Biography: The project involves the pairing of two disparate images on two separate supports. The two images presented function as elements of a situation while each element has no particular narrative, except as a contributor to the situation. The viewer is left with the empirical data that defines each
image (for example size, quantity of color, nature of the materials and any other deconstructive information that can be gathered). The particular information within the fields of each image becomes secondary to the
overall identity of each image as it is being compared to the other image. The difference between the two images becomes what might traditionally be called the 'subject matter'. The stimulus is in how understanding develops; being, perception, the creation of interest, and the differences located within the continual stream of situations, one millisecond to the next one. The concern is quite like that of the poet working to place individual words with strong sonic,
intellectual, and/or textural qualities against one another into an ordered context. - Max Yawney
Education
Long Island University Brookville, NY MFA, Painting, 1998
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY BFA, Photography, 1986
Selected Exhibitions
2008
- Saunders Farm Project, A sculpture installation in collaboration with Natasha Jen, September- October, Garrison, NY
- IOI gallery, solo show, March thru April, Brooklyn, NY
2007
-The Lab Gallery, mural installation and participation in a performance titled "Detainee" by David Duckworth, January, NY,NY
- Saunders Farm Project, a sculpture installation, group show-September thru October, Garrison, NY
-Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, sculpture installation, September through May, 2008, Brookville, NY
-Briar Cliffe College, solo show, September, Patchogue, NY
2006
-Works San Jose, group show-August, San Jose, CA
- Rose Burlingham Gallery, group show-December, NY, NY
2005
- Concepto Gallery, group show-April, Brooklyn, NY
- Concepto Gallery, group show-June, Brooklyn, NY
- Front Room Gallery, group show, Brooklyn, NY
- Pfizer Building Lobby, large painting installed, Manhattan, NY
2004 -Denver International Airport, (The Luggage Project) An installation project in which I gathered together 43 artists from different countries and had them create luggage sculptures and then I tempered their work with my own. Denver, CO.
-Avalanche Gallery, group show, N.Y., N.Y
-Hicksville Gregory Museum, group show, Hicksville, NY
. -CCNOA (Center for Contemporary Non-Objective Art), group show, Brussels, Belgium
2003 -Nassau County Museum of Art "Fb7/Horse"(installation), Nassau County Museum - Group Show, Crudo Fine Art, New York, NY
2002
- 1707 Second Street, Santa Fe, NM "Logcabin/Zebra" (installation)
- Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY "Log Cabin /Beanie Cap"(long term installation), - Gallery @49 Street,Group Show, New York, NY
2001 -Apples (large collaborative installation), New York, NY - MPI ""Take Heart", Group Show, New York,NY -Snug Harbor Cultural Art Center,Group Show, Staten Island, NY
2000 -Aquiles Adler Gallery,Group show,Richmond, VA
1999 -Islip Museum of Art,Group show (photography),Islip, NY -Hutchins Gallery,Group show, Greenvale, NY
1998 -Heckscher Museum of Art at Bryant Library, solo show, Roslyn, NY -Alfred Von Loen Gallery, solo show, Huntington, NY -Szchyt (an alternative space), group show, Lodi, NJ -Hillwood Museum of Art, MFA Thesis show, Brookville, NY
1997 -Hunter College, College Art Association Regional MFA Canidates Show,New York, NY
1994 -Sixth Congress Gallery, Group show,Tucson, AZ
-Arrot Art Gallery at New Mexico Highlands University,
Two person show, Las Vegas, NM
1993 -Spotted Dog Gallery,Solo show,Albuquerque, NM -Magnifico!, a group show of artists from Albuquerque, sponsored by the city, Albuquerque, NM -8th Street Gallery, Solo show, Albuquerque, NM -Tartan Pony Gallery, Group show, Santa Fe, NM -City bus panel mural to benefit the city of Albuquerque’s arts programs,Albuquerque, NM
1992 -Teaching Gallery, University of New Mexico, Faculty and Friends Group Show, Albuquerque, NM -8th Street Gallery,Group show, Albuquerque, NM -Professional Artists Exhibit, Group show, State Fair Grounds,Albuquerque, NM
1991 -Raw Space Art Gallery,Two person show, Albuquerque, NM
1990 - First Unitarian Church,"We Understand They Grow Mushrooms in these Parts", Los Alamos, NM
1989 -Village Gate Art Center, "Tic Tic Tic Tic, A Thirty Hour Occurence "(performance,Rochester, NY
-Cell Gallery,A Collaborative show and performance, Rochester, NY -Metropolitan Art Gallery,Solo show, Burlington, VT
1988 -Pyramid Arts Center, Invitational group show,Rochester, NY -Kicks Salon, "Max Yawney and His Girlfriend" (collaborative show), Rochester, NY -Village Gate Art Center,"Young and the Restless"(group show)Rochester, NY -Pyramid Arts Center, "Into"(a performance funded by an NEA derived Lift Grant),Rochester, NY -The Window Project "There,"(a collaborative installation),Rochester, NY
1987 -Gallery 411, Group show, Rochester, NY -Jazzberry’s Restaurant, Solo show, Rochester, NY -Now Gallery, "Micro Stress"(group show),New York, NY -Village Gate Art Center, "Art in a Big Space (group show of installations), Rochester, NY -Gallery 411,"Reversed Psychologies"(group photography show), Rochester, NY -Mercer Gallery,Solo show & mural exhibit, , Rochester, NY -Now Gallery,"Micro Stress"(group show),(shown in) Miami, FL -Institute of Contemporary Art,"Micro Stress"(group show), London, England
1986 -Rochester Institute of Technology, Honors Show, Rochester, NY -Gallery 411, Group show,Rochester, NY-Michaels Stern Building,"Exotic Selves Considered" (a mural painted inside of an eight story elevator shaft), Rochester, NY
1985-Memorial Art Gallery,"Clothes Line Show",Rochester, NY-Germanow Gallery,"Clothes Line Show",Brighton, NY
Related Activity
2002 -Received a grant to install a project entitled "Log Cabin/Beanie Cap" on the grounds of the Nassau County Museum of Art -Guest lecturer at Davenport School of Art 1997-98 -Lectures on the single image as dead issue, CW Post College 1995-98 -Performances/exhibits in collaboration with Patrick Todd as " Two as Flinching" including " A New Art Form" performed at Hillwood Museum of Art in 1997 1997 -Commisioned to paint a 12 x 400 foot mural for Kimco Corp., Plainview, NY 1991-93 -Experimental video productions in collaboration with video artist, Keif Henley, Albuquerque, NM 1984-89 -Performances as a member of "The Elephants" Performance Company, (A.K.A. " Dinosaur Plus Boysenberry Equals Choo Choo" and "The Circles" and " Red Plastic" ). Events included The Avant-Garde Fest (1986 at Highland Bowl),"Tic, TicTic, Tic " -A 30 hour occurrence-performance at the Village Gate Art Center (Rochester , NY);inclusion on the " Foist Collective LP" (a collection of underground
music and sound from Rochester, NY); "Contract Art" a sound performance and show of
paintings at the Cell Gallery, Rochester, NY. Additionally were many sound recordings and
urban performances. Most Elephants activities were in Rochester, NY 1998 -Taught introductory design at the Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY 1987 - 88
-Taught drawing and painting to children ages 6-10 at the Jewish Community Center in Rochester, NY 1987 Was asked to initiate "The Wall Project", at the Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY. This was mural painted in the art department. In conjunction with a show of paintings in the gallery,I gave a lecture about my work. 1986 Commissioned to paint an 8 story mural (100 feet high) inside of an elevator shaft,titled "Exotic Selves Considered"
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