 New York Mysteries. Lulu Press. 2006. 1-4116-9581-X. 123490629.
  28. Book: Abbe, Elfriede Martha. The Writer's Handbook 2004. Watson-Guptill. 2003. 0-87116-200-8. 68, illustrated. 392. 52966163.
  29. Book: Krach, Aaron. The independent film & video monthly. Foundation for Independent Video and Film. 2000. 23. October 28, 2009.
  30. Web site: Half Life by Aaron Krach. 2009-10-28. Powells Books.
  31. News: Brown. Suzanne S.. The time appears right for five o'clock shadows. The New York Times. 2009-10-28.
  32. Web site: Artists. https://web.archive.org/web/20120321084049/http://www.purchasemfa.com/Artists.html. March 21, 2012. SUNY Purchase MFA.
  33. Web site: Artists Who Use Text To Say Nice Things. One Art World. 2009-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20100726232150/http://oneartworld.com/206+Rivington+Street/Artists+Who+Use+Text+to+Say+Nice+Things.html. July 26, 2010. dead. mdy-all.
  34. Web site: Artists Who Use Text To Say Nice Things. Fleisher-Ollman Gallery.. 2009-10-27.
  35. Web site: Sculpture > New Work 2010/2011. Courtney Childress. https://web.archive.org/web/20110813130927/http://childresscourtney.squarespace.com/sculpture/new-work-20102011/. August 13, 2011.

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