Max Brand
Born 1982
Lives and works in Berlin
2005-2007
HfG Offenbach
2007-2010
Städelschule Frankfurt/Main (under Michael Krebber)
2011
Absolventenpreis Städelschule Portikus e.V, Frankfurt/Main
Graduates Award Städelschule Portikus e.V, Frankfurt/Main
2022
Grün Blau, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE. (solo)
Blue Elevator Pitch, Harkawik, NYC, US. (solo)
2021
Happy Holidays (with Lin May Saeed and Lea von Wintzingerode), Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE.
Creative Mood, Galeria Marta Cevera, Madrid, ES. (solo)
2020
Die Abenteuer des Hündchens Bleibsoklein, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz/Palais Enzenberg, Schwaz, AT (solo).
2019
Birds, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE (solo).
What Pipeline (with Lin May Saeed), Detroit, US.
Scenes of the Crimes (c: Paul Pieroni), Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, AT.
Schoopy, Mavra, Berlin, DE (solo).
6 ½ Weeks, Concert at Museum Folkwang, Essen, DE.
2018
Villagy Trilogy (with Joanne Robertson and Jasper Baydala), Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, DE.
Galerie Bernhard, Zurich, CH (solo).
2017
Zur Rebschänke (c: Veit Laurent Kurz), Weiss Falk, Basel, CH.
Goetheinstitut New York City, US.
2016
9th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Center for Style, Akademie der Künste Berlin, DE.
A Cowboy Dreams, Off Vendome, NYC, US (solo).
Tür, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE (solo).
Poppies -with Joanne Robertson, GoMA Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, UK (two person show).
2015
S.O.A.P.Y. IV, Grand Century, NYC, US.
Rosa Aiello, Nadia Belerique, Max Brand, Julien Nguyen, & David Rappeneau,
Tomorrow Gallery, NYC, US.
looking at you (revived) again (with Lena Henke), Off Vendome, NYC, US (two person show).
jimmy (with Veit Laurent Kurz) Galerie Crèvecour, Paris, FR (two person show).
2014
Seau Banco Carbon, (c: Bed-Stuy Love Affair and Bobby Jesus at Tomorrow and the Bed-Stuy Love Affair RV), Tomorrow, NYC, US.
DOOM: Surface Controle, Le Magasin, Grenoble, FR.
‘Live and Let Die’, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, UK.
worte wieder verstehen, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE (solo).
Mensch & Ding, Caro Diaro, Pencils in the fog, Space, London, UK (solo).
Library +, Fondation Lafayette, Paris, FR.
2013
S.O.A.P.Y. II, Vilma Gold, London, UK.
Mild Mania, 68qm Art Space, Copenhagen, DK.
Max Brand & Taocheng Wang, Libary+, London, UK.
Kunstverein Oldenburg, DE (solo).
2012
no solid footing –(trained) duck fighting a crow, MoMA PS1,
Long Island City, New York, US (solo).
abc -art berlin contemporary-, Berlin, DE (solo).
Auf der Miezenwessel, Dold Projects, St. Georgen, DE ( solo).
leben schweben beben (with Anne Lina Billinger and Lutz Braun),
Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE.
Axxcaffaburc (with Veit Laurent Kurz, Julien Nguyen), Kornhäuschen, Aschaffenburg, DE.
2011
encore, Absolventenausstellung, Städelschule,
MMK Zollamt – Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt/Main, DE.
Meine Gedanken, Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE (solo).
station 92.01 Franchising VANISH with Plasma Police, Künstlerhaus
Mousonturm, Frankfurt/Main, DE.
2010
Abschüssige Heiterkeit (with Maria Loboda, Matthias Dornfeld, Gregor Hylla),
Jacky Strenz, Frankfurt/Main, DE.
Treehouse (with Anne Lina Billinger and Veit Laurent Kurz),
Plasma Police ft Bonny Poon 5, HR Performance,
Live Safer Bar / MMK, Frankfurt/Main, DE.
Le Jardin Fufu, Atelierfrankfurt, DE.
High places (with Veit Laurent Kurz), St. Georgen, Frankfurt/Main, DE.
Kaleidoscope Of Tears, Vanish, Frankfurt/Main, DE.
2022
Max Brand at Jacky Strenz, Contemporary Art Daily, Aug 11, 2022 >
2020
Chr. Schütte, Alles ein einziger Traum, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec 13, 2019, p. 34 >
2019
Lin May Saeed and Max Brand at What Pipeline, Contemporary Art Daily, Oct 24, 2019 >
2018
Max Brand at Galerie Bernhard, Contemporary Art Daily, Apr 2, 2018
Rosenmeyer, Visions out of Chaos, Review Frieze, Mar 14, 2018
2016
Max Brand at Jacky Strenz, Contemporary Art Daily, Nov 2, 2016 >
Chr. Schütte, Du bist schön, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Oct 24, 2016, p. 32 >
K. Crüwell, Darf Kunst unterhalten, Frankfurter Allgemein Zeitung, Kunstmarkt, Sep 10, 2016, p. 15
2015
Chr. Chu, 10 Exceptional Millennial Artists to Watch, Artnet, May 20, 2015 >
“S.O.A.P.Y. IV” at Grand Century, Contemporary Art Dailey, Jun 5, 2015 >
2014
Max Brand at Jacky Strenz, Contemporary Art Daily, Jul 10, 2014 >
“S.O.A.P.Y. II” at Vilma Gold, Contemporary Art Daily Jan 5, 2014 >
2013
Max Brand at Oldenburger Kunstverein, Contemporary Art Daily, Mar 21, 2013 >
2012
R. Smith, Max Brand: no solid footing – (trained) duck fighting a crow, The New York Times, Sept 7, 2012, p. C 25.
Chr. Schütte, Bohemeduft und Materialgewitter, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Sep 7, 2012, p. 46
Group Show at Jacky Strenz, Contemporary Art Daily, Jul 30, 2012 >
2011
Chr. Schütte, Mein Gedanken zerreißen die Schranken, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Jul 5, 2011, p. 43
S. v. Maltzahn, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, May 22, 2011, p. 42
2010
Chr. Schütte, Abschüssige Heiterkeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Aug 15, 2010, p. 39
