Aaron Krach

Aaron Krach (born February 15, 1972) is an American artist, writer, and journalist currently living in New York City.<ref name="OM1">Template:Cite news</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He lives and works in Manhattan.<ref name="PS1">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="AW1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His Paul Gauguin-inspired installation, "Where are you going? Why are you leaving? Will you come back?" debuted at The Reading Room,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dallas, in 2015; and was included in a group show, Referenced, at Danese/Corey gallery, NYC, in 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Christopher Muther of the Boston Globe wrote of Krach's work as "[playing] with the familiar."<ref name="BG1">Template:Cite news</ref>

Numerous art books <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> have been exhibited in galleries<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and at art book fairs<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="laartbookfair.net">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> including New York,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Los Angeles,<ref name="laartbookfair.net" /> and Basel, Switzerland.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Recent titles include: The Author of This Book Committed Suicide (NYPL), 2012<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>; 4,582 Stars, 2013,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dark Pools (Almost Everything), 2016<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>, Richard Pryor: Live on The Sunset Strip <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>, and Sottsass Showers, 2021. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Many of his book are in the library at The Whitney Museum of American Art <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the library at The Museum of Modern Art, NY. <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Author

Krach's debut novel Half-Life<ref name="PS1" /> was published to critical acclaim<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> by Alyson Books in 2004.<ref name="BOOK1">Template:Cite book</ref> 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."<ref name="BOOK1" /> His second book, 100 New York Mysteries, was published in 2006.<ref name="BOOK2">Template:Cite book</ref>

Awards and nominations

• 2004 – Lambda Literary Award nominee for Half-Life<ref name="BTWOF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2004 – Violet Quill Award nominee for Half-Life<ref name="BTWOF" />

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,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> arts editor of Gay City News, and was a former editor of Empire in New York City, and was a senior editor at Cargo,<ref name="AW1" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which work was lengthily quoted in San Diego Union Tribune.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He was an editor at BravoTV.com, and affiliated sites OUTzoneTV.com and BrilliantButCancelled.com.<ref name="AW1" /> He was the features editor at House Beautiful, a Hearst publication, until August 2010. He received his MFA from SUNY Purchase in 2012.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Curator

In October 2009, Krach curated the exhibition, "Artists Who Use Text To Say Nice Things".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In January 2011, Krach curated the exhibition "Soon-Yi Purchase" at 206 Rivington Gallery, New York City. Artists included; Courtney Childress,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Margaret Rizzio, Glenn Wonsettler, Jonathon Price, Bradford Smith, Jen Dawson, Alex Branch and himself.

External links

• Template:Official website
• SUNY Purchase MFA Program Artists