Max Streicher

MAX STREICHER

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1958 Born, Olds, Alberta, Canada

EDUCATION

1989 Master of Fine Art, York University, Toronto;

1987 Bachelor of Fine Art, York University, Toronto;

1980 Bachelor of Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Apparitions, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario;

Quadriga, The Varley Gallery, Markham, Ontario;

2010 Architecture of Cloud, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario;

Ashwamedh, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India;

Silenus, Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island;

Sleeping Giants, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, New Jersey;

Quadriga, Gallery at 18 Bund, Shanghai;

Romulus & Remus, Convenience, Toronto;

2009 Alto cumulus (Great Hall installation), Art Gallery of Mississauga;

Max Streicher, Tjolöholm Slott, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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;

Sleeping Giants, Manchester International Festival, Manchester, UK;

Blow, Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany;

Quadriga, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon;

2006 Mammatus, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba and Museum London, London, Ontario;

Four Horses, Galerie d'art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen de l'Université de Moncton, New Brunswick;

Respiración Madrid, Galerie Raquel Ponce, Madrid, Spain;

Quadriga, Ludwig-Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany;

2005 Metamorphosis, Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario;

You and Me: Body talks, Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, Germany;

Respiración, Galería Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain;

Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany;

Silenus, Glassbox, University of Erfurt Art Gallery, Erfurt Germany;

Four Horses, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick;

Silenus, Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo, Brazil;

Endgame, Rodman Hall, Brock University Art Gallery;

Sextet, Centre d’exposition l’Imagier, Gatineau, Quebec;

2004 Quartet, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, New York;

Cloud, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Commissioned installation;

Silenus, Apothiki Gallery, Paros, Greece;

Horses, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick;

2003 Horses, Sculpture Cologne (Art Cologne), Cologne, Germany;

Sculture Gonfiabili, Galleria Traghetto, Venice, Italy;

Floating Giants, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden;

Four Horses, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario;

2002 Silenus, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta;

Lamentation, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario;

Sleeping Giants, Definitely Superior, Thunder Bay, Ontario;

2001 Hyperworld, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan;

Sleeping Giants, Neutral Ground, Regina, Saskatchewan;

2000 Giant, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia;

Sleeping Giants, Karlskoga Konsthall, Karlskoga, Sweden;

Sleeping Giants, Saw Gallery, Ottawa;

1999 Hamm & Clov, GnadenKirche installation, coordinated by Kunststuck Gallery, Hamburg, Germany;

Endgame, rooftop installation, coordinated by the MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario;

Swan Song, Gallery Stratford, Stratford Ontario;

Sleeping Giants, Galleri Rostrum, Malmo, Sweden;

1998 Endgame (in the pit), in cooperation with Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto;

Sleeping Giants, The Library and Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario;

1997 Pleasure Dome, Pyramida: Centre for Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel;

1996 Tight Rope, Synagoga na Palmovca, Prague, Czech Republic;

Loggia Gallery, Koffler Centre of the Arts, North York, Ontario;

1995 Quartet in a Box, 00 gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia;

Stalk, site-specific installation, Paul Petro Contemporary Art, Scotia Plaza, Toronto;

1993 "this flesh...", Galerie Articule, Montreal;

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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, Spain;

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, (group exhibition);

Gothenburg Cultural Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden;

Alma Lov Museum, Ostra Amtervik, Sweden;

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

Captive Visions: Contemporary Canadian Art, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York;

2007 Spirits, Galerie Eric Mircher, Paris, France;

Das Motiv Säugling in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany;

Troika, Slava’s Snowshow, Moscow, Russia;

Universal Forum of Cultures, UNESCO and Kinetica Museum, Monterrey, Mexico;

Playing in Traffic, Red Bull Music Academy, Toronto;

Floating Artworks, Curated by Art Gallery of Ontario, Luminato Festival, Toronto;

Sculpture Now, Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, Germany;

