Max Streicher

Biography

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

2007

• Blow, Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
• Quadriga, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon

2006

• Respirando en Madrid, Raquel Ponce Gallery, Madrid;
• Museum London, London, Ontario;

2005

• Metamorphosis, Artcore / Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, Ontario;
• Mammatus, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba;
• You and Me: Body talks, Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin, Germany;
• Respiración, Galería Miguel Marcos, Barcelona, Spain;
• Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld, Germany;
• Silenus, Glassbox, 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, 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

2008

• Sculpture Supernova, Artcore/Fabrice Marcolini, Toronto, Canada

2006

• Blown, Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon;
• Hart House Collective Exhibition, Toronto;

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..., 4th 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;

1998

• 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;
• 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;

1989

The Crossing, Bloor St. United Church, coordinated by Mediums Art Centre, Toronto.

Commissions And Collections

2005

• Silenus, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan;
• Seated Figures, ESSL Collectin of Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austia;

2002

Windsock Babies: Cambridge Sculpture Garden, Cambridge, Ontario: Site-specific installation;

2001

Floating Giants: Canadian Art Foundation: Toronto, Ontario, Commissioned installation;

2000

Endgame: Alma Lov Museum, Ostra Amtervik, Sweden;

1991

Where there is Smoke: installation, collection of Marat Inc., Toronto.

1989

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

Publications

2005

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

2004

• Gonflables!, Caroline David, Lille, France,
• Chassez le naturel..., 4th 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: l'imaginaire de la démesure, Véronique Bellemare Briére, Musée Régional de Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec;
• Four Horses, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario;

2001

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

2000

Sleeping Giants, essay ÒDream of GiantsÓ 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;
• Hermit, international art symposium and exhibition, Plasy, Czech Republic;

1995

Nether Mind, essay by Christopher Dewdney;

1994

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

1993

• Nether Mind, essay by Ihor Holubizky;
• Hermit, international art symposium and exhibition, Plasy, Czech Republic;

1991

Outrageous Desire, Rutger's University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.