upcoming exhibitions / events

FBZ Art Award 2023 / Psyche, Kunst und Gesundheit 

Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Stiftung Kleine Kunstdialog West/Ost

Bochumer Fenster

17.05.2023 - 07.07.2023

Contextualize     

16.06.2023 - 18.06.2023

past & present

Der Greif - 15th anniversary

Pinakothek der Moderne, München

slides & sounds

ZIRKA, München 

human x nature

Charta Festival, Rome

16.09.2023 - 24.09.2023

MONOCHROME   

group exhibition

The Glasgow Gallery of Photography

57 Glassford Street, Glasgow, G1 1UG

06.-01.2023 -30.01.2023

honorable mention

fine art / conceptual for: Michael Koch - eternal collection

ND Awards 2022

night of the lotus eaters

Cosima Hawemann, Michael Koch, Simon Schubert

bei Julia Ritterskamp

Merkurstraße 29, 40233 Düsseldorf

11.11.2022 - 11.01.2023

Eröffnung: 11.11.22, 18-21 Uhr

NTU x Vieunite Art Prize / Biophilia

group exhibition. Award Presentation

Bonington Gallery, Nottingham NG1 4GG

24.11.2022 - 12.12.2022

selection.

group exhibition. Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf

08.02.2022 - 05.03.2022

Till Freiwald, Daniel Heil, Mary A. Kelly, Iwaila Klinke,

Michael Koch, Juriaan Molenaar, Mihoko Ogaki, Kate Waters

survival.

group exhibition. Ctypemag gallery, Bangkok.

04.09.2021 - 03.10.2021

Anavat Petchudomsinsuk, Linda Zhengová, 

Michael Koch, Santolo Felaco, Makis Makris 

granted with honorable mention for post mortem

in Fine Art Category in the 5th edition of MonoVisions Photography Awards.

Michael Koch  * a horse with no name *

artist book/catalogue.

152 pages, first edition limited to 150 copies

use contact to order / for more information

Text eternal collection (german): Thomas W. Kuhn

Layout: Christian Schramm

life framer - editor`s pick

night life/ dream images

final curtain, from: post mortem

Editor`s comment:

Anyone who suffers from or has experienced recurring nightmares - or even night terrors - knows all too well the fear of going to sleep and what it can bring.

The anticipation of the unknown can create an anxiety around what`s to come once a deep sleep sets in, the waiting state almost as terrifying as the nightmares themselves.

The curtain in this image can be read as closed window curtain insinuating a bedtime setting, or a stage curtain, ready to be pulled up as soon as the theatrics beginn.

A very effective and simple image, with a - dare I say it - Hitchcockian `film still` element.

Monochrome Photography Awards 2020

honorable mention / fine art

International Photography Grant

Talent of the year 2020 / Finalist

Michael Koch - left to my own devices.

honorable mention for:

Michael Koch - eternal collection in fine art category

minimalist photography awards 2020.

LOST IN ISOLATION

‘Lost in Isolation’ is an online exhibition by 37 artists and is curated by Void Collective.

All of the selected artworks have been made during, or relating to, times of isolation.

Featuring painting, photography, objects, performance and sound, the works in the exhibition circle around the themes of isolation,

loss and mourning and explore how we navigate such periods in our lives.

The works on show cover a broad range of responses to theme and highlight how art becomes even more meaningful during these moments;

connecting us through these intimate and collective times of solitude and grief.

Exhibition Starts on May 26th 2020

my work Aspic is part of the two eternities exhibition.

online via re-direct-gallery 

my work Mandala is part of the 2020 lenscratch self-quaratining exhibition

2nd Place Winner in Monochrome Photography Awards 2019

silver award

in Conceptual Category.

still life - alternative exposures

loosenart international group exhibition

03.01.2020 - 04.02.2020

0pening Friday, 03.01.2020 - 6 pm

Millepiani, Via N. Odero, 13 Rome

snap to grid, group exhibition, LACDA Los Angeles Center For Digital Art

Saturday receptions and openings: December 14. 6-9pm

Exhibition dates: December 12, 2019 - January 4, 2020

ArtWalk Preview: Thursday, December 12. 7-9pm

love, actually

curated by Jon Feinstein for humble arts foundation

Around the world, political and social division threatens irreparable damage. The bubbles we inhabit protect us, make us feel a drugged-kind-of safe while extending our distance from those who think differently. As the election year approaches, as 45 continues to tweet hateful words, as violence blends into the grey of the news cycle, as the earth melts, as we don't have time to talk....the world can feel grim and apocalyptic. But love, trite as it may seem, is a constant.
The photographs in this group show are reminders of that staying power. Of empathy. Of opportunities to rise and relate.

Of faith in a positive future.

post mortem / shortlisted Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2019

Michael Koch: eternal collection

is now featured as part of the life framer collection.

SCULPTORVOX  VOLUME 3: A GOD COMPLEX

As artists and creatives it is difficult to separate ourselves from the work. The art is fundamentally imbued with self, regardless of how far we think we are separated from it. We make decisions, investigate, explore, construct, and each time we personally shape and affect the outcome. It’s ours, we created it. We are gods of our own small worlds. This volume delves into the very human idea of creator, master and control. A desire to give meaning and attain understanding. It is a look at the ego. It is about a sense of self, place, value and identity.

“God is dead…what sacred games shall we have to invent?” – Nietzsche

CONTRIBUTORS:

Alex Baddeley, Anders Aarvik, John Carney, Emanuele Vara, Hannah Nussbaum, Emma Bani-Walker, Gabriella Sonabend, John O’Hare, Vasiliy Kononov-Gredin, Jacob Lombard, Graham Keddie, Hannah Honeywill, Isabella Eyre & Janieta Eyre, Martina Mullaney, Julio Orta, Matthew Lloyd, Michael Koch, Ritchard Allaway.

Limited edition run

issn 2515-7329 03

published by urban fugitive ltd

life framer - editor`s pick

youthhood / songs of innocence

editor`s comment:

"This image shows the ability to work with colors, textures and tonal contrast.

It`s poetic and melancholic. I appreciate the artistic vision of the photographer and the ability to use technique in his favor."

Nominee Award in Nature

for Michael Koch: eternal collection

5th edition of Fine Art Photography Awards.

DELAY.

curated by Daniel Everett

Jan.26 - Feb. 27. 2019

washer / dryer projects.

Jon Feinstein, Fred Lahache, Casey James Wilson, Ivo Fovanna,

Justin Hodges, Annelise Duque, Ryan Oskin, Jeremy Haik, James Talbot,

Michael Koch, Megan Livingston, Pierre-Marie Drapeau-Martin,

Samantha Lynn Croteau, Christian Michael Filardo, Riccardo Banfi.

awarded in Monochrome Photography Awards 2018 with honorable mention

in professional nature category.

ND Awards 2018 /nature

honorable mention for Michael Koch: eternal collection.

my work nightdogs in the 2018 lenscratch dark night exhibition.

the eyes of Roseline

new body of work.

triptych, 2018

In his series eternal collection, German photographer Michael Koch “combines photographs of nature and science and its (re)presentation.” According to the artist, the pictures explore “the space between the imagined and real.” Isolated in fields of gray or black, taxidermy animals, specimens, and skeletons are presented objectively, yet in a way that’s slightly unsettling. There’s such a variety of contrast in the pictures. In many of them, there’s a flatness that’s disorienting and at the same time pleasant; it’s as if everything non-essential has been smoothed away. I love the mystery that this quality adds, particularly in the photograph Parental Care, of a bird with a nest. I feel like I’m looking into a diorama in a natural history museum, searching for the representation of an animal that’s only active in low light.

Muybridge`s horse / Emma Kisiel

Photo Features / PHOTOGRVPHY MAGAZINE & GRANT

Michael Koch: eternal collection

L.A. Photo Curator

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

curated by Carol Erb

"Animals can be found just about everywhere on our planet, from tiny single cell microorganisms to gigantic creatures that roam the land and swim in the sea.

Birds and insects dance around us in magical aerial ballets. Animals dazzle us with their colors and patterns. They ewoke feelings in us of fear and love." Carol Erb

honorable mention for Michael Koch: Absprung. Global Photography Award

upcoming:

THE MASK

international group exhibition
OPENING Thursday 1st March 6:00 pm
Millepiani, via N. Odero 13 - Rome, Italy
From monday to friday - 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

One of the most immediate creative forms going through history and centuries, from the ancient times until today, is the mask.

Connected to a tribal production as well as to a post-modern era, it can be shaped within a multitude of materials,

from wood to stone, from plastic to iron, from paper to textiles.

This variety can be also associated to its multiple meanings and purposes.

A mask can be used to hide and, at the same time, to show something; to change the reality while revealing a profound truth;

to filter what is in front of us, whilst directly approaching it.
This theme, with its interesting complexity, is exhibited at the space Millepiani in Rome during the whole month of March.

new series: AUFSICHT.

about the forest of childhood. 2017 (ongoing project)

Nominee Award in Nature for the winning entry ETERNAL COLLECTION in the 2017 Photogrvphy Grant.

Winning series were selected by panel of international judges, including: Hugh Merrell, Jon Feinstein, Michael Pritchard, David Bram, Sarah Krueger, Aram Kim, Fosi Vegue, Barry W Hughes, Emanuele Cucuzza, Robyn Lange, Jurriaan Van Kranendonk, Christina Force, Gianpaolo Arena, John Kenney, Niccolò Fano, Daria Bonera, Steve Bisson, Rohit Vohra, Jorrit R Dijkstra, Alison Zavos and Martin Stavars.

something black

CULTIVATE, London

awarded in Monochrome Photography Awards 2016 with honorable mention

in professional portrait category.

eplatré   2016, C-Print  edition of 10  from: euphoria

Rundblick reloaded

kuratiert von Julia Ritterskamp für Kirschenpflücker e.V.

04.11.16 - 18.11.16

Kunstverein Koelnberg

artist book 09/ 2016

20 pages, 19cm x 19cm

edition of 45

Michael Koch - camouflage, 2015
in combination with Niko Luoma, Harold Diaz and a poem by Luke MacLean

Freifrau, 2016 - from: deception  is part of:
»A Process 2.0«
Krakow Photomonth 2016 / crisis? what crisis?
Festival Center, Tytonie, ul. Dolnych Młynów 10 Krakow

Performance
Thursday, May 12th, 2016 – Sunday, May 16th, 2016

Exhibition On view until Sunday, June 12th, 2016
Curated and edited by DER GREIF.

MICHAEL KOCH  

THE SAME DEEP WATER AS YOU  

artist book 

limited edition of 35

26 Pages, soft pink cover padding