b. 03/26/1997 Tacoma, WA
Chicago, IL
Education
2021
MFA, Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019
BFA, Studio Art, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2025
The River Sweats with Oil and Tar, w/ Alex Adkinson, GURE, Chicago, IL
2022
Sucker, M. LeBlanc at Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL
Untitled, The Hole at Weatherproof, Chicago, IL
2019
Home Sweet Home, Gallery 231, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
98374, w/ Cameron Tyzzer Wilson, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
Group Exhibitions
2025
Pothole3, Good Weather x M. LeBlanc at Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL
MINIOTICS, Pop Gun x Weatherproof, Chicago, IL
2024
The Weatherproof Anniversarial, Weatherproof, Chicago, IL
Hypnos, Espace Maurice, Montreal, QB, Canada
2023
Offices and Honky Tonks, Night Club, St. Paul, MN
Ingress Gallery, curated by LVL3, Soho House, Chicago, IL
Soho Snug, curated by LVL3, EXPO Chicago, Chicago, IL
2022
Shot at Love, SCREW Gallery, Leeds, United Kingdom
Threads, curated by Weiyang Gao, The Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2021
Witchblades, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
Goodbye Horses, The Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL
Graduate Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020
Gear Symbol Online, Gear Symbol, Chicago, IL
2019
Undergraduate Exhibition, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, WA
2018
Untitled, 420 LOFT, Ellensburg, WA
Places We Call Home, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
Undergraduate Exhibition, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, WA
Untitled, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
Crossroads, Provost Gallery, Ellensburg, WA
2017
Undergraduate Exhibition, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Ellensburg, WA
Publications
2024
Bone Thugs -N- Harmony Korine, collaboration with Cameron Spratley, Self-Published
2022
Silent Screams, Maxwell Volkman, Self-Published
Press
2025
Landscape Survey: Alex Adkinson & Maxwell Volkman at GURE, Susan Gescheidle, Chicago Gallery News, Retrieved from https://www.chicagogallerynews.com/articles/landscape-survey-alex-adkinson-maxwell-volkman-at-gure
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (5/15-5/21), Bad At Sports, https://badatsports.com/2025/top-v-weekend-picks-5-15-5-21/
2024
Maxwell Volkman delves into his Artistic Approach of Exposing Collective Trauma, Horror Films, and Deciphering the Media’s Narrative, Interview conducted by Camara Porter, Gotham Art News, New York, NY. Retrieved from https://gothamartnews.com/2024/02/15/maxwell-volkman-delves-into-his-artistic-approach-of-exposing-collective-trauma-horror-films-and-deciphering-the-medias-narrative/
Dark Matter, GOING TO MISS YOU SO BAD, Set Decoration, streaming on AppleTV+, Sony Entertainment
2023
A Nightmare with Maxwell Volkman, Ingress Gallery Artist Event, LVL3 at Soho House, Chicago, IL
Artist of the Week: Maxwell Volkman, Interview conducted by Sam Dybeck, LVL3, Chicago, IL. Retrieved from https://lvl3official.com/maxwell-volkman/
2022
STALKER by FRISK, Commissioned Artist, Iron Lung Records, Seattle, WA. Retrieved from https://ironlungrecords.bigcartel.com/product/frisk-stalker-lp
2021
TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (10/7-10/13), Bad At Sports. Retrieved from http://badatsports.com/2021/top-v-weekend-picks-10-7-10-13/
Visual Propagandist #3: Maxwell Volkman, Adam Lehrer, Safety Propaganda. Retrieved from https://safetypropaganda.substack.com/p/visual-propaganda-3-maxwell-volkman
2019
Psychic Jacuzzi: Contemporary Artist Takeover, https://www.instagram.com/psychicjacuzzi/
CWU Student's Art Show Starts April 9, Daily Record. Retrieved from https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/
CWU Provost Gallery Features Puyallup Artists Who Have Been Friends Since Grade School, Moreno, R. Daily Record. Retrieved from https://www.dailyrecordnews.com/
2018
Studio Visit Magazine, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA