| 2021 - present Chair, BFA Illustration & BFA Comics, School of Visual Arts |
| 2007 - present Director, Illustration Residency Program, School of Visual Arts, NYC |
| 2004 - present Faculty, MFA Illustration as Visual Essay, School of Visual Arts, NYC |
| 1992 Masters of Fine Arts, with honors, School of Visual Arts, New York City |
| 1990 Bachelors of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem, Israel |
Viktor Koen is an award winning illustrator, designer and educator. He holds a BFA in Design from the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem and an MFA in Illustration with honors from the School of Visual Arts. He is regularly commissioned by national and international publications with a client list that includes the NYTimes, Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, Esquire, Nature, National Geographic, Rolling Stone, Wired, ESPN, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, Fortune, Money, Forbes, BusinessWeek, Penguin Random House, Doubleday, Harper Collins, Rizzoli, Houghton Mifflin, Tor Books, Atlantic Records, Virgin, BBC and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. As Creative Director at Attic Child Press, Inc., he specializes in imaging and branding for conferences and large cultural events. Frequently featured in books and publications, his prints and posters, regularly exhibited in galleries and museums around the world, are represented in private and institutional collections. He is the Chair of BFA Illustration and BFA Comics Departments at the School of Visual Arts, serves as core faculty at SVA’s MFA Illustration program, and founded the SVA Illustration Residency in 2007. A TED speaker, Mr. Koen lectures for academic institutions and conferences worldwide while serving among others, on the Adobe Photoshop Advisory Council and the Photoville board of directors.
Distinctions include: American Illustration Awards, Graphis Gold Awards, 3x3 magazine Educator of the Year and the Communication Arts magazine Award of Excellence.
Society of Illustrators: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl6Yw7b6zKQ&t=22s |
| Selected Awards: |
| May 2021 American Illustration Award |
| April 2021 Graphis Poster Annual |
| May 2020 American Illustration Award 2020 |
| April 2020 Graphis Poster Annual 2021 - 2 Silver Awards |
| April 2019 Graphis Poster Annual 2020 - Gold and Silver Awards |
| Fall 2018 3x3 magazine Educator of the Year |
| April 2018 Graphis Typography 4 - Gold Award |
| Selected Solo Exhibitions: |
| June 2022 Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece |
| January 2020 The Type Directors Club, New York City |
| November 2017 Nitra Gallery, Athens, Greece |
| May 2017 Univercity of Patras, Greece |
| Awards: |
| April 2019 Graphis Poster Annual 2020 - Gold and Silver Awards |
| Fall 2018 3x3 magazine Educator of the Year |
| April 2018 Graphis Typography 4 - Gold Award |
| March 2018 TEDx Scarsdale speaker |
| April 2017 Graphis Poster Annual - Merit Award |
| June 2014 3x3 magazine - Merit Award |
| May 2014 Communication Arts magazine - Award of Excellence |
| Auguest 2013 2014 Graphis Poster Annual - 2 Gold Awards |
| November 2012 TEDx Athens speaker |
| May 2012 SND Award of Excellence, New York City |
| February 2010 SND Award of Excellence |
| January 2008 2 Purchase Awards, Arcansas Art Center |
| March 2006 EVGE Merit Award, Athens, Greece |
| November 2005 Folio Awards - 2 Gold Medals, New York City |
| April 2005 EVGE Awards - First Prize, Athens, Greece |
| June 2004 First Prize - Bethesda International Photography Competition |
| May 2004 SPD Merit Award, New York City |
| March 2004 EVGE Merit Award, Athens, Greece |
| March 2004 Digital Hall of Fame nomination, Stockholm, Sweden |
| March 2003 EVGE Award, Athens, Greece |
| February 2003 First Prize - Digital Hall of Fame, Stockholm, Sweden |
| January 2003 4th place International Digital Art Awards, Melbourne, Australia |
| October 2001 Digital Hall of Fame nomination, Stockholm, Sweden |
| September 2001 Artoconecto featured artist, Washington, DC |
| August 2001 Limner Gallery Recent Work Showcase Exhibition Award, New York |
| June 2001 First Prize - Papp Gallery Contemporary Art Competition, New York |
| February 2001 Kounio/Hasselblad Award, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| May 2000 First Prize - Viridian Gallery Eleventh National Juried Exhibition, New York |
| February 1999 New York Festivals Award, New York |
| April 1999 American Design Magazine Award for excellence, New York |
| May 1996 Paula Rhodes Award, New York |
| Selected one man shows: |
