Thomas Kovachevich was born on March 11,1942 and is an American contemporary visual artist and physician.
15 Facts About Thomas Kovachevich
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Thomas Kovachevich has lived and worked in New York City since 1983.
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Thomas Kovachevich painted shadows in his first solo museum exhibition at the MCA Chicago in 1973, titled Rooms and Shadows.
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Thomas Kovachevich coined the term "K - Motion", meaning constant motion.
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In 1977 Thomas Kovachevich developed a book and table top theater, K - Motion: Paper Comes Alive with an introduction by Peter Schjeldahl.
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In 1980, Thomas Kovachevich had his first solo gallery exhibition in Bern, Switzerland at the Toni Gerber Gallery.
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In 1988 Thomas Kovachevich spent a year in France and Switzerland at the invitation of the Musee d'art et Histoire in Geneva, and the CIRVA in Marseille, where a series of glass sculptures were produced and exhibited at the Centre de la Vielle Charite, 1988.
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Thomas Kovachevich considered the project an artwork and described it as 'conceptual realism.
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Thomas Kovachevich exhibited painted Images of the plastics at Lightbox, LA in 2007.
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In 2008 at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Thomas Kovachevich installed Self Portrait, a paper installation of his own DNA in a group show, Genesis.
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Thomas Kovachevich originally exhibited Self Portrait in 1992 at the Curt Marcus Gallery in NY.
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In 2010 Thomas Kovachevich performed at midnight in Inchoative Listening + Centerless Portrayal, a day of performances curated by Jay Sanders at The Sculpture Center, Long Island City.
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In 2012, Thomas Kovachevich had a solo exhibition showing his glass sculptures at the Abbey of Silvacane in La Roque d'Antheron, France.
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Later that year, Thomas Kovachevich exhibited a group of 12 x 12 inch paintings in Dark Star, a group show curated by Raymond Foye at Planthouse, NY in 2016.
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Thomas Kovachevich has been represented by Callicoon Fine Arts, NY since 2011.