GAG: Viktor Koen/Fetch & Sketch

Pratt Institute Manhattan, 144 W 14th St Rm. 213

Mr. Koen is widely considered a peculiar case in the applied arts, not just because of the way he looks, but for managing to criss-cross between illustration, typography, design, photography, academia, facebook and gallery work without getting killed. His unorthodox methods of developing concepts for clients, curators and his mother will be showcased through an avalanche of sketches and finished images but also industry stories, anecdotes and obvious exaggerations in order to make an impression.

A grueling Q&A session will follow.

Viktor Koen holds a BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem, Israel and an MFA with honors from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Mr. Koen serves on the faculty of the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program at SVA. He is a regular contributor to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Nature magazine, his client list includes Penguin Books, Random House, Doubleday, Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, Rizzoli, Houghton Mifflin, Time, Newsweek, Esquire, The Economist, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Wired, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Reader’s Digest, New York, Man’s Journal, Bloomberg, Fortune, Money, Forbes, Smart Money, Nation, The Village Voice, Mother Jones, BusinessWeek, Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Atlantic Records, Roadrunner Records, Virgin, the BBC, Delta Airlines and IBM. His award winning prints are exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia and are part of private and institutional collections. Mr. Koen’s work is regularly featured in books and publications worldwide.

http://viktorkoen.com/

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