| November 2018 The Type Directors Club, New York City |
| November 2017 Nitra Gallery, Athens, Greece |
| May 2017 Univercity of Patras, Greece |
| March 2017 Gazi Exhibition Complex, Athens, Greece |
| November 2016 United Photo Industries, Brooklyn, New York |
| June 2016 Les Yper Yper Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| June 2015 Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece |
| September 2013 Photoville, Brooklyn, New York |
| June 2013 International Conference on Typography & Visual Communication, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| October 2012 United Photo Undustries, Brooklyn, New York |
| May 2012 Kalos&Klio Showroom, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| March 2012 The Type Directors Club, New York City |
| November 2011 Ghikas Gallery/HAU, Athens, Greece |
| September 2011 The Coningsby Gallery, London, UK |
| January 2011 The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| October 2010 The Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens, Greece |
| June 2010 Famagusta Gate Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| January 2010 Consulate General of Greece, New York |
| October 2009 Museum of Contemporary Art, Rethimnon, Greece |
| October 2007 Angelon Vima, Athens, Greece |
| November 2006 Strychnin Gallery, Berlin |
| April 2005 Fraser Gallery, Georgetown D.C. |
| January 2004 Paratiritis Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| November 2003 Slovak National Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia |
| September 2003 Photography Center of Athens, Greece |
| January 2004 Paratiritis Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| May 2003 LeVall Gallery, Novosibirsk, Russia |
| May 2003 Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, Greece |
| February 2003 Eirmos Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| October 2002 International Month of Photography, Fillipoupolis, Bulgaria |
| April 2002 Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles |
| March 2002 The Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens, Greece |
| January 2002 Gallery 402, New York City |
| May 2001 Paratiritis Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| February 2001 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| December 2001 Viridian Artists, Inc., New York City |
| September 2000 Gazi Exhibition Complex, Athens, Greece |
| May 2000 Artower Galleries, Athens, Greece |
| January 2000 Paratiritis Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| July 1999 The Chapel Gallery, New York City |
| June 1998 Mary Anthony Galleries, New York City |
| Selected group shows: |
| January 2020 Queens Public Library, New York |
| December 2019 Maine College of Art |
| November 2019 National Museum of Zadar, Croatia |
| October 2019 Academy of Fine Arts Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| June 2019 Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens |
| January 2019 Bortolami Gallery, New York City |
| November 2018 Caisa Cultural Center, Helsinki, Finland |
| October 2018 SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York City |
| August 2018 National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art |
| June-July 2018 Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece |
| May 2018 KZNSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa |
| April 2018 Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb, Croatia |
| March 2018 Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Japan |
| March 2018 Designforum Wien, Viena, Austria |
| March 2018 Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary |
| February 2018 3sec.gallery, Breda, Netherlands |
| February 2018 Indaba Design Festival, Cape Town, South Africa |
| January 2018 De Affiche Galerij, Hague, Netherlands |
| September 2017 Gazi Exhibition Complex, Athens, Greece |
| May 2017 Bluecadet Gallery, Philadelphia |
| May 2017 Blackburn 20/20 Gallery, New York City |
| March 2017 Design Indaba Conference, Cape Town, South Africa |
| January 2017 Metro Pictures Gallery, New York City |
| November 2016 Poster Fest, Budapest, Hungary |
| October 2016 Typopassage, Timisoara, Romania |
| September 2016 Gazi Exhibition Center, Athens, Greece |
| June-July 2016 Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece |
| June 2016 25th International Poster Biennale, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland |
| June 2016 SAF Art Center, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| May 2016 Municipal Gallery, Volos, Greece |
| April 2016 FLUID Design Forum, National Museum of Montenegro, Cetinje |
