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William Maxen

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    About the Artist
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    About the Artist

    William Maxen (b. 1993, Waterbury, CT. Lives and works in Houston, TX) is a visual artist whose work explores the duality and ambivalences of the mixed-race experience. Pulling from past experiences, both personal and historical, the work engages the artist’s connections with memory, environment, and belonging. The artist has stated:

     

    “Dynamics of intimacy emerge in my work as the painted figures simultaneously interrupt, obstruct, bridge, appear, and erase traditional lines of demarcation between race and color, time and dimension, and subject and viewer … My practice is informed by these experiences, as well as my experience as a football player. I incorporate the physicality and the acute understanding of space that sports provide and consider how it translates into painting, both conceptually and materially.”


    Maxen received his MFA in Art Studio from the University of California, Davis; BA in Illustration from Central Connecticut State University. He has held solo exhibitions at Fridman Gallery, NY, and UTA Art Space, NY. Maxen has participated in group exhibitions at Marrow Gallery, CA; Chili Art Projects, London, UK; Faith J. McKinnie Gallery, CA; Residency Art Gallery, CA; Museum of Northern California Art, CA; and Art Space New Haven, CT. Maxen was a resident at Silver Art Project and held a New Jewish Culture Fellowship. His work is in the collections at the Jan and Maria Manerri Shrem Museum of Art (Davis, CA) and Art Galleries at Black Studies (University of Texas, Austin).

     

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  • Available Works
    • William Maxen Happenstance Must Have Patched Me Together, 2025 Oil and acrylic on canvas 36 x 36 inches 91.4 x 91.4 cms
      William Maxen
      Happenstance Must Have Patched Me Together, 2025
      Oil and acrylic on canvas
      36 x 36 inches
      91.4 x 91.4 cms
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    • William Maxen I Lie About the Stars Burning Gently, 2025 Oil and acrylic on canvas 36 x 36 inches 91.4 x 91.4 cms
      William Maxen
      I Lie About the Stars Burning Gently, 2025
      Oil and acrylic on canvas
      36 x 36 inches
      91.4 x 91.4 cms
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  • Exhibitions
    • Reimagining Kinship

      Reimagining Kinship

      Group Exhibition 8 May - 31 Jul 2025 Ivy's Projects
      Welancora Gallery is pleased to present Reimagining Kinship , a group exhibition of work by Antonio Carreño, Chris Cook, King David, Grace Lynne Haynes, Madjeen Isaac, Julian Jamaal Jones, Will Maxen, Otto Neals, Na’ye Perez, and Helen Evans Ramsaran. The opening reception will take place on May 8 from 6:00...
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