Born in 1932, in Bruges, Belgian. Moved to New York in 1965. He is involved in New York's radical political art scene from the 1960s on and was associated with the New York Destructive Art movement, the Artist Workers' Coalition, the Guerrilla Art Action Group (1969-1976; co-founded with Jon Hendricks), organized actions and happenings directly attacking and provoking the New Yorker art-establishment. These groups expressed public consciousness through happenings, written manifestos, publications. Now Toche is working in political mail art under the title OF PISS@N'PUSS. Lives in Staten Island.
2013ARTE POSTALE | Academy of Fine Arts [Groupshow], Berlin
2008JEAN TOCHE | Weserburg - Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
THE IMPERTINENCE OF RAISING QUESTIONS | Kulturzentrum Faust, Hannover
2007JEAN TOCHE | Kunstverein Neuhausen/Germany
JEAN TOCHE | Free Show, New York
2006BURN, BABY, BURN | artandgallery, Milano/Italy
2003NO!art in BUCHENWALD | Boris Lurie, Catalogbook, Stuttgart
Contribution: I am a human being
1997CONFRONTATIONS | Printed Matter, New York
1988NO!art anthology | Edition Hundertmark, Cologne
1970TOWARDS A NEW HUMANISM | Essay
1968I ACCUSE | dedicated to Marcel Broodthaers, Statement
THE DESTRUCTION ART GROUP | Judson Gallery, New York

NO!art INVOLVEMENT: ARMENTO + ARONOVICI + BAJ + BARATELLA + BROWN + BRUNET + BRUNO + BRUS + CHORBADZHIEV + D'ARCANGELO + DE RUVO + DAYEN + EHM-MARKS + ERRO + FABRICIUS + FISHER + GATEWOOD + GEORGES + GERZ + GILLESPIE + GILMAN + GOLDMAN + GOLUB + GOODMAN + HALLMANN + HJULER + KAPROW + KIRVES + KUSAMA + KUZMINSKY + LEBEL + LEVITT + LONG + LURIE + MASTRANGELO + MEAD + MESECK + PATTERSON + PICARD + PINCHEVSKY + RAMSAUER + RANCILLAC + ROUSSEL + SALMON + SCHEIBNER + STAHLBERG + STUART + TAMBELLINI + TOBOCMAN + TOCHE + TSUCHIYA + VOSTELL + WALL + WOLF + WOYTASIK + ZOWNIR