| March 2016 Kiosko Gallery, Santa Cruz, Bolivia |
| March 2016 Centre for Creative Arts and Media, Galway, Ireland |
| February 2016 Rosefsky Art Gallery, Binghamton, New York |
| December 2015 James Barry Exhibition Centre, Cork, Ireland |
| November 2015 Antonio Carlos Jobim Institute, Rio Design Week, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| May 2015 New Museum of Modern Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| April 2015 Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Greece |
| April 2015 Korea Craft and Design Foundation Gallery, Seoul |
| March 2015 Toss Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| November 2014 Visual Arts Gallery/Chelsea, New York City |
| April 2014 The Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| March 2014 The Wolfsonian Gallery, Miami, Florida |
| January 2014 Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York City |
| December 2013 BikeArt, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| December 2013 EMOA Gallery, New York City |
| November 2013 Museum of Greek Folk Art, Athens, Greece |
| June 2013 National Museum of Contemporary History, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| April 2013 Seoul Photo 2013, Coex Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea |
| April 2013 Last Rights Gallery, New York City |
| March 2013 University of the West of England, Bristol, UK |
| January 2013 Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Gallery, New York City |
| December 2012 Golden Bee Biennale, Artplay Design Center, Moscow |
| December 2012 Museum of Greek Folk Art, Athens, Greece |
| November 2012 Athens International Comics Festival, Athens, Greece |
| September 2012 Visual Arts Gallery, New York City |
| June 2011 ACNY Gallery, New York City |
| June 2011 Gallery Villa Mai Nau, Zurich, Switzerland |
| May 2011 Greek Film Archives, Athens, Greece |
| January 2011 CRG Gallery, New York City |
| October 2010 Tangent Gallery, Detroit, Michigan |
| October 2010 Visual Arts Gallery, New York City |
| July 2010 Last Rites Gallery, New York City |
| June 2010 Museo De La Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico |
| May 2010 Art Athina, Athens, Greece |
| January 2010 ZieherSmith Gallery, New York City |
| October 2009 Tangent Gallery, Detroit, Michigan |
| September 2009 Emily Harvey Foundation, New York City |
| September 2009 Totem/Materia Prima Exhibition Complex, Maxéville, France |
| July 2009 Giant Robot Gallery, New York City |
| January 2009 Scarfone Gallery, Tampa, Florida |
| October 2008 Prints Triannale, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| September 2008 Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green, Ohio |
| July 2008 Device Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| July 2008 Fuse Gallery, New York City |
| June 2008 L’imagery Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| February 2008 Bert Theater, Detroit, Michigan |
| February 2008 Canvas Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| January 2008 Art District 798, Beijing, China |
| January 2008 CPop Gallery, Detroit, Michigan |
| January 2008 Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece |
| January 2008 Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas |
| December 2007 Graphite Gallery, Perth, Australia |
| December 2007 Neapoli Print Center, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| November 2007 Athens International Airport, Greece |
| October 2007 Hall of Science, University of Graz, Austria |
| October 2007 Strychnin Gallery, London |
| November 2007 CPop Gallery, Detroit, Michigan |
| October 2007 Hall of Science, University of Graz, Austria |
| October 2007 Strychnin Gallery, London |
| September 2007 Dodo Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| August 2007 Siggraph Gallery, San Diego |
| July 2007 Visual Arts Museum, New York City |
| March 2007 Hellenic American Union Gallery, Athens Greece |
| February 2007 The dirty Show, Detroit, Michigan |
| February 2007 Strychnin Gallery, New York City |
| January 2007 Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, Florida |
| January 2008 Saginaw Art Museum, Michigan |
| October 2007 Hall of Science, University of Graz, Austria |
| September 2007 CPop Gallery, Detroit, Michigan |
| August 2007 Visual Arts Museum, New York City |
| August 2007 Siggraph Gallery, San Diego |
| June 2007 Dodo Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| March 2007 Hellenic American Union Gallery, Athens, Greece |
| February 2007 Strychnin Gallery, New York City |
| January 2007 Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, Florida |
