Alexander Koch

Painting

Alexander Koch is a figurative painter who brings classical painting technique together with drawing and mark-making. His gestural, heavily textured works are often painted on large, raw canvases, where familiar compositions from art history meet contemporary imagery such as anime, video games and streetwear, setting his figures in a dystopian present.

He sketches his compositions on paper first, and his characters take shape in the act of painting. Alongside painting, he works in printmaking, sculptural frames and assemblage. He grew up between parents who were classical ballet dancers, a family steeped in classical art, and the digital entertainment of his generation.