Biography
Maxwell Britton was born in 1972 in Miami, Fl. he currently lives and works in Southern California.
Britton studied at New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida and earned a BFA degree from the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan in 1996. His artwork has been exhibited throughout the United States of America. Britton’s work has been featured in hundreds of popular prime time television shows, feature films and commercials viewed internationally. He is currently represented by the Ellen Charapko Gallery in Southern Florida.
Reviews of his work have been published in American Art Collector Magazine, Broward Lifestyles Magazine, Spirit Magazine, The Detroit News, Detroit Monthly Magazine, Ann Arbor News and, The Detroit Metro Times.
Maxwell has exhibited in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ARS Gallery group exhibition, Ellen Charapko Gallery and The Yard @ CasaLin during Art Basel in Miami, Florida. Britton is currently showing during Art Basel Miami represented by Ellen Charapko Gallery at Art Now Fair December 1 – 4, 2011 in Miami Beach, Florida http://www.artnowfair.com.
Gallery Representation: Ellen Charapko Gallery
Education
Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, USA, BFA Degree, 1990-1996
New World School of the Arts, Miami, Florida, USA, 1987-1990
Statement
My paintings are a pragmatic record of wandering created to evoke a sense of adventure and exploration of seldom used terra. All the visible features of the land, structures, paths and trails on desert expeditions captivate my interest.
Time has left its mark on natural and man-made structures in the desert; as a dedicated land stewart, I conserve this imagery. Imparted with a subjective ability to observe things commonly overlooked, I use this aggregate imagery processed with imagination as the refined source material in my paintings.
Layered color stripes are used to produce movement and a passage that proceeds linearly defining boundaries. Partial structures are established to discuss spatiality in various fields of depth. Upon passage, discoveries of a complete or partial structures are available to explore. Objects are renewed as visual symbols in my work; they are a part of my visual vocabulary. I generate text or notes to include the viewer in my personal thoughts. My future work will investigate the origination and destination of paths and trails and what creates them.
Solo Exhibitions
2006
Desert Paths, Solo Exhibition
Ellen Charapko Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
1992
Elusive Structures, Solo Exhibition
Rabbles Gallery, St. Clair Shores, Michigan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Three Man Exhibition, Ellen Charapko Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
Art Pic Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2010
Summer Selections 2010, Group Exhibition
Ellen Charapko Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
Select Works, Group Exhibition.
Ellen Charapko Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
Art Pic Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2009
’09 Summer Group Exhibition
Ellen Charapko Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
Images, Group Show
Ellen Charapko Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
Art Pic Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2008
Freedom of Visual Speech, Group Exhibition in Wynwood Art District during
Art Basel Week, Ellen Charapko Gallery, Miami, Florida
Summer Group Exhibit, Ellen Charapko Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
Selected Works Group Exhibition, A Fusion of Contemporary Art and Music
Ellen Charapko Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
Works on Paper, Ellen Charapko Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
Art Pic Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007
Full Color, Group Exhibition, Ellen Charapko Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
Art Pic Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006
Two-Man Summer Exhibition, with Michael Loveland, Ellen Charapko Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
Bi-Coastal Colab 06, with Michael Loveland, Fredric Snitzer Gallery project room, Miami, Florida
Desert Paths, Solo Exhibition, Ellen Charapko Gallery, Wilton Manors, Florida
Art Pic Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2005
Bi-Coastal Colab Tent, with Michael Loveland, The Yard @ CasaLin, during
Art Basel Miami, Miami, Florida
New World School of the Arts Alumni Exhibition, Laure De Mazieres, during
Art Basel Miami, Miami, Florida
Los Angeles County Museum ARS Gallery, Group Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
Art Pic Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004
Art Pic Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2003
Three Man Exhibition, The Spot Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Art Pic Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1996
Center for Creative Studies Senior Show, Group Exhibition, Detroit, Michigan
Group Exhibition, Wired Gallery, Rochester, Michigan
1994
there is no substitute for raw experience, Group Exhibition, The Cement Space Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
New Directions, Group Exhibition, Winder Street Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1993
Producers Color Service and Center for Creative Studies Student Show, Group Exhibition, Southfield, Michigan
1992
Serendipitous Season, Group Exhibition, Detroit Artists Market, Juried by David Klein of OK Harris Gallery,
Detroit, Michigan
Recent Paintings and Sculpture, Group Exhibition, Gallery 911, With support by Michigan Council for the Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Electric Glass, Group Exhibition, Michigan Gallery, With support by Michigan Council for the Arts, Detroit, Michigan
Elusive Structures, Solo Exhibition, Rabbles Gallery, St. Clair Shores, Michigan
Art Share, Art auction to benefit St. Vincent & Sarah Fisher Center, Farmington Hills, Michigan
1991
Group Exhibition, Strohs River Place Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1990
Group Exhibition, One Brickle Square Gallery, Miami, Florida
1985
Group Exhibition, North Miami Museum of Art, Miami, Florida
Selected Bibliography
Broward Lifestyles Magazine, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, June 16, 2011 Volume 19 – Issue 229 Page 25
American Art Collector Magazine, February, 2008 pg. 40,
American Art Collector Magazine, December, 2007 pg. 82,
HBO’s television series Six Feet Under website, 2003 (http://www.hbo.com/six-feet-under/index.html)
Internet Movie Data Base IMDB 2003 (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110211/ )
The Detroit Metro Times, September, 14 – 20,1994
Ann Arbor News, September 1994
The Detroit Metro Times, October, 20 – 26,1993
Spirit Magazine, Metro Detroit’s Monthly Arts & Information, October 1992, Volume IV, Number III
The Detroit News, Accent Section, April, 17 1991
Detroit Monthly Magazine, October, 1991
Words Plus Magazine, Miami, Florida, July – August 1986