Max Streicher

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

2015

Sleeping Giants (Silenus), Norfolk Art Centre, Simcoe, Ontario

Waking Army, Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, British Columbia

2014

Battle of Cannae, Radisson Prado, coordinated by Galerie Ponce + Robles, Madrid

Infinite Daydreams, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario

Outside In, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland

2013

Floating Worlds, Sun Plaza, Bucharest, Romania

Schlafende Körper: Luftmuseum, Amberg, Germany

Quadriga, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario

Alto Cumulus, Alan Lambert Galleria, Brookfield Place, Toronto, Ontario

Giant Babies, Skövde Kulturhus, Skövde, Sweden

2011

Quadriga, The Varley Gallery, Markham, Ontario

Apparitions, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, Ontario

2010

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

Silenus, Confederation Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

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

Quadriga, 18 Bund, Shanghai

Romulus & Remus, Convenience, Toronto

Ashwamedh, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India

2009

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

Max Streicher, Tjolöholm Slott, Gothenburg, Sweden

2008

Breathe, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India

Metamorphosis, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls, New York

Interlopers, Violetray Gallery, New York

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

Four Horses, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick

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

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

Four Horses, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario

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

Sculture Gonfiabili, Galleria Traghetto, Venice, Italy

Floating Giants, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden

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

Swan Song, Gallery Stratford, Stratford Ontario

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

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

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

Tight Rope, Synagoga na Palmovca, Prague, Czech Republic

1995

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

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

1993

this flesh..., Galerie Articule, Montreal

Group Exhibitions

2016

Portraits of the Self, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India

TIME, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India

2015

Quadriga, Art Spin, Toronto, Ontario

Mediated Memory: Beijing International Art Biennale, National Art Museum of China, Beijing

2014

Sleeping Giants, Alma Lov, Museum, Ostra Amtervik, Sweden

Futurotextiles, Technopolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sterling, NetherMind collective with Art Spin, Toronto, Ontario

2013

Airs and Graces: Millenia Walk, Singapore

Inaugural Exhibition, Espace Virtuel: Saguenay (Chicoutimi), Quebec

H20, Museum of Contemporary Art, Calgary

Vom Luftholen Und Untertauchen: Lungenheilstätte Gaisbu?hel, Austria

Apprivoiser L’Espace: Centre d’exposition Circa, Montreal

NetherMind: University of Waterloo Art Gallery

2012

Futurotextiles, European Center of Innovating Textiles, Lodz, Poland

Festival des Folies 2012, Maubeuge, France

Dreamers Renegades Visionaries: Glenn Gould Variations: Sound Sculpture, Toronto

Nuit Blanche, Vertical Constructions, Toronto

NetherMind: Mirabilia , St. Anne’s Church, Toronto

2011

Biennale internationale d’art contemporain de Melle, Melle, France

Stop, Look, Listen, Art Gallery at Harbourfront, Toronto

Chemins numériques #4, Corps numérique, CORPS / MOUVEMENT / MOTRICITE/EXTENTION, Centre Culturel Saint-Exupéry, Reims, France

Futurotextiles, Marine Museum, Barcelona; el Palacio de la Merced, Córdoba, Spain

The Horse Show, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland

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

Futurotextiel 08, Kortrijk, Belguim;HeartQuake; Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel

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

Galway International Festival, Galway, Ireland

H2O: Izotz, Ur, Lurrin, Kubo-Kutxa, San Sebastian, Spain

Faces A Faces, Galerie Eric Mircher, Paris, France

2007

The Great Indoors: Manchester International Festival, Manchester, UK

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

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

Blacklight Gallery, , U3 Bahnhof, Berlin

Blown, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan

Figur/Skulptur, ESSL Museum, Vienna, Austria

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

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

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

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

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

1997

Ulappa , 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

Hermit, symposium and exhibition, Plasy, Czech Republic

Communion, Johnson County Arts Center, Iowa City, Iowa

Nether Mind, collective exhibition, Toronto

1992

Nether Mind, collective exhibition, Toronto

1991

Nether Mind, collective exhibition, Toronto

Outrageous Desire, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

1990

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

Collections

2015

Norfolk Art Centre, Simcoe, Ontario

2014

Alma Lov Museum, Ostra Amtervik, Sweden

Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarboro, Ontario

2013

Luftmuseum, Amberg, Germany

2010

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

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

Awards

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 –

1996

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

1992

Visual Arts Ontario Panel:Creative Initiatives: Organizing Alternative Exhibitions