Site netting experiment
2020
installation with found materials
H 3m x L 5m x W 1m
Stacked sandbags
2019
sandbags filled with concrete
1m x 30cm x 30cm
It’s about the weight
2019
mixed material on unstretched canvas
H 280cm x W 209cm
Alike
2016
cotton on concrete site specific installation
4m x 4m x 4m
Biro drawings 1 and 2
2019 biro ink and alcohol
each canvas 206cm x W 206cm
Luxury-lu
2019
Bitchumen and masonry paint on unstretched canvas
H 182cm x W 343cm
Hashtags and goalposts
2019
mixed media on unstretched sofa lining
H 206cm x W 206cm
Max spiral ritual & iron bar what
2018
installation with found materials
2m x 5m
Draping painting
2020
mixed media on canvas
H 240cm x L 200cm W 250cm
These things were falling from the sky
2018
found materials and canvas
H 180cm x W 101cm
It’s about the weight
2019
mixed material on unstretched canvas
H 280cm x W 209cm
Pipes
2016
site specific installation with found materials
4m x 4m x 4m
Max Mallenders work is driven by a longstanding relationship with the environment around him. Practicing the idea of unlearning objects, in order to recreate and rethink them to be viewed as new. It is a responsive and playful exploration of those materials, textures, movements and space that drives his practice
Exhibitions
Potholes, London, April 2020
In One Room, Manchester, April 2020 #inoneroommcr
The Future Is, Convenience Gallery, Birkenhead. 2020
This Is What I Came Here To Do, Liverpool. 2019
A Little Painting Show, Liverpool/Salford. 2019
Pile On, The Royal Standard. 2019
Threshold Festival, Liverpool. 2019
YAW residency, Liverpool Independent Biennial. 2018.
Contrast mural festival, Liverpool. 2018.
Fortune Tigers group show, Berlin. 2013.
Nominated runner up photographic award with Vice Magazine x Kopparberg. 2011.
Photographic award and exhibition with Vice Magazine. 2010.
Black Sheep collaborative Exhibition with George Hields,York. 2009.