Huge, Artcore Gallery, Toronto, Ontario;

Blind Culture, Glenhyrst Art Gallery, Brantford, Ontario;

The Great Indoors: Manchester International Festival, Manchester, UK;

2006 Naked Life, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei:

Lifeforms, Kinetica Museum, London, UK;

Plastiken Kunstkörperlich – Körperkünstlich, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück, Germany;

Summer of Love, Virserums Konsthall, Virserum, Sweden;

Alma Lov Biennial, Alma Lov Museum, Ostra Amtervik, Sweden;

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;

Blacklight Gallery, 2005, U3 Bahnhof, Berlin;

Blown, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.

2004 Gonflables! Inflatables Gonfiabili…, Lille, France;

Floating Worlds; Beacon Cultural Foundation, Beacon, New York;

Ironic Turn; Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, Toronto;

Chassez le naturel…, 4^th Liege Biennial, Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art, Liege, Belgium;

Ironic Turn, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick;

Plastica d’Artista, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Contempranea, Pordenone, Italy;

2003 The Ironic Turn, Faux Mouvement , Metz, France;

Du lilliputien au gigantesque: l’imaginaire de la démesure, Musée Régional de Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec;

The Ironic Turn: Kanadische Kunst der Gegenwart, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany;

Il Palazzo delle Liberta, Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy;

The Mortal Coil: Ruminations on Human Physicality, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario;

2002 Durham Regional Art Gallery, Durham Ontario: Site-specific installation;

2001 Good Place, Taichung, Taiwan, curated by Manray Hsu, Hungjohn Lin and David Liss;

Mortal, Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois;

2000 logocity, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario, curated by Barbara Fischer;

Endgame, Alma Lov Museum, Ostra Amtervik, Sweden;

Balancing Act, Kunstvaai4, Amsterdam, NL, curated by De Parel Gallery;

1999 Balloon Disaster #3, The Art Firm, Toronto, Ontario;

Mediawave: International Media Festival: Gyor, Hungary;

Between Body and Soul, Saidye Bronfman Centre and Concordia University Gallery, Montreal;

Version City, University of Buffalo Art Gallery, curated by John Massier;

Artifice, coordinated by Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal;

of bodies changed, Thames Art Gallery, Chattam Cultural Centre, Chattam, Ontario;

1997 Ulappa '97, symposium and exhibition, Turku, Finland;

1996 Once Upon a Time, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, curated by Joan Stebbins;

1995 Nether Mind, collective exhibition, Toronto;

Hermit, symposium and exhibition, Plasy, Czech Republic;

1994 Naked State, curated by Louise Dompierre and Arthur Renwick, The Power Plant, Toronto;

Mediatrics, coordinated by Cold City Gallery, Toronto;

1993 Communion, Johnson County Arts Center, Iowa City, Iowa;

Nether Mind, collective exhibition, Toronto;

Hermit, symposium and exhibition, Plasy, Czech Republic;

1992 Nether Mind, collective exhibition, Toronto;

1991 Outrageous Desire, Rutger's University, New Brunswick, New Jersey;

Nether Mind, collective exhibition, Toronto;

1990 Panic and Fear, retail space installation, Eaton Centre, "The Works" festival, Edmonton;

UPCOMING

2012 Futurotextiles, European Center of Innovating Textiles, Lodz, Poland;

Festival of Inflatable Art, Maubeuge, France;

Solo Exhibition, ESKER Foundation Gallery, Calgary, Canada.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

2011 University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto;

2009 Four Horses, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick.

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;

1989 We Will Name This Place, permanent installation, collection of York University.

RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2011 Earth Day commission, Floating Forest installation, Brookfield Pl. Toronto;

2007 Tate Modern, Take a Deep Breath, Symposium presenter, London, UK;

1998 Mercer Union: A Centre for Contemporary Visual Art: member of Board of Directors, 1992 – 1998;

1996 Visiting Artist: College of Educational Sciences, Department of Fine Arts, Erfurt, Germany;

1992 Visual Arts Ontario Panel: "Creative Initiatives: Organizing Alternative Exhibitions".

PUBLICATIONS

2010 Portrait of a Patron: The Dukszta Collection, University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto;

2008 Metamorphosis, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, New York;

H₂O: Izotz, Ur, Lurrin, kubo-kutxa, San Sebastian, Spain

Captive Visions: Contemporary Canadian Art, Eli Klein Fine Art, New York;

HeartQuake; Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel.

