b. 1986, New York, NY
Max Avi Kaplan is a visual artist with a studio practice that explores the intersections between photography, sculpture, and industrial design. He has exhibited work internationally, with commissions featured in public and private collections. Selected exhibitions include: Neither Here Nor There at the Yuan Art Museum; Merry Go Round at Yve YANG Gallery; Current Obsession at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and ASA Open Studios at the HFBK University of Fine Arts Hamburg. He co-curated the exhibition Double Vision: Duality in Dress at NYU's 80WSE, which explored the interconnections between Fashion and Fine Art through an object/designer-centered lens.
Kaplan holds a BA with a concentration in Material Culture Studies from New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study and an MA in Visual Culture: Costume Studies from New York University's Steinhardt School of Education. He graduated with an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, where he received the Boit Award and a fellowship at the HFBK University of Fine Arts Hamburg to study in the workshops of Anselm Reyle and Thomas Demand. Recent teaching positions and coursework development include Tufts University and the Rhode Island School of Design.
EDUCATION
B.A., Individualized Study, New York University
M.A., Costume Studies, New York University
M.F.A., Photography, School of the Museum of Fine Arts
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
The Public's Domain, Mamdouha Bobst Gallery, New York, NY
Current Obsession, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Merry Go Round, Yve YANG Gallery, Boston, MA
Without Issue, Dorchester Art Project, Boston, MA
Neither Here Nor There, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China
ASA Open Studios, Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg, Germany
AWARDS/STUDIO GRANTS
Boit Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
ARTcetera AIDS Action Committee Auction, Boston, MA
Art School Alliance Visual Arts Fellowship, Hamburg, Germany
John Baldessari Medal Award Auction, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Bronfman Center Artist Fellowship, New York, NY
TEACHING POSITIONS
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Fashion as Art: Contemporary Collaborations
Rhode Island School of Design
Continuing Education (RISD CE)
Fashion History: 1900 to Present
Tufts University
The Experimental College
Visual Research for Fine Artists
Detailed exhibition history available upon request.