Max Bard, (b. 1989, USA)
maxbard911@gmail.com / maxbard911.com / 978.600.6060
Education
2019 MFA, Boston University, Boston, MA
2013 BFA, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Art From Garbage, Idea 2020 Sustainability Conference, Boston University, Boston, MA
2018 Sharp Things in a Public Space, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
2018 From the Refuge, Parker River Gallery, Newburyport, MA
2018 Bad Catch, Plum Island Roaster Gallery, Newburyport, MA
2016 Deep Sea Megalith, deCordova Museum Corporate Art Loan Program, Cambridge MA
2016 Small Shoal: A Collection of Fish, Tiny Gallery, Newburyport MA
2014 Cookin’ and Kickin’ It: live painting, W.D. Flooring Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA
2014 Max Bard Presents: Halloween, W.D. Flooring Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave, Boston MA
2013 Feed The Beast, W.D. Flooring Gallery, 450 Harrison Ave. Boston MA
2013 40 Foot Rockwall Live painting Performance, Section 17 Gallery, Boston MA
2011 Doom, Gloom, Shit, and Piss, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Godine Gallery, Boston MA
Group Exhibitions
2020 The Beyond, outdoor exhibition, Tourist, Appalachian Trail, North Adams, MA
2020 Made In Paint, Golden Paints Gallery, New Berlin, NY
2019 Open Studios, Sam and Adell Golden Art Foundation, New Berlin, NY
2019 Proximity, Anna’s Galleria, New York, NY
2019 MFA Thesis, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA
2018 Welcome to the Relaquarium, Reliquarium Gallery, Lincoln, RI
2017 Second Splash: Live painting performance, Byfield Music Festival, Byfield, MA
2016 Boston Bizzare, Pop Allston Gallery, Allston, MA
2016 Aquatic War Tent: Live Installation, Byfield Music Festival, Byfield, MA
2016 PALS at BU Beach, Boston University campus, Boston, MA
2016 Oddeties, Pop Allston, Allston, MA
2015 Boston Hassall’s Black Market, Cambridge, MA
2015 SoWA Artist Market, 450 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA
2015 Oliver Best’s Speakeasy, Pop Allston, Allston, MA
2014 Boston Hassall’s Black Market, Cambridge, MA
2014 For The Love of Dog, W.D. Flooring Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 Kind Buds, Massachusetts College of Art and Design Student Life Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 Annual All School Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, President’s Gallery, Boston, MA
2012 Annual All School Show, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, President’s Gallery, Boston, MA
Teaching Experience
2012 – 2013 Teaching Assistant, Massachucettes College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, Senior Painting, Peter Wayne Lewis
2018 – 2019 Teaching Assistant, Boston University, Boston, MA, Welding, Katherine Wales
2017 – 2018 Teaching Assistant, Boston University, Boston, MA, Drawing, Jaya Howey
Lectures
2021 Guest Lecturer, Colgate University, School of Art
2020 “How To Be A Sustainable Business”, Speaker and Panelist
sponsored by Boston University School of Business, Idea 2020 Conference, Boston, MA, January 2020
2019 Guest Lecturer, Massachusetts College Of Art and Design, December 2019
Bibliography
Meghan Woolhouse, “He Turns Our Trash Into Art”, CFA Magazine, Spring 2020,
Meghan Woolhouse, “Using Our Junk”, BU Today, May, 2019
McQuiade, Cate, “2019 Artists to Look Out For”, Boston Globe, May 2019
“Installing Work at 54 Broadway”, DeCordova Museum Blog, July 2016
Newburyport Daily News, Arts and Entertainment, May 2016
Massachusetts College of Art Presidents Letter, Painting Department cover photo, Spring 2013
Published Work
“People Trap / Living Basket”, A Making Space: Inside The Sculptors Studio, Sculpture Space, April 2021, www.sculpturespace.org/a-making-space
Collections
Annie Leonard, VP Green Peace, Seattle, WA
Boston University, Boston MA
Build Lab, Boston, MA
The Kennedy Children’s Center, NYC, NY
Sam and Adell Golden Foundation, New Berlin, NY
Curatorial projects
2019 Proximity, Anna’s Galleria, New York City, NY
2019 MFA Thesis Show, Laconia Gallery Boston, MA
2014 Give and Get, Have and Take, W.D. Flooring Gallery, curated produced exhibition
2014 For The Love of Dog, W.D Flooring Gallery, curated and produced exhibition
2014 “6 Degrees of Separation”, W.D Flooring Gallery, curated and produced exhibition
2013 “Kind Buds”, Student Life gallery, curated and produced exhibition
Awards
2020 Sculpture Space Residency, Utica NY
2019 Sam and Adell Golden Foundation residency
2019 Ester B Kahn Career Entry Grant, Boston University, Boston, MA
2016 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Garden’s Corporate Loan Program
2013 2-D Department Studio Award, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Professional Activities
Selected Juror for Mass Cultural Council Sculpture Fellowships, Mass Cultural Council, March, 2021