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,� Max Zom Tape Art I winter2016
who is max zom 11
MoM lorn is on ortist Wlo uses ordinory brown
pocking tape os lis medilm and o sco_,el os o brush. Bosed in Am 4erdom, MoK Iorn shop es loyers upon loyers of tope on ocrylic gloss that, when ilk.lm ilated trom betind, reveol col1ro4s
ond wonnth thal hos stunned the ort wortd.
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The freehond craftwork ond vividness of his sepia
toned creotions, straight lines and shorp subjects
give MoK Zorn's settings o pue and believobfe
depth. His chorocters are depicted like o Jam es
Ellroy novet reveoling the menace in the shadow ond on indemtte frogiily behild the nostalgie glomor days.
MoK Iorn's icoric styie ranges trom his slimmeling skyscrapers and Americono to
grondiose Et.l'opeon chorm set between
lines of decodence ond disilusion. Wifh lis
tr1mistokobie woy to com pose cinematic
settings, Max lom puls spectator into his moHs ond encol.l'oges lis oudience to
continue his story.
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about the artist //
In 2011 Max lom em erged os on ubon ortist v.4lo
t.Jng tope alt on :slreet lomps. Using the nN]tt os
lis settilg and sepio-toned tape os his medium
on ocrvlic gloss, his work dotted the sheet lomps
of mony EU'opeon copitols like london, Madrid,
l.isbon, onl l!erlin.
In on in pressNely short tin elile, Max Iom's tape
ort hos seen opportUlity and worklWde dem and
at on occeleroting speed. His work hos since
evolved ilto solo exlibitions wortdwide from
london to New York, wih on international resume
sponnilg fl'om Art Basel in Hong Kong to Singa
pore and nationol museums from Amsterdam to
Voncower and Japon. His work has cought the ot
tention of CNN, BBC, Al Jozeero ond Deutsche
Weleto name ofew.
Trtte: Slver Uring Size: 40cm x 50cm (IS.Sin x 19.Sin)
Mediun: frown and whie pocking tope on ocaylc gtoss ilkJminated by LED customized lightbox frame
Yeor. 2016
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selected list of exhibitions 2013
Ad Monaco
All stage Silgopore
5tick logelher: AIIJISIERDAIIJI, o d expo fouooer
Max lom solo show wlh Gollery VoUeggio
Max lom solo ext.bition Wood lavem tor ArtBosel
Caleidoscoop: lhe DIAch f'ovitionfor AltBosel
RAW Rotterdam wlh GO golerv
Amsterdam Ughl Festival
Urbon &lconc Mth Urbon Art lntemationol
Monte Codo, Monaco
Singapore, Singapore
Am 'Sterdom, lle Nethertonds
Amsterdam, lhe Netherlonds
Miami, FL (US)
Miom i, FL (US)
Rotterdam, lle Nethedonds
Amsterdam, lle Nelhedonds
London, Untted l(ingdom
selected list of exhibitions 2012
ArtBosel Hong Kong wth lhe Sovereign Ad foundation
Crest Hordwore A d 5tlow
IED lolks tor IEDx
Gala of Nations charity & Princess Karina foUldotion
t-lJit lllonche Mth Shepord Foiey and Mr. BroinWJsh
Dortmunder U
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
New York ctv, New York (US)
Amsterdam, lle Nelhedonds
Genevo,SWitzedond
bronto, Canada
Dortm md, Genn ony
Above: Interview wiffl BBC World in Singapore, 2016
selected list of exhibitions 2015
SPECIRUM Miomi v.ffll Stick Together
STROKE lid.
