Andreas Koch was born in Stuttgart in 1970. He studied at the Berlin University of the Arts under Dieter Appelt and Christiane Möbus and graduated with a master’s degree. In Berlin's burgeoning and vibrant art scene, he ran the Koch and Kesslau Gallery together with Sybille Kesslau from 1996-2004. In 2020 he received the art prize of the city of Nordhorn. Andreas Koch is a visual artist as well as the editor of the art critic magazine von hundert, a book designer and now also the publisher of the small art book publishing house permanent.