MAX FERGUSON
Born New York City, 1959
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Richard Brown Baker Collection, Yale
The New York Historical Society
The Estate of H.W. Janson
City of Amsterdam
Martin Margulies
The British Museum
The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
Edward Asner
Michigan Bell Telephone
Spencer Museum, University of Kansas
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Javits
Richard McKenzie, Seven Bridges Foundation
Richard Massey
Yeshiva University Museum
The New York Public Library
Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin,
Kupferstichkabinett
Hebrew Union College, New York
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
The Museum of the City of New York
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
Forbes Magazine Collection, New York
MTA, New York
Margo Feiden
The Brooklyn Historical Society
U.S. State Department
Lawrence Van Gelder
King’s College, New York
Racine Museum of Art, Wisconsin
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 | Paintings of Urban Intimacy, Gallery Henoch, New York (solo) The Dallas Art Fair, Texas |
2009 | Art of the Twentieth Century, New York Los Angeles Art Fair, California |
2008 | Art of the Twentieth Century, New York |
2006 | The Eye of the Collector, Hebrew Union College, curator Laura Kruger, New York |
2005 | Yeshiva University Museum (solo), curator Reba Wulkan, New York Impressions of New York, New-York Historical Society, curator Marilyn Symmes, New York Beauty and the Book, The Israel Museum, curator Hagit Alon, Jerusalem |
2004 | The Art of Sport, The Israel Museum, curator Efrat Natan, Jerusalem The Art of Aging, (national tour) Hebrew Union College, curator Laura Kruger, New York 92nd Street Y, New York (solo) |
2003 | ACA Galleries, New York (solo) |
2002 | Summer in the City, ACA Galleries, New York Madison Art Partners, New York (solo) |
2000 | Cow Parade, New York Art for Embassies Program U.S. State Department |
1999 | First Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery, San Francisco |
1998 | Realism, Amarillo Museum of Fine Arts, curator Jay Fletcher, Amarillo TDI Bus Poster, International public awareness campaign |
1997 | 20th Century Realism, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Qgunquit Contemporary Realism, Van Der Griff Gallery, Santa Fe |
1996 | Gallery Henoch, New York (solo) |
1995 | Virtual Reality, The Armory, New York Picturing New York, The Museum of the City of New York |
1994 | New York Realism—Touring exhibition, curator Douglass Dreishpoon, Japan |
1993 | Gallery Henoch, New York (solo) |
1992 | Urban Realities, Fairfield University, curator Amy Simon |
1991 | Monochrome/Polychrome, Florida State University Museum, curator Allys Palladino-Craig, Tallahassee Artists Love New York, City Arts, New York Art Cologne, Galerie Ulrich Gering, Cologne Basel Art Fair, Galerie Igne Baecker |
1990 | Coney Island, Gallery Henoch, New York (solo) Self-Portraits, John Szoke Graphics, New York |
1988 | Art at the Armory, New York |
1987 | Contemporary New York Urban Visions, Adelphi University, curator Amy Simon, Garden City, New York Nocturnes and Nightmares, Florida State University Museum, curator Allys Palladino-Craig, Tallahassee Prints in Motion, Associated American Artists, New York Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Dessing, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio Mural Project, Canal Street Post Office, New York |
1986 | Littlejohn-Smith Gallery, New York (solo) Musee D’Arte Contemporain de Dunkurque, France Nocturnal Imagery, OK Harris Works of Art, New York Pratt/Silvermine International Print Competition, curator William S. Lieberman, Purchase Award, New Canaan, Connecticut |
1985 | Starved for Art, School of Visual Arts Museum, curator Lowery Sims, New York |
1984 | Gallery Henoch, New York (solo) |
1983 | Audubon Artists Annual Stefan Hirsch Award, New York |
1981 | Gallery Mokum, Amsterdam |
1980 | Small Works, New York University Washington Square East Galleries, New York |
1979 | Koopt Kunst, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam |
SELECTED PERIODICALS
2009 | Logos, (Italy), June |
2008 | Super Interessante, (Brazil), December New York Spaces, June Focus, (Italy), May |
2007 | Art & Antiques, Collector’s Sourcebook, Joseph Jacobs, December |
2004 | In New York, July |
2002 | The Robb Report, December |
2000 | Harper’s Magazine, January |
