ARTHUR KOCH

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EDUCATION

Trenton Junior College 1948-1950
University of New Mexico 1950-1957

EXHIBITIONS IN USA

1953 New Mexico Annual
1954 New Mexico State Fair (award)
1955 Denver Colorado Annual
1956 Wichita Kansas Annual (award)
1958 SF Art Institute Annual
1959 Oakland Art Museum Annual
1960 Richmond Art Museum Annual
1962 Crocker Museum (personal)
1964 California State Fair

EXHIBITIONS IN ITALY

1970 City of Arezzo (purchase)
1972 City of Civitella (purchase)
1974 La Soffitta Museum(purchase)
1976 City of Pontassieve Annual

GALLERIES
USA
1962-64 Maxwell San Francisco
1963 Comara Los Angeles

ITALY
1970 Teorema Florence
1972/1985 Il Pozzo Prato
1986/1996 Romanelli Florence

THE THEMES OF THE SCULPTURES
The themes of the sculptures of Arthur Koch are based on ideas from the Buddhism of Nicheren Daishonin, eg., Cause and Effect, The Growth of the Lotus, Karma, Reincarnation, and particulars from the Lotus Sutra such as The Voice Hearers, etc.

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