Aaron Krach

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

Aaron Krach
Born	(1972-02-15) February 15, 1972 (age 51) Ionia, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California, San Diego (BA) State University of New York at Purchase (MFA)
Website	aaronkrach.com

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

Krach's debut novel Half-Life^[3] 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."^[24] His second book, 100 New York Mysteries, was published in 2006.^[27]

Nominations. 2004 – Lambda Literary Award for Half-Life^[25] and Violet Quill Award for Half-Life^[25][26]

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,^[4][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.^[4] 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.

References

1. . 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). . 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. . DCKT Contemporary. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
6. . 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. "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. . 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. "Unconventional coming-of-age". Lambda Book Report. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
24. Krach, Aaron (2004). Half-life: a novel. Alyson Books. ISBN 1-55583-854-5. OCLC 53971973. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
25. . Books To Watch Out For. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
26. . Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on September 13, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
27. Krach, Aaron (2006). 100 New York Mysteries. Lulu Press. ISBN 1-4116-9581-X. OCLC 123490629.
28. Abbe, Elfriede Martha (2003). The Writer's Handbook 2004 (68, illustrated ed.). Watson-Guptill. p. 392. ISBN 0-87116-200-8. OCLC 52966163.
29. Krach, Aaron (2000). The independent film & video monthly. Vol. 23. Foundation for Independent Video and Film. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
30. "Half Life by Aaron Krach". Powells Books. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
31. Brown, Suzanne S. "The time appears right for five o'clock shadows". The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
32. . SUNY Purchase MFA. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012.
33. . One Art World. Archived from the original on July 26, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
34. "Artists Who Use Text To Say Nice Things". Fleisher-Ollman Gallery. Retrieved October 27, 2009.
35. . Courtney Childress. Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.

External links

• Official website