Maxwell Hyett
Toronto, Ontario 

e: maxwell.hyett@hotmail.com

insta: @maxwellhyett

Represented by Galerie Youn in Montreal 

e: info@galerieyoun.com

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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

PRESS

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
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