David Koepp was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1954.
He studied at University of Toledo School of Design, then located in the basement at the Toledo Museum of Art, and graduated with a degree in art in 1977.
Later that year he moved to New York City, where he lived for almost two decades in the intellectual and artistic ferment of the East Village.
In 1982 he appeared in his first art exhibition. His Collage Book, 1979-81 was included in Artist’s Books: A Survey 1960-81, at the Ben Shahn Center for the Visual Arts, William Patterson College.
In 1995 he moved to Chicago, where he lives and works today.