Maxwell Hyett
Toronto, Ontario
insta: @maxwellhyett
Represented by Galerie Youn in Montreal
CV
B. 1991 Kingston, Ontario.
EDUCATION
- 2023 - PhD - Theory & Criticism, Western University
- 2019 - MA - Theory & Criticism, Western University
- 2015 - BFA - Drawing & Painting, OCAD University
- 2014 - OCAD University Florence Off-Campus Program
SOLO SHOWS
- 2019 - An Unbiased Review: After Karla Black (w Ioana Dragomir), Lilliput Gallery, London, Ontario
- 2017 - Forêts de Symboles, Galerie Youn, Montreal, Quebec
- 2016 - Lacuna, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
- 2019 - With Sound of Hands, DVSA Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
- 2018 - Anima Casa, Daniel Diaz Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico
- 2018 - Black & Noir, Galerie Youn, Montreal, Quebec
- 2017 - Spirit of Difficulty, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- 2017 - 5/5/5, Galerie Youn, Montreal, Quebec
- 2017 - Signals & Sentiments, Critical Distance, CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto, Ontario
- 2017 - Exposition le 14 Janvier, Galerie Youn, Montreal, Quebec
- 2017 - Salon XI, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- 2016 - Transformation: An Exhibition of Altered Books, Helson Gallery, Halton Hills, Ontario
- 2016 - Composition poétique quotidienne, Galerie Youn, Montreal, Quebec
- 2016 - OKAY Dispatch 1, Electric Perfume, Toronto, Ontario
- 2016 - We Are Symbols, Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
- 2016 - Gallery Artists Exhibition, Galerie Youn, Montreal, Quebec
- 2016 - Salon X, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- 2015 - Walnut Studios Career Launcher, Walnut Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario
- 2015 - Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Mississauga, Ontario
- 2015 - Sonder, Steam Whistle Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- 2015 - EXHIBIT A (life), OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
- 2015 - 100th Grad Ex, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
- 2015 - A Home For [____ ], 627 Richmond St West, Toronto, Ontario
- 2015 - INTRO: Digital Interaction, OCAD University Student Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- 2015 - Festival of the Body, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
- 2015 - Lo Studio Divino, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
- 2014 - Two-Week Marriage: DRPT Thesis Exhibition, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
- 2014 - Group Show, Ete, Florence, Italy
- 2014 - Il Studio Divino, OCAD University Florence Campus, Florence, Italy
- 2014 - Staging Reality, British Institute, Florence, Italy
- 2013 - Art Salad, Norman Felix Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
- 2013 - Bad Dream, Good Dream, The Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
- 2013 - Salon 7, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario
- 2012 - 11th Annual Juried Art Salon, Wilson Room, Kingston Frontenac Public Library, Kingston, Ontario
- 2011 - 10th Annual Juried Art Salon, Wilson Room, Kingston Frontenac Public Library, Kingston, Ontario
- 2011 - Mind and Body, Transit Space, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
AWARDS
- 2022–2024 - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship, Western University
- 2022–2023 - Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), Western University
- 2022 - Mary Routledge Fellowship, Western University
- 2022 - Faculty of Art and Humanities Alumni Graduate Award, Western University
- 2020–2021 - Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
- 2018–2019 - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Master’s Award (CGS-M SSHRC), Western University
- 2015 - Av Isaacs Award, OCAD University
- 2012-2013 - Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship, OCAD University
- 2010-2011 - Josephine Polera Entrance Scholarship, OCAD University
- 2010-2011 - Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship, OCAD University
RESIDENCES
- 2017 - Anima Casa Rural, Self-Directed, San Isidro Mezatapec, Mexico
ART FAIRS
- 2018 - Papier18, Galerie Youn, Montreal, Quebec
- 2016 - Art Toronto, Galerie Youn, Toronto, Ontario
- 2015 - Art Toronto, OCAD U, Toronto, Ontario
PUBLIC PROJECTS
- 2018-2020 – Form Together, Open Space Gallery, PATCH Project/TRIDEL/OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario
PUBLICATIONS
- “Amateur Mortality,” Culture, Theory and Critique (Special Issue: Viral Logics and Cytopathic Effects, Volume 61, Number 4, 2020), DOI: 10.1080/14735784.2021.1916399.
- “Incredulity and the Digit: Notes on How to Poke Jesus, Death, Fakes and the Digital,” tba: Journal of Art, Media, and Visual Culture (Volume 1, Number 1, 2019), p. 38–43.
- “Use(ful/less) Schematics.” Drain (Volume 15, Number 1, 2018), http://drainmag.com/diagram/.“This should be good,” Kapsula Magazine (Special Issue: Good Measure 3, Spring 2016), p. 6, http://kapsula.ca/releases/KAPSULA_GOODMEASURE_3of3.pdf.
- (Book Review) "Stavrinaki, Maria. Dada Presentism," with Julian Jason Haladyn, Dada/Surrealism (Volume 21, Number 0, 2017), http://ir.uiowa.edu/dadasur/vol21/iss1/15.
- (Book Review) “Palmer, Helen. Deleuze & Futurism: A Manifesto for Nonsense,” with Julian Jason Haladyn, Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy (Spring 2016), https://www.c-scp.org/2016/04/19/helen-palmer-deleuze-and-futurism.
PRESS
- 2017 – McFadden, Kegan “Anima Casa Residency (Working Title)” Kapsula Magazine 4;2 (2017) Web. http://kapsula.ca/releases/KAPSULA_ANIMA-CASA.pdf
- 2017 – “Mark Puchala et Maxwell Hyett / Galerie Youn (CA)” Le Vadrouilleur Urbain (25 october 2017) Web. https://levadrouilleururbain.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/mark-puchala-et-maxwell-hyett-galerie-youn-ca/
- 2016 - Jordan-Haladyn, Miriam “Art as a Measure of Discombobulation: Three Recent works by Maxwell Hyett” Kapsula MagazineGood Measure 3/3 (2016) Web. http://kapsula.ca/releases/KAPSULA_GOODMEASURE_3of3.pdf
TALKS
- 2020 - Accelerating Duchamp Symposium, "Duchampian Possibilism," OCAD University, Toronto
- 2019 - UAAC Conference, “The Weight of Resolution,” Quebec City, Quebec
- 2017 - Drawing I (DRPT 1005), Guest Speaker, OCAD University, Toronto
- 2015- Contemporary Art Theory (CAND 6B02), Guest Speaker, OCAD University, Toronto