CURRICULUM VITA



Maxim Wakultschik in his Studio, photograph by Markus Schwer, 2019

VITA

Born 1973 in Minsk, Belarus
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany


EDUCATION

1992 – 2000 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Arts Academy of Düsseldorf), Düsseldorf, Germany: Studies with Professor Jannis Kounellis and Professor Beate Schiff
1984 – 1991 Belarusian Lyceum of Fine Arts, Minsk, Belarus


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2017 – Lecturer at Alanus Hochschule für Kunst und Gesellschaft (Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences), Alfter, Germany


AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

2009
SWITCH ON, Recognition Award, Kunstpreis Licht 2009 (Art Award Light 2009), Graefelfing, Germany

2006
Special Prize for Originality, Kunstpreis Wesseling, Wesseling, Germany

2005
Award of PSD Bank, Rhein-Ruhr, Düsseldorf, Germany

2001
Art Award of Sparkasse Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Young Art Award of Stadtwerke Herne AG, Herne, Germany
Emprise Art Award 2001, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany

2000
Caspar von Zumbusch Award, Herzebrock-Clarhorst, Germany
Kö-Galerie Award, Düsseldorf, Germany

1987
Third prize at the Union Competition Diploma, Moscow, Russia


WORK ABROAD EXPERIENCE

2016
3 months work stay in the United States

2015
3 months work stay in the United States

2013
6 weeks work stay in the United States


SOLO EXHIBITION HISTORY

2019
Maxim Wakultschik – PolymorphismusStädtische Galerie "sohle 1", Bergkamen, Germany (solo with Aljoscha)
Art Ruhr Zeitgenossen, Auktionshaus an der Ruhr, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Germany
Reflektieren, Flimmern, Rieseln (Reflecting, Flickering, Trickling), Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany (with Igor Chepikov)
Shape Shifting, Städtische Galerie Schwabach, Künstlerbund Schwabach e.V., Schwabach, Germany
Perception, ART Galerie 7 / Meike Knüppe, Cologne, Germany (with Janos Schaab)

2018
In and Out of Focus curated by COVA Art Gallery, het Archief Gallery, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
One Thousand and One, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA (catalogue)
architecture meets art, Galeria Simon Nolte at Villa La Vida, Majorca, Spain (with Nico Kiese)
The New Art Order, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Illusion of Perception, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

2017
Blurred Boundaries, COVA Art Gallery, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Maxim's World of Art, ART Galerie 7 / Meike Knüppe, Cologne, Germany
Malerei / Paintings, Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne / Barbara Ruetz, Munich, Germany (with Nico Kiese)

2016
Neue Werke von Maxim Wakultschik (New Works by Maxim Wakultschik), Galeria Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Perspective Three, TRIBU HOUSE, Geneva, Switzerland
Monuments, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

2015
Art meets Fashion - Inline unlimited, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany (with Agata Agatowska)
Porträt. Form, Farbe, Illusion (Portrait. Form, Color, Illusion), NEW AG, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Faces, Unique Gallery, Galerie Claudia Junig, Cologne, Germany
Facetime 2.0, Galeria Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Majorca, Spain (with Sebastian Herzau)

2014
Maxim Wakultschik - Der heimliche Blick (Maxim Wakultschik - The secret Gaze), Alte Honigfabrik, Kunstverein Ibbenbüren, Ibbenbüren, Germany
Maxim Wakultschik - Der zweite Blick (Maxim Wakultschik - At second Glance), Galerie Palais Walderdorff, Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst Trier e.V., Trier, Germany
Von Angesicht zu Angesicht (Face to Face), Museum im Haus Hövener, Kunstverein Östliches Sauerland, Brilon, Germany
Face Time, Galeria Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Majorca, Spain
Maxim Wakultschik - Face Time, Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany
Die Poesie des Alltags (The Poetics of Everyday Life), Kunstverein Aurich, Aurich, Germany
Maxim Wakultschik - Zeitfenster (Maxim Wakultschik - Time Window), Kunstverein Gundelfingen, Gundelfingen, Germany
Maxim Wakultschik - GESICHTS-ZÜGE - Malerei und Objekte (Maxim Wakultschik - Facial Features / Train of Faces - Painting and Objects), Kunstverein Heidenheim a. d. Brenz, Heidenheim a. d. Brenz, Germany
Maxim Wakultschik - The Art of Shadow, Kunstverein Nümbrecht, Nümbrecht, Germany
Face to Face, Alte Brennerei, Kunstverein Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany

2013
Kunstverein Biberach, Biberach, Germany
Maxim Wakultschik, Gallery Frank Pages, Geneva, Switzerland
New Objects, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Hall of Fame, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Trainspotting, Municipal Gallery, Versandhalle Grevenbroich, Grevenbroich, Germany
FaceTime, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Maxim Wakultschik - Schilderijen / Wandobjecten (Maxim Wakultschik - Paintings / Wall Objects), Galerie BMB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Roland Gallery, Cologne, Germany (catalogue)
Raymond Banas Art Gallery and House of Culture, Metz, France (catalogue)

2012
Der heimliche Blick (The Secret Gaze), Kunstsammlungen der Stadt Limburg, Limburg a. d. Lahn, Germany
wirklich - nicht wirklich (real - not real), Kunstverein Barsinghausen e.V., Barsinghausen, Germany (catalogue)

2011
Ost-West Nachtzug (East-West Night Train), Städtische Galerie Petershagen, Petershagen, Germany
Maxim Wakultschik - Malerei (Maxim Wakultschik - Painting), Turmgalerie Schloss Augustusburg, Augustusburg, Germany
Maxim Wakultschik - Malerei / Yukiya Izumita - Skulptur (Maxim Wakultschik - Painting / Yukiya Izuminta - Sculpture), Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne / Barbara Ruetz, Munich, Germany

2010
Ambivalences, Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany
Maxim Wakultschik - East-West Night Train, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Schein und Wirklichkeit (Pretense and Reality), Kunstverein Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany

2009
Maxim Wakultschik - East-West Night Train, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

2007
Maxim Wakultschik - Deception, Burkhard Eikelmann Com, Düsseldorf, Germany


GROUP EXHIBITION HISTORY

2019
Holz – Körper – Kontext (Wood – Body - Kontext), Städtische Kunstgalerie Wertingen, Wertingen, Germany
Holz – Stein – Eisen – Kunststoff (Wood – Stone – Iron – Plastic), Galerie Ludwig Kleebolte, Essen, Germany
Artist Night - Nacht der Galerien und Museen in Münster (Night of Galleries and Museums Münster), Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Summer Contemporary 2019, The House of Fine Art, Nammos Village, Mykonos, Greece
Viva Frida! An Homage to Frida Kahlo, Go Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Flowing Colors, Taylor Wessing, presented by von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Academy Artists, Quirin Bank, Düsseldorf, Germany
RARITY SUMMER CONTEMPORARY 2019, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
Personal Structures / Open Borders, presented by ECC European Cultural Centre in the context of the 58th Venice Art Biennale, Palazzo Mora, Room #3A5, Venice, Italy
Belkina, Dóka, Wakultschik: Portraits and Storytelling, Budapest Art Week with Faur Zsófi Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
Behind, Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
1x1 m Detonation, Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany

2018
Third Dimension, Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
The Power of Portraits, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
ZBOR In Progress (with Revision Group), y Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
Q V A N T U M, HOFA Gallery, West Hollywood, California, USA
Q V A N T U M, HOFA Gallery, London, UK
FO YOU Voluntary Art Liaison, Berlin, Germany
XIX Trialog w Krynkach / Belarusian Outside, Fundacja Villa Sokrates, Krynki, Poland
U_K Bang_Gang @W57, Düsseldorf Cologne Open Galleries, Düsseldorf, Germany
Nacht der Museen und Galerien, Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Todos Podem Ser Frida/All can be Frida, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
Way to the East, Art Center La Recova, Tenerife, Spain (catalogue)
Heimat, Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Gallery Artists, Galeria Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Majorca, Spain
RARITY SUMMER CONTEMPORARY 2018, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
Trugbild oder Täuschung (Illusion or Deception), Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany
Das große Format (The large Format), Art Galerie 7 / Meike Knueppe, Cologne, Germany

2017
Neue Werke (New Works), Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
All in ..., von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Masterpieces, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Defragmentation of the Reality, Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany
salondergegenwart, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue)
Das kleine Format (The small Format), Art Galerie 7 / Meike Knueppe, Cologne, Germany
Biało – czerwono – biali. Współczesna sztuka białoruska / White - Red - White. Contemporary Belarusian Art, Centre of Contemporary Art, Torun, Poland (catalogue)
MONOCHROME - Art Utilizing Primarily One Color, M A N I F E S T, Non-Profit Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (catalogue)
Discover as on a Journey, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Uitnodiging (Invitation), COVA Art Gallery, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Gruppenausstellung zu den Skulptur Projekte in Münster (Group Exhibition for the Skulptur Projekte Münster), Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Skulptur, Objekte (Sculptures & Objects), Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
RARITY SUMMER CONTEMPORARY 2017, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
WE THE WOMAN curated by Frank Pages Gallery, Atelier des Bains, Geneva, Switzerland
Unzertrennlich (Inseparable), Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany
Happy new Drawings and other Objects, Gallery Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany

2016
Now U see it's Xmas Season, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Stiftung Starke, Löwenpalais Grunewald, Berlin, Germany
Weihnachtsausstellung 2016 (Christmas Exhibition 2016), Stiftung Starke, Löwenpalais Grunewald, Berlin, Germany
Pure Pop - The Art of Popular Culture, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Galeria Simon Nolte, Palma, Majorca, Spain
50 Contemporary Artists, EAF / ENTER ART FOUNDATION bei ABC Berlin, Berlin Art Week, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
Art After Work, Kunstakademie.gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Zeitgeist, Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Riss oder Spaltung? (Split or Division?), Gallery Galina Seidel, Cologne, Germany
XX Part One - 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Revision, group photo project for ZBOR. BELARUSIAN ART MOVEMENT in IZOLYATSIA, Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Kiev, Ukraine
SaisonstArt (Season StART), Galeria Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Majorca, Spain
SUPREME Skulptur - Malerei - Installation (SUPREME Sculpture - Painting - Installation), ART Galerie 7 / Meike Knüppe, Cologne, Germany
Pixel of Identities - The Body Language, Bogota Arte Contemporaneo BAC Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
Liquid Rooms - The Labyrinth, Palazzo Ca' Zanardi & VENICE ART HOUSE Gallery, Venice, Italy

2015
Gallery Artists, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
100 Jahre Schwarzes Quadrat von Kazimir Malevich. 10 Künstler x 10 m2 Kunst (Centennial Anniversary of Kazimir Malevich's Black Square. 10 Artists x 10 square meters of Art), 20th gallery anniversary show, Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany
Grand Opening, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Neue Werke (New Works), Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
KunstBoulevard 2015. Malerei und Fotografie (Art Boulevard 2015. Painting and Photography), cultural council Steglitz-Zehlendorf with Boulevard Berlin, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
#BYOA #Proudcollector, Woeske Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Revision, Foundation Izolyatsia Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Kiev, Ukraine
ZBIÓR (ZBOR) (Set (Zbor)), group project Revision, Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland
Magie des Realen (Magic of the Real), Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Naked, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA (catalogue)
Hinter Kulissen (Behind the Scenes), Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Future Identities - Bodies. Places. Spaces., Laura Haber Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Future Identities - Bodies. Places. Spaces., International Photography, Painting, Installation, Video Art, and Performance Art Festival im Palazzo Radetzky, Milan, Italy
Saisonart 4.0 (Season Art 4.0), Galeria Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Majorca, Spain

2014
Portfolio: Wirklichkeit und Illusionen (Portfolio: Reality and Illusion), Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany
MODERN VENUS, Kunstraum Gerdi Gutperle, Viernheim, Germany
Männerwelten (Men's Worlds), Kunstverein Burgwedel-Isernhagen, Isernhagen, Germany
NordArt 2014, KiC Kunst in der Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
Myth & Muse, an Homage to Frida Kahlo, GO Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Unter 4 Augen - Sprache des Portraits (Under 4 Eyes - Language of the Portrait), Altes Rathaus, Kunstkreis Gräfelfing, Gräfeling, Germany
AFTER THE FAIR & NEW POSITIONS, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

2013
Gallery's Choice, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
No Time Like the Present, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
small but just in size ..., BESPOKE, Düsseldorf, Germany
20 Jahre Galerie Ruetz - Jubiläumsausstellung (20 Years Galerie Ruetz - Anniversary Exhibition), Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne / Barbara Ruetz, Munich, Germany
Menschen-t-raume (Human Dreams / Human Spaces), Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany

2012
Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne / Barbara Ruetz, Munich, Germany
Auf der ewigen Reise (On the eternal Journey), E.ON Galerie, E.ON AG, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue)
NEWart.21, Galeria Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Majorca, Spain
Nomaden (Nomads), CMG Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Summertime, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Radius Null (Radius Zero), temporäre space, Fabrik "Horizont", Minsk, Belarus

2011
In between Days, von fraunberg aart gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
New States of Contempory Art, Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany
Review und Ausblick - 7 Jahre Galerie T40 (Review and Outlook - 7 Years Galerie T40), Galerie T40, Düsseldorf, Germany

2010
Mobilität 6: Inside Movement (Mobility 6: Inside Movement), Förderverein für junge Künstler e. V. - Galerie im Griesbad, Ulm, Germany
ON WHAT?, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Seewerk 2010, das SEEWERK, Moers, Germany
Gallery Artists, Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany

