Max Colby

EDUCATION
2012
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
Bachelor of Fine Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023   
Echo, Aicon Gallery, New York, NY

2022  
Revival, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art in Focus, Rockefeller Center, presented by Art Production Fund, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Art Now, Hearst Tower, New York, NY
That Feels Good! Labor as Pleasure curated by Francisco Donoso, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA

2023
Transform Any Room, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Form and Formless: Constellations of Knowledge curated by Alpesh Patel, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
Make Me Feel Mighty Real: Drag/Tech and the Queer Avatar, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2022
Opulence curated by Jared Packard, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
Aicon x Palo Alto, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Radical Enchantments curated by Jason Vartikar, Aicon Gallery, New York, NY

2021
Home, Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling, New York, NY
Uncommon Ground, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fringe, Denny Dimin Gallery, New York, NY
Above & Below, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Cuir curated by Chiachio & Giannone, Isabel Croxatto Galería, Santiago, Chile
Dissolution, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, New York, NY

2020  
Tableau Vivant curated by Anna Cone and Victoria Udondian, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY

2019
Harvest: A Convening of Materiality and Form curated by Sidel & McElwreath, ChaShaMa, New York, NY
No Trigger Warning curated by Bill Arning, Flatland Gallery, Houston, TX
Figuring the Floral, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY
A Body of Work curated by Isis Awad, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, NY
Rijswijk Textile Biennial, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, Netherlands
Lobster Dinner curated by Will Hutnick, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Soft Grit, LoBo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2017
Stitch: Beyond Function, Henry Zarrow Center for Art and Education, Tulsa, OK

2014
Vernissage: 100, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2013
Crafted, TEMP Gallery, New York, NY
Prints on Prince, Crossman Gallery, Whitewater, WI

2012
New Prints/2012 Summer selected by Shahzia Sikander, IPCNY, New York, NY
H x W x D x T, Yes.Oui.Si Gallery, Boston, MA
Transatlantic Fun-O-Pack, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland; SMFA, Boston, MA

2011
Arches Show, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
Concepts of the Self, MFA Horticulture Library, Boston, MA
Exchange, Prints from Frans Masereel, SMFA, Boston, MA; Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburg, Scotland; Antwerp Academy of Arts, Antwerp, Belgium

RESIDENCIES AND FELLOWSHIPS
2019
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY

2018
Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Leslie-Lohman Museum Fellow, New York, NY

2011
Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium 

AWARDS
FST StudioProjects Fund Grant
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
YoungArts Microgrant
Museum Council Sculpture Prize
YoungArts Award, Visual Arts
Art Congressional Award

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Works
Des Moines Art Center
Monographs
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Vizcarrondo-Laboy, Angelik. “New Women’s Work.” Smith Street Books.

2023
Burkhalter, Laura. “Transform Any Room.” Des Moines Art Center. 2023.
Patel, Alpesh. “Curatorial Perspective: Form and Formless.” Surface Design Journal. Winter 2023.
Patel, Alpesh. “Form and Formless: Constellations of Knowledge.” Urban Glass. 2023.
Campbell, Andy. “Make me Feel Mighty Real: Drag/Tech and the Queer Avatar.” Artforum, Reviews: Los Angeles. Summer 2023.
Bucknell, Alice. “Glitching Bodies and Virtual Worlds: Queer Creation in ‘Make Me Feel Mighty Real’.” Frieze. April 20, 2023.

2022
Cros, Lolita and Colby, Max. “Studio Visit of the Month with Lolita Cros: Max Colby.” November 17, 2022.
Sethi, Vidur. “When the material is unabashedly camp: the practice of Max Colby.” STIRworld. August 20, 2022.
Davis, Genie. ”Max Colby: Revival at Shoshana Wayne Gallery.” Art and Cake. May 17, 2022.
“Spring Has Sprung At Rock Center With a Colorful New Art Exhibition.” Guest of a Guest. February 16, 2022.
Anapur, Eli. “Rockefeller Center's Public Arts Program Kicks Off with Brooklyn Artist Max Colby.” Widewalls. January 19, 2022.
“Rockefeller Center Kicks Off 2022 Public Art Program With a 125-Foot Mural, New Line-Up of Artists.” ArtfixDaily. January 18, 2022.
Smith Schneider, Julie. “Art in Focus: Max Colby, Multimedia Visual Artist.” The Center Magazine. January 18, 2022.
Cascone, Sarah. “Editors’ Picks: 8 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Max Colby at Rock Center to Hugh Hayden’s Outdoor Show," Artnet News. January 17, 2022.