2007 Das Motiv Säugling in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Darmstadt, Germany;

Playing in Traffic, Archive Inc. Gallery & Art Library, Red Bull Music Academy, Toronto;

2006 Naked Life, Manray Hsu, Maren Richter, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taiwan;

Lifeforms, Robert Pepperell, Kinetica Museum, London, UK;

Kunstkörperlich – Körperkünstlich, Hansdieter Erbsmehl, Kunsthalle, Osnabrück, Germany;

Mammatus, Jean Randolf, Mary Reid, Melanie Townsend, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Museum London;

2005 figure/skulptur, Robert Fleck, Andreas Hoffer, Lucia Binder, Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria;

Blown, Donna Wowzonek and Nick Lary, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina;

2004 Gonflables!, Caroline David, Lille, France,

Chassez le naturel…, 4^th Liege Biennial, Liege, Belgium;

Plastica d’artista, by Maria Campitelli, Palazzo Mantica, Pordenone, Italy;

2003 Il Palazzo delle Liberta, by Lorenzo Fusi, Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy;

Du lilliputien au gigantesque: Véronique Bellemare Briére, Musée Régional de Rimouski, Quebec;

2001 The Good Place, by Manray Hsu, Hungjohn Lin and David Liss;

2000 Sleeping Giants, essay “Dream of Giants” by Marcus Miller, Saw Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario and Karlskoga Konsthall, Karlskoga, Sweden;

1999 Sleeping Giants, essay by Gordon Hatt, The Library and Gallery, Cambridge, Ontario;

Between Body and Soul; essay by David Liss, Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts;

1998 Version City, essay by John Massier, University of Buffalo Art Gallery;

of bodies changed, essay by Lorenzo Buj, Thames Art Gallery, Chattam, Ontario;

1997 Once Upon a Time: Contemporary Tales, Southern Alberta Art Gallery;

1996 Palmovca: Sbornik Synagogy na Palmovce, essay by Martina Pachmanova.

SELECTED REVIEWS AND ARTICLES

2011 ArtForum, Zehra Jumabhoy, Critic’s Pick, Max Streicher, Mumbai, December 1;

2010 ARTslant, India, Deepanjanna Pal, “Inflatable Elegance”, December, 6;

Hamilton Magazine, Tor Lukasik-Foss, “Cloud City: Pulling Artistic Substance Out of Thin Air”, Spring;

2008 Time Out Mumbai #57, Deepanjana Pal, “Deep Breathing”, March 21-April 3;

Décor, Anupa Mehta, “Beyond Borders”, India, June;

Mumbai Newsline, Georgina Maddox, “Blow Up”, March 24;

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;

Diário de Notícias, Ana Marques Gastão, “Quis que facássemos com a sensação de que o ar nos faz viver”, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2;

2006 Azure, “Blow-Ups”, Lyne Fraser, September;

El País, “Los hombres hinchables de Max Streicher”, (photo) 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;

Folha de Sao Paulo, Canadense e brasileira retratam homem em ‘estado de exceção’, March 2;

2004 Canadian Art, Dionne McAffee, “Max Streicher”, Fall;

The Globe and Mail, Gary Michael Dault, “The irony of (really) big expectations”, July 3;

Art Nexus, Tatiana Flores, “The Armory Show”; (photo), No. 53; volume 3;

