Biography

Thomas Kovachevich (b. 1942, Detroit, MI) lives and works in New York City. He has had solo exhibitions at institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL (1973); The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1991); Museum Baviera, Zurich (1996); and the Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA (2002), among others. Kovachevich participated in documenta 5 (1972), organized by Harald Szeemann, and the Eighth Biennale de Paris (1973). His work was featured in group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1970); the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Illinois (1971, 1976, 1977, 1985, 1986, 1996); ExitArt, New York (1999); Guggenheim Public, Venice (2000); Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern (2008); COCO Kunstverein, Vienna (2011); Musee d’Art Contemporain de Marseille, France (2011); the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2013); and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Michigan (2017). His work is included in many notable collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and the Bern Kunst Museum, Switzerland.