Tour de Brioin wth Wade Contem porory
BLO OOM tor All.fair v.th Stick Together
Mox lom solo showv.ffll m lu Ic lo Golleiy
AAF Hong Kong v.th stick Togettoer
Bedin All Week v.ffll Stick Together
Mox lom solo show w1h Dom pkring Golleiy
Max lom solo show with Morgens Hotel Groq,
selected list of exhibitions 2014
SCOPE Miami Beoch v.th Stick Together
le�s World of Science
Amsterdam Museum
Amsterdam fiffl Museum
BLOO OM Art Foir v.ffll Urbon Art Now
ARTMUC - m I u IC 10 golleiy
Max l om solo show with Ncole ttenrv file Art
Sollh by Southwest lSXSW)
UNFAIR v.ffll Almory All Week
SIROKE Art foi' v.ffll Ulbon Art Now
lle living Arts Festival
llle: lhe Nghl Hos Just Slolled Size: 61cm x 91cm l24in x 36in)
Miami, FL (US)
MuRch, Germony
Lonlon, Uriled Kingdom
Cologne, Genn ony
MuRch, Genn ony
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Bedin, Genn ony
Am sterdom, 11:e Nethertonds
London, Untted Kingdom
Miom L FL (US)
Vorcower, British Columbia (CAN)
Amste!dom, lle Nelhedonds
Am sterdom, lhe Nethedonds
Cologne, Germony
MuRch, Germony
Polm Beoch, FL (US)
Austin, IX (US)
New York Ctty, NY (US)
MuRch, Germony
ltongkok, lloilond
Medium: Brown and white pockilg tape on ocrylic glass llum inoled by LED cu,tomized lghlbox flom e
Yeor: 2016
selected list of exhibitions 2016
All Dubai
AAI Singapore v.ffll stick log ether
All Zurich International v.th stick logetller
SIRO KE wtll Urban All Now
m I u Ic I o solo show at lesor Vinium
Spoce Jmk 5tree Art froejct
Monikerfor Frieze Mth stick Together
BLOO OM tor Alf.foi' v.ffll stick logelher
Dmai, UAE
Singapore, (SG)
z"ich, Sv.merland
Mmich, Germoll'J
Munich, Genn ony
Grenoble, France
London, UK
Cologne, Germoll'J
in the media//
"His masterful workings of light and sh adows make you forget how limiting his materials are andembr ace the medium for all its possibili ties." - H uffington Post
"Max lom has silenced the entire TED audience with brown tape, but not in the way you'd expect." - TED Talks
"Zom has build a reputation for roaming the city. creating cinematic portraits using nothing more than sticky tape." - CNN
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"lmpressive Tape Art." - Banksy
"Not s ince Scotch
debuted double
stick hos HuffPost
been so excited
about tape."
- Huffington Post
Max lom 'unbound by time and place' uses an unusua/ technique of creating pictures by cu tling and pasting pieces of packing tape. - BBC
rrtte: River
"Max Zom's tape art is pure mysticism. His use of medium and environment demonstrates extreme care and forethought." • SocietePerrier
Size: 2Scm x SOcm (IOin x 19 .Sin)
Mediun: frown and red packing tape on ocrylc glass
ilkJminated by LED custom ized lightbox frame
Yeor. 2016
'These amaz/ng, c/nem at/c portra/ts
are all the more /mpress/ve because
h/s only tools are rol/sof pack/ng
tape and a scalpel."
- The Daily Mail
"Fans say the final effect is like
sunlight filtered throu gh a
sepia-toned window."
- The Sun
llle: 90 miles
Size: 70 x 50cm (27.Sin x 19.Sin) Medium: Brown, whte and red pocking
tope on ocrylic gloss 111.111 i"lated bv customized LEO lghtboxfrome
Yeor: 2016
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Diner By The Seo
Siie: 70cm x 50cm (27.5in x 19.5in) Medium: Brown, whle, blue ond red pockilg tope
11 .... inoled bJ LED cu,tomized lghlbox from e
Yeor: 2016
fllle: Fulure 's Post
Size: 91cm x 61cm r,16in x 24in) Medi.Jm: Brown ond whle pocking tope illlminoted
bJ LID customized lghlbox flome Yeor. 2016
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TrNe: Golden To....vers
Size: 91cm x 61cm (l6in x 24in) Medi.Jm: Brovm and whle pocking tape ilUminated
bv LED cuslomized igblbox flome Yeor. 2016
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Size: 91cm x 61 cm r,16in x 24in) Medium: Brovm and Wlite pockilg tape on ocaylic glass
llun inoted by LED customized lghlbox flom e Yeor: 2016
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