Max Middlewood

Available Works

Biography

Max Middlewood (b.1998, UK) is a visual artist whose personal works reflect those similar to personal diary entries, forming a physical manifestation of Max's thoughts, interactions, memories and feelings. Initially, Max had starting painting as a means to cope with his physical and mental illness. Worrying if he would survive his early twenties, Max suddenly felt the desperate urge to create something meaningful even if no one else were to ever see it. Now, Max's practice is the main passion in his life, developing his own unique style and brand of painting. Max's recent series are a chaotic mashup of figuration, abstraction, text, diagrams, symbolism, surrealism and childish doodles. He calls it organized chaos; infusing serious, thought-provoking subject matter with humour, irony and silliness.Max aims to make every composition into an interactive experience, cramming so much content into each canvas that you cannot help but notice something different every time. His works exist within his own mini universe, hoping to share with the world a glimpse into his little realm of chaos. Maximalism!

Education

BA, University of the West of England, 2020-2023

Press

2023, Max Middlewood, View Art Gallery

2022, Our Artist Community - Max Middlewood, Gwartzmans

2022, Max Middlewood, Perspective Project

2022, Max Middlewood - Biography, Liberation Art Gallery

2021, Max Middlewood - Organised Chaos, Debut Solo Show Review

2021, Artist Talk with Max Middlewood, Art of Tomorrow

Exhibitions

2023, Perceptual Impression, BIMM Institute, Bristol, UK (Solo)
2023, Spike Open Studios, Spike Island Studios, Bristol, UK (Group)
2023, Circus of Creative Curiosities, Fringe Arts Festival, Bath, UK (Group)
2023, Final UWE, Spike Island Studios, Bristol, UK (Group)
2023, The Self, View Gallery, Bristol, UK (Group)
2022, The Private View, Spike Island Studios, Bristol, UK (Group)
2022, New Page, ArtofTmrw, Online (Group)
2022, Mental Health, Tebbs Gallery, Online (Group)
2022, Wall Mural, Art Club Gallery, Bond Street, Bristol, UK (Group)
2022, People’s Art Fair Activist Edition, People's Republic of Stokes Croft, Bristol, UK (Group)
2022, Spike Open Studios, Spike Island Studios, Bristol, UK (Group)
2022, UWE A Container, Spike Island Studios, Bristol, UK (Group)
2022, Human Sacrifice with James Watts, Art Club, Bristol, UK (Group)
2022, Exhibition, Strange Brew, Bristol, UK (Solo)
2022, People’s Art Fair, People’s Republic of Stokes Croft, Bristol, UK (Group)
2022, Exhibition, UWE, Spike Island, Bristol, UK (Group)
2022, UWE Halloween Exhibition, Spike Island , Bristol, UK (Group)
2023, BUY ART, Aire Place Studios, Leeds, UK (Group)
2023, D31 Graduate Show, D31 Art Gallery, Online (Group)
2022, People’s Art Fair, People’s Republic of Stokes Croft, Bristol, UK (Group)
2022, Mystify 2.0, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester, UK (Group)
2022, Further, That Art Gallery, Bristol, UK (Group)
2022, Liberation Art Gallery, Brighton, UK (Group)
2022, Junction of Disfunction, Spike Island, Bristol, UK (Group)
2021, Culture Con, Bond Street, Bristol, UK (Group)
2021, Organised Chaos, 12-16 Bond Street, Bristol, UK (Solo)
2021, Art Club, Bond Street, Bristol, UK (Group)
2021, People’s Art Fair: Autumn Show, People’s Republic of Stokes Croft, Bristol, UK (Group)
2021, Culture Con, Art Club, Bristol, UK (Group)
2021, Happenings, Strange Brew, Bristol, UK (Group)
2021, Redcliffe Community Fundraiser, Bristol, UK (Group)
2021, People’s Art Fair: Winter Exhibition, People's Republic of Stokes Croft, Bristol, UK (Group)