2021
Schomaker, Kristine. “Above & Below at Shoshana Wayne.” Art and Cake. August 12, 2021.
Strauss, Allison. “GALLERY ROUNDS: Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Group Exhibition ‘Above & Below’.” Artillery Magazine. August 7, 2021.
Can Yerebakan, Osman. “Highlights from 'With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1985'.” Interior Design Magazine. August 2, 2021.
Scott, Andrea. “Fringe,” The New Yorker.
Gómez-Upegui, Salomé. “10 Contemporary Artists Taking Fresh Approaches to Flowers,” Artsy. July 7, 2021.
“Isabel Croxatto Galería Presenta Cuir, Exposición Colectiva Internacional Curada por Chicachio & Giannone.” Spacio Nomade.
Abal, Facundo. “Cuir: exposición colectiva curada por Chiachio & Giannone.” L’Officiel Argentina. February 18, 2021.

2020
Adams, Amanda; Mueller, Nicole; Colby, Max. “Max Colby - S3, E9.” Beyond the Studio.
Kipp, Caroline and Colby, Max. “Social Distancing Studio Visits: Max Colby.” Caroline Kipp. August 20, 2020.
Colby, Max. “Max Colby: Leslie-Lohman Artist Fellow.” Leslie-Lohman Museum.
Cohen, Alina. “5 Embroidery Tips from Leading Contemporary Artists.” Artsy. May 19, 2020.
“Studio Stories | Max Colby.” Craft Victoria. May 7, 2020.
“Virtual Open Studio – Max Colby.” Wassaic Project. April 29, 2020.
Rodney, Seph. “Spring/Break Art Show Is a Work of Art Worth Diving Into.” Hyperallergic. March 5, 2020.
Wolf, Michael. “Top Ten at Spring Break Art Show 2020.” Art Zealous. March 5, 2020.
Onoda, Masato. “Take a Tour of the 2020 Spring/Break Art Show in New York.” ARTnews. March 3, 2020.
“Aesthetics of Femininity.” The Winter Show at the Park Avenue Armory, ArtTable. January 27, 2020.

2019
Osenlund, R. Kurt. “12 queer artists whose work is making us pay attention.” NBC Out. December 13, 2019.
Lerner, Riya; Casals, Gonzalo; Loutsis, Studio. “The Archive: Issue 67.” Leslie-Lohman Museum.
Ruth, Kimberly and Colby, Max. "Max Colby.” Art Uncovered, BTRtoday. August 27, 2019.
Moustakas,Tiffany. “Fighting Floral Stereotypes.” The Riverdale Press. August 11, 2019.
McGregor, Jennifer; Lynch, Eileen Jeng; Alesandrini, Emily; Melanie Roberts Design; Hagan, Stefan. “Figuring the Floral.” Wave Hill.
Murray, Christopher and Colby, Max. “Ritual, Fantasy, and Gender Performance.” Gay City News. June 27, 2019.
“Rijswijk Textile Biennial 2019.” Embroidery Magazine. May-June 2019.
Brommel, Joe and Colby, Max. “Interview with Joe Brommel.” The Wassaic Project. May 2019.
Van der Ploeg, Frank; Kloosterboer, Anne; Beaufort, Dianna. “2019 Textile Biennial Rijswijk.” Museum Rijswijk.
Thornton, Jeanne (text) and Colby, Max (art). “The Fountainhead.” Evergreen Review.

2018
Arao, Paolo and Colby, Max. “Max Colby visited by Paolo Arao.” The Coastal Post. June 26, 2018.
Vannier, Charlotte. “De Fil en Aiguille.” Pyramyd Editions.
Schilp, Erik and Colby, Max. “They Consume Each Other.” Vissch + Stam.
O’Ceallaigh, Stiofon. “Artist: Max Colby.” Balaclava(dot)Q. March 29, 2018.

2015
“Caught Off Camera.” Embroidery Magazine. January-February 2015.

2014
Amell, Carolina. “Needle Work.” Monsa Publications. October 31, 2014.
Michelson, Noah. “Max Colby.” Huffington Post Queer Voices. October 14, 2014.