The Weird Show
Since 2011 Max directs and curates The Weird Show, an art platform dedicated to the showcase and exploration
of contemporary collage through exhibitions, online/offline publishing, workshops & art sessions.
Exhibitions:
Los Raros. Las Raras : New Narratives of Contemporary Collage
Curated by Cless & Max-o-matic
May 10th to July 7th, 2024
SME La Pasión, Valladolid, Spain
Altered Logistics: Contemporary Collage and Appropriation
Curated by D. Dominick Lombardi and Max-o-matic
October 30 – December 8, 2023
Dowd Fine Arts Center, Cortland, NY, USA.
International Weird Collage Show – London
Curated by Max-o-matic & James Springall
February 1st – 11th, 2018
Jealous Gallery, London, UK
International Weird Collage Show – Trondheim
Curated by Ashkan Honarvar, Sylvia Stølan
& Max-o-matic
August 18th 2016 – September 18th 2016
Trondhjems Kunstforening, Trondheim Norway
International Weird Collage Show – Valladolid
Curated by Cless & Max-o-matic
April 21st – June 21, 2016
La Atómica, Valladolid, Spain
International Weird Collage Show – Barcelona
Curated by Max-o-matic & Rubén B
February 25th – March 12th, 2016
Produced by Me & the curiosity at Espronceda Centre for the arts
International Weird Collage Show – Montreal, Canada
Curated by Max-o-matic, Rubén B and Alan Ganev
May 1st – May 30th, 2014
Espace MASSIVart, Montreal, Canada
International Weird Collage Show – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Curated by Max-o-matic, Rubén B and Charles Wilkin
April 19th – May 10th, 2014
Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn NY
International Weird Collage Show – Madrid, Spain
Curated by Max-o-matic and Rubén B
16 Noviembre – 16 diciembre 2013
Galería Mad is Mad, Madrid, Spain
International Weird Collage Show – Berlin, Germany
Curated by Max-o-matic and Rubén B
June 28th to July 7th
tête gallery, Berlin, Germany
International Weird Collage Show – Quito, Ecuador.
Curated by: Rubén B & Max-o-matic
February 13th to March 8th, 2013.
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
International Weird Collage Show –San José, Costa Rica
Curated by: Max-o-matic, Rubén B and Alan Ganev
March 13th to arpil 13th, 2013.
Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica.
International Weird Collage Show – Lima, Perú
Curated by: Max-o-matic, Rubén B and Goster
October 26th to November 10th, 2012.
Domingo Gallery, Lima, Perú.
International Weird Collage Show – Rotterdam, Netherlands
Curated by: Max-o-matic, Rubén B and Ashkan Honarvar
August 26th to September 16th, 2011.
Opperclaes Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Workshops, Talks & Jam Sessions
Los Raros. Las Raras. New Narratives in Contemporary Collage. Valladolid, 05/2024
Editorial illustration. Labasad illustration Master. Barcelona 2021-2022.
Visual Storytelling. IED Masters and Degree programs. Barcelona. 2014-2017
Copa Domestika. San José, Costa Rica. April 2019.
Trondheim Collage Workshop
August 19 2016
Trondhjems Kunstforening, Trondheim Norway
Collage Lab @ Macba,
Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona.
w/ Max-o-matic.
March – July, 2016.
IWCS Barcelona Jam Session
@ Espronceda Centre for the Arts
February 2016.
Jam Sessions Weird Show
@ Macba, Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona.
w/ Max-o-matic.
May – December, 2015.
IWCS Brooklyn Collage sessions & lectures
@ Invisible Dog Gallery
w/ Charles Wilkin, Fred Free, James Gallagher & Rubén B.
April – May, 2014
IWCS Berlin Workshops & talks
@ Tête Gallery, Berlin
w/ Rubén B., Dennis Busch, Julia Busch, Anthony Zinonos, Damien Tran & Isabel Reitemeyer.
June, 2013
Fanzinning (with H. Ordoñez).
Bilbao, Spain, March 2012.
IWCS Collage Playground
@ Domingo, Lima.
w/ Domingo + Goster.
November, 2011
Print it black, Fanzines & DIY creativity.
San José, Costa Rica. March, 2011.
Fanzinning (with H. Ordoñez).
San Sebastián, Spain, June 2011.
Print it black, Fanzines & DIY creativity.
Valladolid, 2008.
Books & Zines
Los Raros. Las Raras.
New narratives in contemporary Collage.
Exhibition catalog for the exhibition that took place in Valladolid during spring 2024.
Size: 21x27cm
220 pages
No ISBN.
Publishing date: May 10th 2024
The Weird Press No. 5:
IWCS / BARCELONA
The book of the collective exhibition that took place in Barcelona in 2016.
Size: 15×23 cm
142 pages
ISBN 978136792673
Publishing date abr. 03, 2016
Check it out here.
The Weird Press No. 2
IWCS Latin American tour, 2013
Lima (Perú), Quito (Ecuador) and San José (Costa Rica) with the collage work from: Alan Ganev, Anthony Zinonos, Ashkan Honarvar, Cless, Grande, Goster, Isabelle Cordemans, James Gallagher, Max-o-matic, Oliver Wiegner, Rubén B, Sylvia Stølan and Victoria Ulrikke Iles.
6 x 9 in ; 134 pgs.
Check it out here.
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