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Viktor Koen
Viktor Koen is an award winning artist, curator and Chair of BFA Illustration & BFA Comics departments at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He holds a BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem and an MFA with honors from SVA. His prints, regularly exhibited in galleries and museums around the world, are represented in private and institutional collections. Commissioned by national and international clients, his work is consistently featured in books and publications. A TED speaker, Mr. Koen lectures for academic institutions and conferences worldwide while serving among others, on the Adobe Photoshop Advisory Council and the Photoville board of directors.
Distinctions include: Communication Arts Award of Excellence, Graphis Gold Awards, American Illustration Awards, 3x3 Educator of the Year.
Selected one man shows:
June 2022 / Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
November 2019 / The Type Directors Club, New York City
November 2017 / Nitra Gallery, Athens, Greece
May 2017 / Univercity of Patras, Greece
March 2017 / Gazi Exhibition Complex, Athens, Greece
November 2016 / United Photo Industries, Brooklyn, New York
June 2016 / Les Yper Yper Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
June 2015 / Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
April 2015 / Kehila Kedosha Janina Museum, New York
September 2013 / Photoville, Brooklyn, New York
June 2013 / ICTVConference, Nicosia, Cyprus
October 2012 / United Photo Undustries, Brooklyn, New York
May 2012 / Kalos&Klio Showroom, Thessaloniki, Greece
March 2012 / The Type Directors Club, New York City
November 2011 / Ghikas Gallery/HAU, Athens, Greece
September 2011 / The Coningsby Gallery, London, UK
June 2011 / Irene Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
January 2011 / The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece
October 2010 / The Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens, Greece
June 2010 / Famagusta Gate Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
January 2010 / Consulate General of Greece, New York
October 2009 / Museum of Contemporary Art, Rethimnon, Greece
October 2007 / Angelon Vima Gallery, Athens, Greece
November 2006 / Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
April 2005 / Fraser Gallery, Georgetown D.C.
March 2005 / Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, Greece
January 2004 / Paratiritis Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
November 2003 / Slovak National Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia
September 2003 / Photography Center of Athens, Greece
May 2003 / LeVall Gallery, Novosibirsk, Russia
May 2003 / Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, Greece
February 2003 / Eirmos Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
October 2002 / International Month of Photography, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
April 2002 / Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles
March 2002 / The Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens, Greece
January 2001 / Gallery 402, New York City
May 2001 / Paratiritis Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
February 2001 / Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
December 2000 / Viridian Artists, Inc., New York City
September 2000 / Gazi Exhibition Complex, Athens, Greece
May 2000 / Artower Gallery, Athens, Greece
January 2000 / Paratiritis Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
July 1999 / The Chapel Gallery, New York City
June 1998 / Mary Anthony Galleries, New York City
Selected group shows:
July 2022 / Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan
May 2022 / The Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens, Greece
June 2021 / 27th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw, Poland
May 2021 / Berlin Design Week, Germany
April 2021 / Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
December 2020 / Samyan Center, Bangkok, Thailand
October 2020 / Urbanspace Gallery, Toronto
June 2020 / Reykjavík Design Festival, Iceland
December 2019 / Maine College of Art
November 2019 / National Museum of Zadar, Croatia
October 2019 / Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
June 2019 / Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens
January 2019 / Bortolami Gallery, New York City
November 2018 / Caisa Cultural Center, Helsinki, Finland
October 2018 / SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York City
August 2018 / National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art
June-July 2018 / Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
May 2018 / KZNSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa
April 2018 / Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia
March 2018 / Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Japan
March 2018 / Designforum Wien, Viena, Austria
March 2018 / Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary
February 2018 / 3sec.gallery, Breda, Netherlands
February 2018 / Indaba Design Festival, Cape Town, South Africa
January 2018 / De Affiche Galerij, Hague, Netherlands,
September 2017 / Gazi Exhibition Complex, Athens, Greece
May 2017 / Bluecadet Gallery, Philadelphia
May 2017 / Blackburn 20/20 Gallery, New York City
January 2017 / Metro Pictures Gallery, New York City
November 2016 / Poster Fest, Budapest, Hungary
October 2016 / Typopassage, Timisoara, Romania
September 2016 / Gazi Exhibition Center, Athens, Greece
June-July 2016 / Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
June 2016 / 25th International Poster Biennale, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland
June 2016 / SAF Art Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
May 2016 / Municipal Gallery, Volos, Greece
April 2016 / FLUID Design Forum, National Museum of Montenegro, Cetinje
March 2016 / Kiosko Gallery, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
March 2016 / Centre for Creative Arts and Media, Galway, Ireland
February 2016 / Rosefsky Art Gallery, Binghamton, New York
December 2015 / James Barry Exhibition Centre, Cork, Ireland
November 2015 / Antonio Carlos Jobim Institute, Rio Design Week, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 2015 / New Museum of Modern Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia
April 2015 / Korea Craft and Design Foundation Gallery, Seoul
March 2015 / Toss Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
November 2014 / Visual Arts Gallery/Chelsea, New York City
November 2014 / Granary Art Center, Ephraim, Utah
November 2014 / Blackburn 20/20 Gallery, New York City
October 2014 / Golden Bee Biennale, Artplay Design Center, Moscow
October 2014 / Mondrean Soho, New York City
August 2014 / Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
July 2014 / SNFCultural Center, Athens, Greece
July 2014 / Villa Méditerranée, Marseilles, France
June 2014 / School of Applied Arts and Design, Zagreb, Croatia
May 2014 / The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece
April 2014 / Atelje Dado, Cetinje, Montenegro
April 2014 / Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China
March 2014 / The Wolfsonian Librsru Museum, Miami, Florida
Photo by Antigoni Sarafi