2009
Public Inside, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Closely Watched Trains, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Light Switch, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Krieg der Engel - Junge russische Kunst (War of the Angels - Young Russian Art), Galerie Oben, Chemnitz, Germany
Krieg der Engel - Junge russische Kunst (War of the Angels - Young Russian Art), Kunstverein Talstrasse e. V., Halle a. d. Saale, Germany

2008
Gallery Artists, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Russische Variationen (Russian Variations), Stiftung Landdrostei, Pinneberg, Germany

2007
Revision, Bereznitsky - Berlin, Berlin, Germany
White, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

2006
Dualities, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA


CHARITY AUCTION

2018
Sotheby's Auction at Winter Wonderland by Bal de Noël, courtesy art golden din, charity auction, Hotel Hermitage, Monaco
HEARTWORK 2018 by Heartbreaker, courtesy von fraunberg gallery, charity auction, K21, Düsseldorf, Germany


ART FAIR PARTICIPATION

2019
Positions Munich, Munich, Germany with von fraunberg gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany and Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Texas Contemporary, Houston, Texas, USA with HOFA Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
BEIRUT ART FAIR, Beirut, Lebanon, with A&V Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
VOLTA Basel, Basel, Switzerland, with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Art Central Hong Kong with .M CONTEMPORARY Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Affordable Art Fair Brussels with von fraunberg art gallery, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium
art KARLSRUHE with ART Galerie 7 / Meike Knüppe and Christian Marx Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
LA Art Show Modern + Contemporary with The House of Fine Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
ART Innsbruck with Faur Zsófi Galéria, Innsbruck, Austria

2018
Contemporary Istanbul with Faur Zsófi Galéria, Istanbul, Turkey
art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany, with ART Galerie 7 / Meike Knüppe, Cologne, Germany und Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

2017
KIAF 2017 ART SEOUL, Seoul, South Korea
Kölner Liste 2017 (Cologne List 2017), Fair for Contemporary Art, Cologne, Germany, with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany, with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

2016
Kunst 15 Zurich (Art 15 Zurich), International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland / with von fraunberg art gallery
ART.FAIR Cologne, Cologne, Germany, with Galerie Simon Nolte
art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany, with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, and ART Galerie 7 / Meike Knüppe, Cologne, Germany

2015
art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany, with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
ART.FAIR Cologne, Cologne, Germany, with Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Kunst 15 Zurich (Art 15 Zurich), International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland / with von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

2014
Contemporary Venice - It's LIQUID International Art Show, Palazzo Flangini, Venice, Italy
ArtPalmBeach, Palm Beach, Florida, USA, with Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
ART.FAIR Cologne, Cologne, Germany, with Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, and Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany, with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunst 14 Zürich (Art 14 Zurich), International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland / with von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, Texas, USA, with Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA

2013
Kunst 13 Zürich (Art 13 Zurich), International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland
ART.FAIR Cologne, Cologne, Germany, with Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne / Barbara Ruetz, Munich, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, and Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
HOUSTON fine art fair, Houston, Texas, USA, with Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany, with Galerie Frank Pages, Geneva, Switzerland

2012
Scope Miami, Miami, Florida, USA, with Gallery Biba, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Kunst 12 Zürich (Art 12 Zurich), International Contemporary Art Fair, Zurich, Switzerland / with Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
ART.FAIR Cologne, Cologne, Germany, with Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, and Galerie Michael Nolte, Münster, Germany
HOUSTON Fine Art Fair, Houston, Texas, USA, with Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Scope Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland, with Galerie Frank Pages, Geneva, Switzerland
art KARLSRUHE, Karlsruhe, Germany, with Galerie Frank Pages, Germany, Switzerland
Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, with Galerie Frank Pages, Germany, Switzerland
Art Stage Singapore, Singapore, with Galerie Frank Pages, Germany, Switzerland


COLLECTIONS

Adelta Finanz AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
AXA, Cologne, Germany
Bach, Langheid & Dalmayr, Cologne, Germany
Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Denk GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Emprise Consulting GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
Ernst & Young Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Fast Trade AG, Cologne, Germany
Hewlett Packard Germany, Böblingen, Germany
NEW AG, Mönchengladbach, Germany
ProFonds GmbH, Munich, Germany
PSD Bank Rhein-Ruhr, Düsseldorf, Germany
PwC Deutsche Revision AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
Qiagen AG, Hilden, Germany
Sparkasse, Herne, Germany
Arsenal Municipal Gallery, Bialystok, Poland
Taylor Wessing, Düsseldorf, Germany