Portrait courtesy of Nadia Leon

Max Colby

@max_colby | www.maxcolby.com

Currently based in New York City, Max Colby is a transdisciplinary artist. In 2012, she received a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. She has completed residencies at the Museum of Arts and Design, the Wassaic Project, MASS MoCA, and a Leslie-Lohman Museum Fellowship. In support of her installations and sculptural work, Colby has received numerous research and project grants from Foundation for Contemporary Arts and YoungArts, among others. Colby has exhibited at institutions including Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, the Des Moines Art Center, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling, Wave Hill, and Museum Rijswijk. In 2022, Colby exhibited a campus-wide public commission at Rockefeller Center presented by Art Production Fund. She has since presented solo exhibitions at Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Los Angeles, CA and Aicon Gallery in New York, NY.

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Untitled, from They Consume Each Other (Studies) Series, 2024

Plastic beads and sequins, found fabric, trim, wood and fabric flowers, ribbon, buttons, polyester batting, thread

11.5 x 10 x 10 inches

Untitled, from They Consume Each Other (Studies) Series, 2024

Plastic beads, found fabric, trim, wood and plastic flowers, buttons, ribbon, polyester batting, thread, glass stand 

18.5 x 9 x 9 inches

Untitled, from They Consume Each Other (Studies) Series, 2024

Plastic beads and sequins, found fabric, trim, plastic flowers, ribbon, figurines, wire, styrofoam fruit, polyester batting, thread

13 x 10.5 x 10.5 inches