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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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