Max is an acclaimed photographer and wheat-paste artist best known for creating artworks and installations by adhering images onto various materials and objects. Max holds a BFA in Photojournalism from the University of Michigan and an MFA from the University at Buffalo.

While living in Portland, Oregon from 2016-2020, Max focused his work on supporting bereaved families by facilitating memorial art-making workshops, becoming a licensed funeral director, and planning a wide range of funerals, services, and celebrations of life. As a community-focused artist in Buffalo, Max has implemented public art projects, exhibitions, and workshops over the last decade with various institutions and organizations across WNY.

Max has artwork in the permanent collection at The Burchfield-Penney Art Center, and his work has been showcased in solo shows at the Castellani Art Museum, WNY Books Art Center, and BAM Gallery. Max was recently invited to participate in a public art residency with The Albright Knox Art Gallery that took place throughout Summer/Fall of 2021.