My studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
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About Me
- Max Greis
- Max Ernst Greis (born 1981, Manhattan, NY) completed his BFA at the School of Visual Arts in 2005, receiving the Alumni Scholarship Award. Upon finishing his MFA at Hunter College in 2014, he was awarded a Hunter travel grant to study the works of Bosch and Bruegel in Madrid, Vienna and Berlin. He’s exhibited at the Edward Hopper House Art Center, Katonah Museum of Art, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, National Arts Club, American Civil War Center at Tredegar, and more. In 2015, his debut solo show at Pavel Zoubok Gallery was named an Artforum Critics' Pick in New York.
My Artwork
The world is changing faster than ever, from global warming and the loss of ecosystems, to the destruction of indigenous cultures and people. Industrialization has radically altered humanity’s relationship to nature, with simultaneously empowering and endangering effects.
I create landscapes that reflect this theme, penetrating time and space in an exploration of this process of transformation. Whether in painting, video, or diorama, I utilize collage built from many individual landscape scenes, seamlessly blended together to construct a globalized vision. The world that emerges is composed of my forms, thoughts, and narratives. I call it the Archaic Armageddon.
My work evolves out of several art history genres: the use of collage and method of juxtaposition recall the Dada and Surrealist traditions, creating dream-like, otherworldly atmospheres. The stylization and landscape perspective reflect a range of Asian traditions, including Chinese hand scrolls, Japanese woodblock printing, and Persian miniatures. Early Northern Renaissance masters, specifically the work of Bruegel and Bosch, inspire the apocalyptic and hyper sensibility of the narrative. As a New Yorker, the Hudson River School is also reflected in my work, continuing the American tradition of speaking through landscape.
Shows
- Sept 12 - Oct 31: Max Ernst Greis - Lux Art Institute - Encinitas, CA
- April 23 - May 23: "Samsara" - Pavel Zoubok Gallery, 531 W. 26 St.
- March 20 - April 15, 2015: "Forces of Nature" at 1 Art Space - 23 Warren St
- Dec 2-7, 2014: Miami Project (Pavel Zoubok booth 801) - Miami, FL
- May 22 - June 15, 2014: Hunter MFA Thesis Exhibition - 205 Hudson St. 2nd floor
- Mar 1 - June 1, 2014: Community Gallery at the Arkell Museum & Library - Canajoharie, NY
- Jan 24 - Mar 21, 2014: "Remix" - Bates Museum of Art - Lewiston, ME
- Nov. 8, 6-10pm & Nov. 9, 2-6pm, 2013: Hunter MFA open studios - 205 Hudson St. NYC
- June 30 - Oct 13, 2013: "Remix: Selections from the ICC" - Katonah Museum of Art - Katonah, NY
- March 6-10, 2013: Scope NY ( Arcilesi Homberg Fine Art: booth G-13) - 312 W. 33rd St. NYC
- Nov. 16, 6-9pm & Nov. 17, 2-6pm, 2012: Hunter MFA open studios - 450 w. 41st. NYC
- Sept 29 - Dec 16, 2012: "Remix: Selections from the ICC" - Daum Museum - Sedalia, Missouri
- July 12, 6-9pm - Aug. 1, 2012: "Recess" - FAFA, 111 Front St. Suite 222, Brooklyn
- June 28, 6-8pm - Aug. 10, 2012: "I'll Take You There" - Pavel Zoubok Gallery, 533 23rd St.
- April 26, 6-9pm - May 19, 2012: "No Other Medicine" - NY Studio Gallery, 154 Stanton St.
- Mar. 31, 5-7pm - May 13, 2012: "Max Greis: Allegory & Fantasy in Nature" - Edward Hopper House Art Center - Nyack, NY
- Jan. 26 - Mar. 3, 2012: “The Bricoleurs” - BRIC Rotunda Gallery - 33 Clinton St. Brooklyn
- Oct. 14 - Dec. 4, 2011: "Remix: Selections from the International Collage Center (ICC)" - Bucknell’s Samek Art Gallery - Lewisburg, PA
- Oct. 21, 7pm, 2011: "InLight" - American Civil War Center at Tredegar - Richmond, VA
- Dec. 10 - Jan. 6, 2011: "12 x 12" at Mighty Tanaka Gallery - Dumbo, Brooklyn
- Dec. 2-5: Fountain Miami 2010 (booth #10- Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art) at 2505 N. Miami Ave.
- Oct. 16 - Nov. 21, 2010: "Utopia & Wallpaper" at the Catskill Art Society (Livingston Manor, NY)
- Oct. 15, 7-10pm, 2010: "Critical Mass" at HeadQuarter's Gallery - 385 Broadway #2F
- June 30 - August 13, 2010: "Pop Goes the World" at Pavel Zoubok Gallery - Chelsea (533 w. 23rd st. bet.10&11th ave).