david maxim
American, lives and works in San Francisco
EDUCATION
1968 Master's Degree in Art (history), University of California, Los Angeles
1966 Bachelor's Degree in Art (history), University of California, Los Angeles
1962 High School diploma, George Washington High School, Los Angeles
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010 "David Maxim: Solstice, Selected Works on Paper,” George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco
"Delicate Knots: Works by David Maxim,” California Bank of Commerce, Lafayette, CA
"David Maxim: The Light of Change,” David Cunningham Projects (DCP),San Francisco
2007 "David Maxim: Drawings of Tornadoes and Waves," The Contemporary Gallery,
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana
"David Maxim: Natural Force,” Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida.
"David Maxim: Nets and Templates,” Graystone, San Francisco
2004 "David Maxim: Small Scale Figure Sculpture,” Graystone, San Francisco
"David Maxim: Drawings,” Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, Florida
"Statues,” Studio exhibition, San Francisco
"Unseen Pictures,” Graystone, San Francisco
"Minor Figures,” Space 743, San Francisco
"Sex and Muscles,” Studio exhibition, San Francisco
1999 "Summer Darkness, Winter Light." Space 743, San Francisco
"Little Men," website exhibition. Sirius.com/dmax
1996 "Heroes and Giants," Space 743, San Francisco
1995 "Men," Space 743, San Francisco
Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York City; also: 1993, 1991, 1990
D.P. Fong Gallery, San Jose, California
1994 "Painted Philosophy," UC Berkeley Museums at Blackhawk, Danville, California
traveling: Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, California; Sheldon Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
1993 Thomas Gehrke Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
"David Maxim," Kunstverein, Heidenheim, Germany
1991 Galerie Sander, Darmstadt Germany
1988 "Forum," Hamburg Kunstmesse, Hamburg, Germany
1987 "Forces and Powers," Studio exhibition, San Francisco
1986 "The Labors of Hercules," Studio exhibition, San Francisco
1985 "David Maxim," University Art Gallery, California State University,
Stanislaus, Turlock, California
1983 Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco, California; also annually, 1979-1982.
1979 Art Space Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1976 "Mountains, Stars, Seas and History, "Santa Barbara City College Gallery," Santa Barbara, California
Plaza Gallery, Bank of America Center, San Francisco
1975 "29,028 Ft," Anapamu Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 "Selected Drawings,” George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco
"Figuratively Speaking," Jane Salvin, curator. Heritage Bank, San Jose, California
"Drawings by David Maxim,” Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana
"Air," The Contemporary Art Gallery, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield,Connecticut
"New Acquisitions,” University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia
"Strange Weather," David Cunningham Projects (DCP), San Francisco
2006 "Baseball," George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
Heritage Bank, San Jose, California (annually since 1997)
2005 "International Elements of Geometry," William Whipple Art Gallery, Southwest
Minnesota State University, Marshall, Minnesota.
"More Than a Game," George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
"Recent Acquisitions," Mills College Gallery, Oakland, California
2001 "Personal Visions," Graystone, San Francisco, California.
"International Elements of Geometry,” Southwest Minnesota State University Marshall, Minnesota
"Marks of Creativity: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary California Drawings," California Palace of the Legion of Honor,
San Francisco
1998 "Dr. Robbin's Task," University Art Gallery, California State University
Stanislaus, Turlock, California
"Drawings by Four Artists," Cabrillo Gallery, "Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, California.
"Structure," Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio.
1997 "Recent Acquisitions," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California.
"Three from Amerika," Thomas Gherke Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
1993 "Private Investigations," Ops. Gallery, San Francisco
1992 "The Crucifixion Through the Modern Eye," Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga, California
1991 "Expressive Drawing," New York Academy of Art, New York
"Off the Wall," Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
"Object/Context," University Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania
1990 "10 Jahre Gallerie Sander," Galerie Sander, Darmstadt, Germany
1989 "Sculpture Invitational: John Van Alstine and David Maxim," University, Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana Pennsylvania
"Tradition and Innovation: 1500-1989: Recent Acquisitions of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts," California Palace of the Legion on Honor, San Francisco
1988 "Forum," Hamburg Kunstmesse, Hamburg, Germany.
"Ten Americans," Carnegie Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1987 "The Artist and the Myth," Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey,California
"Dalla Pop Art Americana Alla Nuova Figurazione," Padiglione D'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Art Gallery,Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
1986 "Abstract Dimensional Painting," Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California
1985 "Sculptural Painting," Hearst Art Gallery, Moraga, California
"Bilder Fur Frankfurt," Deutschen Architekturmuseums, Frankfurt, Germany
1984 "Artists' Choice," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
1982 "Forgotten Scale," Fresno Arts Center and Museum, traveling
1979 "New Bay Area Images," Oakland Museum, Oakland California.
"Nine Points of View," Sonoma State University, Sonoma, California.
"Trains, Boats and Planes," Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute ofTechnology, Pasadena, California
"Santa Barbara Selection," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
1983 Dorland Mountain colony, Temecula, California
1995 Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
The British Museum, London
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
Bullard, E. John, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Carnegie Institute of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
De Saisset Museum of Art, university of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California
Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
Flaten Art Museum, St. Olaf, College, Northfield, Minnesota
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts, University of California, Los Angeles, California
Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Hearst Gallery, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, California
Juliet Museum of Art, Charleston, West Virginia
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Longview Museum of Art, Longview Texas
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Alfred Moir Drawings Collection, Santa Barbara, California
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museum Fur Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Museum of Art and History, McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, California
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Oakland Museum of Art and History, Oakland, California
Polk Museum, Lakeland, Florida
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Sheldon Gallery of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, California
University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, California
University of California Museum at Blackhawk, Danville, California
University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia
Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach, Florida
Villa-Heiss Museum, Stuttgart, Germany