Max Streicher—Biography
Max Streicher is a sculptor and installation artist from Alberta, now residing in Toronto. Since 1989 he has worked extensively with inflatable technology in kinetic sculptures and installation works. He has shown widely across Canada in solo exhibitions in museums such as The Art Gallery of Ontario, Edmonton Art Gallery and the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon. He has been part of group exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, the Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Power Plant Centre for contemporary Art, Toronto and Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge. He has completed several international site-related projects in such places as Taichung, Taiwan, Erfurt, Germany and Prague, Czech Republic. His inflatable works are in the collections of museums such as the ESSL Museum, Vienna, The Hara Museum, Tokyo and Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton. He was a founding member of the Nethermind collective of artists who organized four large exhibitions in alternative spaces in Toronto between 1991 and 1995. Max Streicher is currently represented by Galerie Raquel Ponce, Madrid, Galerie Eric Mircher, Paris, Gallery Maskara in Mumbai, India, Felix Ringle Galerie in Düsseldorf, Ricco/Maresca Gallery in New York and Wagner + Partner in Berlin.
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Artist Statement
UPCOMING AND RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Max Streicher: Breath, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario;
2011
Apparitions, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario;
Quadriga, Varley Art Gallery, Markham;
2010
Ashwamedh, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India; Artslant review [download pdf]
Architecture of Cloud, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario; Hamilton Magazine press [download pdf]
Silenus, Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island;
Sleeping Giants, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, New Jersey;
Quadriga, 18 Bund, Shanghai;
Romulus & Remus, Convenience, Toronto;
2009
Alto cumulus (Great Hall installation), Art Gallery of Mississauga;
2008
Metamorphosis, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, New York;
Interlopers, Violetray Gallery, New York;
Breathe, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India;
2007
Mammatus, Galería Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain;
Blow, Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany;
Quadriga, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon;
2006
Mammatus, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Museum London, London, Ontario;
Respiración Madrid, Galerie Raquel Ponce, Madrid, Spain;
Quadriga, Ludwig-Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany;
2005You and Me: Body talks, Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, Germany;
Respiración, Galería Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain;
Silenus, Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo, Brazil;
2004
Quartet, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, New York;
Cloud, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Commissioned installation;
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
Nuit Blanche, Vertical Constructions, Toronto;
Glenn Gould Conference, Sound Sculpture; Toronto
Festival des Folies 2012, Maubeuge, France;
Futurotextiles, European Center of Innovating Textiles, Lodz, Poland;
2011
Biennale Internationale D’Art Contemporain de Melle, France;
The Horse Show, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland;
Futurotextiles, Marine Museum, Barcelona; el Palacio de la Merced, Córdoba;
Chemins numériques #4, Corps numérique, CORPS / MOUVEMENT / MOTRICITE/ EXTENTION, Centre Culturel Saint-Exupéry, Reims, France;
Stop, Look, Listen, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto;
2010
Explicit Devotion, Edward Day Gallery; Toronto
Nuit Blanche, Endgame (Coulrophobia), Toronto;
2009
cafka: contemporary Art forum/Kitchener & Area, Kitchener, Ontario;
Pieces a Part, Galerie Eric Mircher, Paris, France;
Oxygenarte, Festival Segovia, Segovia, Spain.
2008
Faces A Faces, Galerie Eric Mircher, Paris, France;
H2O: Izotz, Ur, Lurrin, Kubo-Kutxa, San Sebastian, Spain;
Futurotextiel 08, Kortrijk, Belguim;
HeartQuake; Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel;
Galway International Festival, Galway, Ireland
2007
Spirits, Galerie Eric Mircher, Paris, France;
Universal Forum of Cultures, UNESCO and Kinetica Museum, Monterrey, Mexico;
Floating Artworks, Curated by Art Gallery of Ontario, Luminato Festival, Toronto;
Sculpture Now, Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, Germany;
2006
Naked Life, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei:
Lifeforms, Kinetica Museum, London, UK;
Equinox, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario;
hic, Hart House Collective Exhibition, Hart House, University of Toronto;
Blown, Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon;
2005
Figur/Skulptur, ESSL Museum, Vienna, Austria;
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
1989
We Will Name This Place, permanent installation, collection of York University.
2005
Silenus, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan;
Quartet (seated figure), ESSL Collection of Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria;
Seated Baby, Museum 21, Louisville Kentucky;
2009
Four Horses, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2007
Tate Modern, Take a Deep Breath, Symposium presenter, London, UK;
PUBLICATIONS
2008
Metamorphosis, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, New York;
H2O: Izotz, Ur, Lurrin, kubo-kutxa, San Sebastian, Spain
HeartQuake; Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel.
2006
Naked Life, Manray Hsu, Maren Richter, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan;
Lifeforms, Robert Pepperell, Kinetica Museum, London, UK;
Mammatus, Jean Randolf, Mary Reid, Melanie Townsend, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Museum London;
SELECTED REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
2008
Time Out Mumbai #57, Deepanjana Pal, “Deep Breathing”, March 21-April 3;
2007
Cimaise, “Entre Résurrection et Torture”, 55e année, No. 288, Paris, December 2007;
LE: Design Magazine, Ekateringburg, Russia, May;
The Globe and Mail, R.M. Vaughan, "Black balls a bust; horses a masterpiece" Toronto, June 6;
2006
Azure, “Blow-Ups”, Lyne Fraser, September;
El País, “Los hombres hinchables de Max Streicher”, Madrid, January 15;
2005
Kunst 21, Schlafende Giganten, Heft Nr. 8 Sept. 05;
New York Arts, Camila Belchio, “Max Streicher”, Vol. 10 no 5/6, May/June.