BORN: 1963, Los Angeles, California
LIVES AND WORKS: Brooklyn, New York
EDUCATION: University of California, San Diego, M.F.A. 1988
California State University, Fullerton, B.A. 1986
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 Max Estenger New Paintings, Norte Maar, Brooklyn, New York (cat)
2016 Max Estenger 1991-2016, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Arizona (cat)
2014 Max Estenger Digital, rumba, Santa Monica, California
Max Estenger New Paintings, John Molloy Gallery, New York (cat)
1998 Max Estenger Watching Forever, Steffany Martz Gallery, New York
1997 Max Estenger Headquarters, Steffany Martz Gallery, New York
1995 Max Estenger OSHA Paintings, Steffany Martz Gallery, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Holdings: Selections from MCASD’s Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Learning to See Color, Vicki Myhren Gallery University of Denver, Colorado
Ways and Means, Norte Maar @ 1285 Avenue of the Americas Gallery, New York
(curated by Jason Andrew)
Geometries, John Molloy Gallery, New York
2006 Minimalism, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, California (curated by Mat Gleason)
2001 Anymore, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut (curated by David Borawski)
2000 Latent, Limelight Gallery, New York (curated by Eduardo Casares)
Goodbye, Farewell, So Long, Steffany Martz Gallery, New York
1998 Sofa Not Included, gallery: untitled, Dallas, Texas
1997 Chelsea, Steffany Martz Gallery, New York
1996 The Future Last Forever, Steffany Martz Gallery, New York
1995 Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York
Pleasant Pebble, The Work Space, New York (curated by Mary Jones)
1994 Group Show, American Fine Arts Co., New York
Cuban Presences, Vista Gallery, New York (with Carmen Herrera)
20th Anniversary Exhibition Part III, Artists Space, New York
We Destroy the Family, The Greene Street Project, 34.5 Greene Street, New York
1993 DIATRIBE, Tomoko Liguori Gallery, New York
What To Say What Not To Say, Achim Kubinski Gallery, New York
Art-Quake! Art After Post-Modernism and Other Natural Disasters, 450 Gallery, New York
1992 Behind Bars, Thread Waxing Space, New York (curated by Meg O’Rourke) (cat)
Pushing Painting, Stark Gallery, New York
1991 After Reinhardt: The Ecstasy of Denial, Tomoko Liguori Gallery, New York (cat)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Regan, Margaret, “Abstraction and Reality,” Tucson Weekly, March 24, 2016 (photo)
Weyland, Jocko, “Max Estenger: The Thing in Actuality,” in Max Estenger, exhibition catalogue (Tucson: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, 2016) 44 pp.
Cohen, Joyce, “A Bed and An Easel Under One Roof,” New York Times, October 11, 2015 (photo)
Turner, Douglas, “Studio Visit: Max Estenger,” The Architecture of Tomorrow, March 2, 2014, 4 pp. (photo)
Rose Smith, Audrey, “Max Estenger: New Paintings at John Molloy,” Out of Order, March 2014 (photo)
Weyland, Jocko, “Max Estenger Interviewed by Jocko Weyland,” in Max Estenger New Paintings, exhibition catalogue (New York: John Molloy Gallery, 2014), 28 pp.
Finch, Charlie, “The Return of Max Estenger,” artnet, March 20, 2008.
Brian-Picard, Claude & Antoine Perrot, La Couleur Importée (Readymade Color)
Ferree, Joel, “Artist in Residence,” Time Out New York, May 4-11, 2000, pp. 18-19 (photo)
Mitchell, Charles Dee, “Showing What’s Current, Two Galleries Can Electrify,” The Dallas Morning News, December 22, 1998, pp. 34, 37.
Morgan, Robert C., “Max Estenger: Watching Forever at Steffany Martz,” Review, Nov. 1, 1998.
Fend, Peter, “Max Estenger at Steffany Martz,” artnet, May 21, 1997.
Moody, Tom, “New York Reviews,” Artforum, November 1997, p. 117 (photo)
Drolet, Owen, “Flash Art Reviews,” Flash Art, October 1997, pp. 115-116 (photo)
Crane, Darren, “Max Estenger: Emerging New York Art Star,” COAGULA #28, Summer 1997 pp. 38, 66.
Johnson, Richard, “Godless Art,” New York Post, April 28, 1997, p. 8. “Critics Pick, OSHA Safety Colors,” Time Out New York Nov. 1-8, 1995, p. 26 (photo)
Jacques, Alison, “DI A TRIBE,” Flash Art, March-April 1994, p. 63 (photo)
Morgan, Robert, C., “The New Endgame,” in After the Deluge: Essays on Art in the 90s, (New York: Red Bass Publications, 1993), pp. 62-67 (photo)
Crane, Darren, “Art Quake,” COVER, April 1993, p. 17 (photo)
Estenger, Max, “Innovation After Post-Modernism,” Tema Celeste, Summer 1992, p. 21 (photo)
Myers, Terry R., “After Reinhardt,” (review) Tema Celeste, January-March 1992, pp. 115-116.
Morgan, Robert, C., “The New Endgame,” Tema Celeste, January-March 1992, pp. 65-69 (photo)
O’Rourke, Meg, “Behind Bars,” in Behind Bars, exhibition catalogue, (New York: Thread Waxing Space 1992), pp. 2-32 (photo)
Faust, Gretchen, “New York in Review,” Arts Magazine, December 1991, pp. 84-85. New York Galleries, Flash Art, November-December 1991, p. 153 (photo)
Estenger, Max, “After Reinhardt,” in After Reinhardt: The Ecstasy of Denial, exhibition catalogue (New York: Tomoko Liguori Gallery, 1991), pp. 3-8.
Estenger, Max, “John Baldessari,” PCN, May-June 1991, pp. 69-70.
Estenger, Max & Meg O’Rourke, “Alan Charlton,” Arts Magazine, April 1991, p. 74.