Max Colby facts for kids

Max Colby (born in 1990) is an artist who creates amazing art using many different materials. She works with textiles, sculpture, embroidery, and painting. Her art often explores feelings of being fragile or uncertain. She does this by looking closely at special objects used in ceremonies, especially those related to funerals.

Colby uses these ceremonial ideas to make art that questions old-fashioned power structures. She feels her art process helps to undo old ideas about gender, social class, and what is considered "good taste." Her detailed art installations use things like beads, fake flowers, sequins, ribbons, fabric, and jewelry. These colorful works are a joyful way for her to express herself, as she carefully builds her own unique artistic world.

Early Life and Education

Max Colby was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. She studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in 2012.

Art Exhibitions

Max Colby's artwork has been shown in many art galleries and museums. She has had exhibitions across the United States and even in other countries.

Early Exhibitions (2011-2014)

In 2011, her work was part of the Arches Show at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, Massachusetts. She also participated in "Concepts of the Self" in Boston. Her prints were shown in "Exchange" at several places, including Boston, Michigan, Scotland, and Belgium.

In 2012, Colby's art was featured in "New Prints/2012 Summer" in New York City. She also had shows in Boston, including "H x W x D x T" and "Slivers." Her work was even displayed at the Massachusetts Statehouse as part of "Celebrating the Transformative Power of Art."

Later, in 2013, her art was part of "Crafted" in New York City and "Prints on Prince" in Wisconsin. In 2014, she showed her work in "Vernissage: 100" in Brooklyn, New York.

Recent Exhibitions (2017-2022)

In 2017, Colby's art was included in "Stitch: Beyond Function" in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The year 2019 was very busy for Colby. Her work was shown in many places, including "Harvest" and "A Body of Work" in New York City. She also had art in "No Trigger Warning" in Houston, Texas, and "Figuring the Floral" in the Bronx, New York. Her art traveled to the Netherlands for the "Rijswijk Textile Biennial."

In 2020, her art was part of "Tableau Vivant" at the SPRING/BREAK Art Show in New York City.

More recently, in 2021, Colby's art was featured in "Home" at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling in New York. She also had shows in Los Angeles, California, including "Uncommon Ground" and "Above & Below." Her work was even shown in Chile in an exhibition called "Cuir."

In 2022, Max Colby's art was part of "Art in Focus" at Rockefeller Center in New York City. She also had a show called "Radical Enchantments" in New York.