| December 2006 Palazzo della Ragione, Mantua, Italy |
| November 2006 Teloglio Foundation for the Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| October 2006 Strychnin Gallery, New York City |
| October 2006 The Filipos Tsihritzis Foundation for the Visual Arts, Athens, Greece |
| October 2006 Space Gallery, San Francisco |
| September 2006 Athens International Airport, Greece |
| September 2006 Visual Arts Gallery, New York City |
| July 2006 Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
| July 2006 Skopelos Center for Photography, Greece |
| July 2006 Siggraph Gallery, Boston |
| June 2006 Bodenburg Castle, Germany |
| June 2006 National Museum, Canberra, Australia |
| June 2006 Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece |
| March 2006 Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Siberia |
| March 2006 Neapoli Print Center, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| October 2005 DeVos Art Museum, Michigan |
| February 2005 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA |
| December 2004 Museum of American Illustration, New York City |
| December 2004 Paratiritis Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| December 2004 Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York City |
| October 2004 Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan |
| September 2004 Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY |
| August 2004 Siggraph Gallery, Los Angeles |
| July 2004 Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece |
| July 2004 Photography Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| June 2004 Fraser Gallery, Maryland |
| May 2004 Millennium Art Museum, Beijing, China |
| May 2004 International Festival of Photography, Sydney, Australia |
| April 2004 The Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens, Greece |
| February 2004 Museum of Art, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
| November 2003 Citta Della Scienza, Naples, Italy |
| November 2003 Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
| October 2003 Dabora Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| September 2003 Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY |
| September 2003 Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY |
| September 2003 Hawthorn Gallery, Woodstock, NY |
| July 2003 Siggraph Gallery, San Diego |
| April 2003 Arcade IV, Hull, United Kingdom |
| March 2003 Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles |
| March 2003 Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan |
| February 2003 Visual Arts Museum, New York City |
| December 2002 International Digital Biennale, St.Petersberg, Russia |
| October 2002 Digital Hall of Fame, Milan, Italy |
| October 2002 Fine Arts Center Galleries, Kingston, Rhode Island |
| July 2002 Siggraph Gallery, San Antonio, Texas |
| June 2002 Rocky Mountain Digital Arts Center, Denver |
| May 2002 Academy of the Arts, Tasmania, Australia |
| May 2002 Counihan Gallery, Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia |
| April 2002 Ceiba Records Gallery, San Francisco |
| March 2002 Artlink Gallery, New York City |
| February 2002 Wethersfield Museum, Hartford, Connecticut |
| February 2002 Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan |
| January 2002 Museum of American Illustration, New York City |
| December 2001 Visual Arts Museum, New York City |
| October 2001 Oksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| October 2001 Affinity Lab, Washington, DC |
| September 2001 Gazi Exhibition Complex, Athens, Greece |
| September 2001 Limner Gallery, New York City |
| August 2001 Papp Gallery, New York City |
| May 2001 Rethimnon Center for Contemporary Art, Crete, Greece |
| February 2001 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| September 2000 Paratiritis Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| June 2000 Viridian Artists, Inc., New York City |
| February 2000 Hellenic American Union Galleries, Athens, Greece |
| January 2000 New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ |
| December 1999 Mary Anthony Galleries, New York City |
| September 1998 Parsons School of Design, New York City |
| July 1997 Foundation for Hellenic Culture, New York City |
| June 1997 Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| November 1996 Design Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece |
| September 1996 Parsons School of Design, New York City |
| May 1993 Visual Arts Museum, New York City |
| November 1992 Art Directors Club, New York City |
| May 1990 Jerusalem Museum of Art, Jerusalem, Israel |