Born   March 30, 1948
     
Education   MFA in Painting, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1972
  BA in Liberal Arts, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 1970

Solo Museum Exhibitions

     
2011   Unbroken Thread: Nature Painting and the American Imagination. The Art of Philip Koch, Saginaw Art Museum, MI
2010   Unbroken Thread, Midwest Museum of American Art,  Elkhart, IN
2009   Unbroken Thread, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
    Unbroken Thread, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2003   Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2002   Phillips Museum of Art, Franklin and Marshall College
    Lancaster, PA (two artist exhibition)
2001   Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN (also 1995)
1999   Milton Art Museum, Milton, MA
    Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI (catalogue)
1998   Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA (catalogue)
1996   Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
1995   Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
    Butler Institute of American Art, Salem, OH
    Midwest Museum of American Art
1994   Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA

Selected Solo Exhibitions

     
2009   George Billis Gallery, New York
    Unbroken Thread, Maryland Institute College of Art
2008   Unbroken Thread, U. of MD University College, College Park, MD, catalogue
2007   Light / Forest / Sea J. L. Pierce Gallery, Baltimore
2006   Sites and Insights. Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA (2 artist exhibition)
2005   Overviews, Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA
    Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC (online exhibition)
2004   University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD
       (catalogue), also 1999
    Bryan Art Gallery, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
2003-4   Pavilion Gallery, Villa Julie College, Baltimore, MD
2003   Bogigian Gallery, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
    Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond, IN
    University of Wisconsin Parkside, Kenosha, WI (two artist exhibition)
    ERL Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
1999   Lyonsweir Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998   Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (also 1997)
1995   Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994   Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (also 1982, 1981)
1993   Sazama Gallery, Chicago, IL (also 1991)
1992   Meredith Long & Co., Houston, TX, (also 1988, 1986, 1984)
1991   Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC (also 1989)

Selected Group Exhibitions

     
2008   A Sense of Place: Landscapes from the Permanent Collection of the Saginaw Art Museum, MI
2007   George Billis Gallery, New York
    Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
    Isalos Fine Art. Stonington, ME
    Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA
2006-09   U.S. Art in Embassies Program, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
2006   Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
     Meredith Long & Co, Houston, TX
     Summer Landscape Show, Nichols Gallery, Barboursville, VA
2005   The Power of Place: The Berkshires  The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
    Meredith Long & Co., Houston, TX
    Alpers Fine Art, Andover, MA
    Scott Bundy Galleries, Kennebunkport, ME
    Into the Mountains, Nichols Gallery, Barboursville, VA
2004   New Acquisitions, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
    Images of the South, Nichols Gallery, Barboursville, VA
2003   Real, Surreal, Unreal, Nichols Gallery, Barboursville, VA
    Important Papers, Walker-Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ
    Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
    Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery, Reading, PA
2001-03   Art in Embassies Program, Harare, Zimbabwe and Bemako., Mali
2002   Munson Gallery, Chatham. MA
    Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD
    Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2001   Realism Today 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH
    Land, Sea, and Beyond, MPG Gallery, Boston, MA (also 2000)
2000   Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1998   Aspects of Representation: 9 Painters, Belk Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC (catalogue)
1993   The League at the Cape, ProvincetownArt Association and Museum
Awards and Honors
     
2006   Residency in Edward Hopper’s Painting Studio, S. Truro, MA (also 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1986, 1984, 1983)
Bibliography
     
2008   Unbroken Thread: Nature Painting and the American Imagination. The Art of Philip Koch. University of Maryland University College, Ade[phi, MD, 100 page scholarly Catalogue, reproductions
    Fine Art Connoisseur, Mar.- April issue, feature article
2005   The Townsman, Andover, MA, 9/1/05, reproduction
2004   New York Times, 8/27/04 reproduction
    “Imagining Nature”, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC, 1/24/04 reproduction
    The Boston Globe, 9/21/04, reproduction
2003   A Vision of Nature: The Landscapes of Philip Koch, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD, 120 page scholarly Catalogue, reproductions
    The Boston Globe, 8/28/03, reproduction
    Cape Cod Magazine,  8/03, reproduction
    Cape Cod Times, 8/15-8/21/03, reproduction
2001   “North Dakota Ties”, Grand Forks Herald, 10/19/03, reproduction
    “Dreams Turned into Paint”, Tribune Star, Terre Haute, IN, reproduction
1998   “The Paintings Invite You In”, Des Moines Sunday Register 7/5/98, reproduction
1995   “On Visiting Edward Hopper’s Studio”, Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Spring ’95,front and back cover color reproductions, feature article, reproductions
    “Edward Hopper: His Legacy for Artists” by Gail Levin in Edward Hopper and the American Imagination, exhibition catalogue by Whitney Museum of American Art

Museum Collections

     
    Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, IA
    Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
    Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
    Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
    Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
    Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
    Minnesota Museum of American Art, St.Paul, MN
    Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
    Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI
    Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
     University of Maryland University College Maryland Artists Collection, College Park, MD
    Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD

Selected Corporate Collections

     
    Black and Decker, Baltimore, MD
    Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
    DuPont Corporation, Wilmington, DE
    Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, IL
    Ernst and Whinney,, New York
    Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ
    MBNA American, Wilmington, DE
    Mitsui Bank, New York
    Midlantic Bank, New York
    PECO Energy, Philadelphia, PA
    Pepsico, New York
    Russ Reynolds Associates, New York
    Texas Commerce Bank, Houston
    United States Information Agency, Prague
    USAA, San Antonio, TX
    Washington Post, Washington, DC

Teaching

     
1973- present   Professor of Fine Art, Maryland Institute College of Art
       Baltimore, MD
1972-73   Instructor of Painting, Central Washington University
       Ellensburg, WA