Art Nexus, Marisol Martell, “Palm Beach Contemporary” (photo), No. 52; volume 3;

Toronto Star, Christopher Hume, “People palace and a Treasure chest” (photo), March, 14;

2003 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Rose-Maria Gropp, “Zurück nach vorn zu den Wurzeln”, Nov. 1;

Espace: Natasha Hébert, “Il Palazzo della Libertá: Un projet elusive-subversif, sans attention aux bonnes maniéres, (photo) Winter 2003-2004;

Surfacing Journal: “Max Streicher—Silenus”, (photo), Summer, Volume 24: issue 2;

Observer Sverige AB: John Peter Nilsson, “Jätter som svävar I taket”, (photo), Stockholm, June 7;

Lola: Jeffery Matt, “Silenus at 401 Richmond” (photo), Lola 15, vol. 7, no. 1, Toronto, spring;

Toronto Star: Peter Goddard, “Streicher’s benign giants” (photo), Jan. 11;

2002 Edmonton Journal: Gilbert Bouchard, “Artist put patrons in the thick of giant inflatables”, Sept. 17;

The Globe and Mail: Sarah Milroy, “Divine Comedy”, (photo), Toronto, Sept. 7;

Espace: Gill McElroy, “Lamentation” (photo), Montreal, Autumn;

2001 World Sculpture News: Paula Gustafson, “Max Streicher at Monte Clark Gallery” (photo), Hong Kong, winter;

Espace: Paula Gustafson, “Max Streicher: Giants” (photo), Montreal, spring;

2000 Konstperspektiv: Fred Andersson, “Experimental konst i värmländsk hage”, Sweden, Argang 28;

The Globe and Mail: Blake Gopnik, "Signs prove consumer culture is more than just a straight sell", Toronto, August, 26;

Lola: Sherri Irvin, “Sleeping Giants” Toronto, autumn;

1998 Canadian Art: Corina Ghaznavi, "Space Invaders" (photo), Toronto, autumn;

Beaux-Arts Magazine: Chloe Braunstein, "Le Gonfable" (photo), Paris, October;

The Globe and Mail: Blake Gopnik, "The last laugh" (photo), Toronto, August, 1;

Voir: Stepane Aquin, “Cocktail artistique”, Montreal, July 2;

1997 Tucun Sanomat: Raili Suoninen, "Terveiset Ulapalta", Turku, Finland, June 3;

Ha'aretz, Haifa, Israel, March 20;

The Globe and Mail: Alanna Mitchell, "Alberta gallery features fractured fairy tales", Nov. 2;

Atelier, Journal of Contemporary Art: Andela Hrova, " Utahnuty Provaz", Prague, June 13;

The Prague Post: Randi Druzin, "Modern Babylon", Prague, April 24;

Labyrint: Max Streicher: Synagoga na Palmovce, Prague, April;

The Globe and Mail: John Bently Mays, "Two shows that show the unshowable", Sept. 9;

Atelier, Journal of Contemporary Art: “Sever a Jil v Plasich-Krizeni poedniku”, Prague, Sept;

1994 Canadian Art: Gary Michael Dault, "Tragically Hip" (photograph), Toronto, winter;

Sunday Magazine, Toronto Sun: Lisa Balfour Bowen, "Body Language", Sept. 18;

1993 Parcours Arts Visuels: Marguerite Anderson: "Toronto Underground", Montreal, autumn;

The Globe and Mail: Kate Taylor: "Sculptors at play with a sense of fun", Oct. 23;

NOW Magazine: Deirdre Hanna, "Nether Mind displays new face of Canadian art", May 28;

1990 FUSE: Steve Reinke, "Off the Beaten Track: The Crossing", (photo), Toronto, spring.

1989 Work Seen: David Renaud: "The Crossing-Art: Church Site for Group Show", Toronto, Nov.

Metropolis: Linda Genereux, "Crossing - Art Crosses Barriers", Nov. 2.