Malcolm Koch

Since 2004, I have been developing the idea that a
different kind of aesthetic is created when expressions
are deployed on a curved canvas (rather than a flat
‘two dimensional’ plane). The marks created in this
way take on the form of the geometric profile. So
when they are unraveled and stretched-out to the two
dimensional picture plane, the aesthetic emerges.
I call this approach Membrane Art. As it is the curved
profile of the ‘membrane surfaces’ that underpins the
development of each artwork. An aesthetic thought
that I continue to evolve.

University of South Australia (1986 - 1989)
Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) at UniSA School of Art, Architecture and Design

Copper To The World exhibition, Adelaide Convention Centre, 2024

The Copper Project, Membrane Art Gallery, 2023

Double Story, Membrane Art Gallery, 2022

Membrane Art, Membrane Art Gallery, 2021

Mirrored Space, Little Bang Brewing, 2019

Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize 2018 - South Australian Museum

Quantum Brushstrokes, TP Bond Gallery, 2017

Visual Entanglement, Royal Institution of Australia – RiAus FutureSpace Gallery, 2016

Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize 2016 - finalist and highly commended, South Australian Museum and National Archives of Australia (Canberra)

Energy Travels, SALA Festival, Angas Travel, 2015

Membrane Art, Brick + Mortar Gallery, 2015

Under the Surface, Royal Institution of Australia – RiAus FutureSpace Gallery, 2014

Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize 2014 - finalist and highly commended, South Australian Museum and National Archives of Australia (Canberra)

SALA Festival, Gallery 1855, 2014

Membrane Art, Adelaide Convention Centre (Centre ArtBeat), 2014

ERA We Live In, Hughes Gallery, 2014

ERA We Live In, Pepper Street Art Centre, ERA We Live In, 2014

ERA We Live In, SALA Festival, Prospect Gallery, 2013

Membrane Art, Barossa Living Gallery, 2012 – 2013

Membrane Art, Vascular Ultras...