1999 | The New York Times, May 18 |
1998 | Artnews, Milton Esterow, April The New York Post, Neil Travis, April 12 The New York Post, Cindy Adams, January 28 Artspeak, Ed McCormack, January The Villager, Jerry Tallmer, January 21 The Dublin Examiner, (Ireland), Sean McCarthaigh, January 8 The Evening Herald, (Great Britain), Smantha McCaughren, January 6 |
1997 | The Forward, May 16 |
1996 | New York Magazine, John Connolly, September 9 The Daily News, Salvatore Arena, September 2 The Forward, Douglas Century, May 17 Where Magazine, Paulette Weiss, May The New York Post, Matt Tader, May 14 The New York Post, Philip Messing, May 8 The Daily News, George Rush, Joanna Molloy, May 3 Our Town, April 25 |
1994 | Hadassah Magazine, Joan Schwartz-Michel, March |
1993 | Yiddish Forverts, Miriam Schmulevitz-Hoffman, May 28 The Jewish Week, May 21 The New York Post, Jerry Tallmer, April 30 |
1992 | Manhattan Spirit, Tim Cavanaugh, September The New York Times, (Westchester Edition), Vivien Raynor, March 15 |
1991 | The New York Times, (Westchester Edition), William Zimmer, August 4 Art & Antiques, Patrick Pacheco, May |
1990 | The New York Post, Jerry Tallmer, June 15 Downtown, June 6 The New York Times, Lonnie Schlein, May 27 |
1987 | The New York Times, Richard Levine, December 9 The New York Times, (Connecticut Edition), Phyllis Braff, October 25 The New York Times, Vivien Raynor, August 14 New York Newsday, Scott Ladd, May 11 X Man Magazine, (Japan), Hajima Koyama, March |
1986 | Arts Magazine, John Loughery, November The New Yorker, September 29 New York Newsday, Stuart Troup, September 3 The New York Times, (Connecticut Edition), William Zimmer, February 16 |
1981 | New Israelitisch Weekblad, (Netherlands), June 26 |
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2010 | Paintings of Urban Intimacy, Introduction by Christian Viveros-Fauné, New York, 32 pp. |
2008 | Seven Bridges Collection: The First 15 Years, 389 pp. Intorno Alla Pittura, Dario Lodi, Piccola Bilioteca, Italy, 106 pp. |
2006 | Going, Going, Gone Paintings of a Vanishing New York, 48 pp. The Eye of the Collector: The Jewish Vision of Sigmund R. Balka Hebrew Union College, Laura Kruger, New York, 220 pp. 40 Years: A Dealer’s Collection, Gallery Henoch, New York, 32 pp. |
2005 | Impressions of New York, New York Historical Society, Marilyn Symmes,New York, 304 pp. Beauty and the Book, Israel Museum, Hagit Alon, Jerusalem, 24 pp. |
2003 | The Art of Aging Hebrew, Union College, Laura Kruger, New York, 102 pp. Max Ferguson, exhibition catalogue ACA Galleries, New York, 32 pp. |
2001 | Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature, Edited by Jane Lahr Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, 240 pp. |
2000 | Painting the Town, Paintings from the Museum of the City of New York, Yale University Press, 374 pp. |
1999 | Monochrome/Polychrome, exhibition catalogue, Jerome Sternn, Florida State University Gallery and Museum, 48 pp. |
1996 | Great Jewish Quotations, edited by Alfred J. Kolatch, Jonathan David, Inc, New York, 612 pp. Max Ferguson, exhibition catalogue, Gallery Henoch, New York, 24 pp. |
1995 | Choosing to be Jews, Samuel C. Heilman, University of Washington Press, 190 pp. |
1994 | New York Realism-Past and Present, exhibition catalogue, Doulas Dreishpoon, Ph.D.,166 pp. (touring exhibition of five museums in Japan and the United States). |
1993 | Yiddish II, textbook, Mordekhe Schaechter, Yiddish Language Resource Center, New York, 561 pp. |
1987 | Nocturnes and Nightmares, exhibition catalogue, Allys Palladino-Craig, Florida State University Gallery and Museum, 56 pp. Prints in Motion, exhibition catalogue, Robert P. Conway, Associated American Artists, New York, 12 pp. |
1986 | International Prints, exhibition catalogue, Pratt Graphics Center and the Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts, William S. Lieberman, Silvermine, Connecticut, 24 pp. |
1983 | Audubon Artists Annual, exhibition catalogue, New York, 16 pp. |
1978 | Koopt Kunst, exhibition catalogue, Gemeentekunstaankopen, Amsterdam, 264 pp. |
TELEVISION
1996 | ABC, New York Views with Roz Abrams, July |
1992 | ARD Television, (Germany), Brighton Beach, April |
1991 | National Geographic Explorer Series, The Subways, September |
EDUCATION
1979 | Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam |
1980 | New York University, B.S. |
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