Maxim Wakultschik

1973     Born in Minsk, Belarus

1992 – 2000 Studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, with professor Jannis Kounellis and professor Beate Schiff

Lives and works in Düsseldorf

Since studying fine art, Maxim Wakultschik has succeeded in transforming his pictures into an object-like matter using a variety of different materials and self-developed production techniques. Maxim Wakultschik’s art consists of mathematically precise and accurately constructed works, in which a formal order is created out of independent individual parts. In his complex and multi-layered work, he explores the interplay of light and shadow, surface structure and color vibration. The focus lies always on the effect that is created by the reflection of the ambient light and leads to oscillating variations of reality, which constantly challenge us to approach the works proactively. In the encounter with a work of art by Maxim Wakultschik, the smallest movement, the slightest change of perspective leads to amazing new impressions. This makes the works look like kinetic objects – the dividing line between reality and illusion is blurred. We are constantly stimulated to overcome the limits of our perception.

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

2024
Behind the Point of Infinity, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Solo Show, Gerhardt Braun Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Solo Show, Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany

2023
Color Symphony in Dots, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Fragments: From the Origin to the Body, Impulse Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland (Solo with Yulia Bas and Rogelio Manzo)
Maxim´s Birthday a Solo Show by Maxim Wakultschik, BAZZAR Gallery, Neuss, Germany feat. by Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Open Galleries with Simyo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2022   
Face to Face, Galerie Kleebolte, Essen (Solo with Patrizia Casagrande)
Skulpturale Malerei, Galerie in der Promenade, Fürth, Germany
Maxim Wakultschik, Simyo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Maxim Wakultschik, Art Galerie 7, Cologne, Germany (Solo with Georg Küttinger and Janos Schaab)
Maxim Wakultschik, Galleria Berno Sacchetti, Ascona, Switzerland
Consonance – im Einklang, Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany (Solo with Lena Krashevka)
Continuation, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
IN MOTION, Sight Galerie, Offenbach am Main, Germany (Solo with Martina Ziegler and Polly Habuzin)
Lichtspuren, Hanauer Kulturverein, Hanau, Germany
Maxim Wakultschik, Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne / Barbara Ruetz, Munich, Germany (catalogue)

2021 
Allseitig Spuren von Licht, Museum Kloster Kamp, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
the very latest project: new chapter, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Spatial Colors, Galerie Simon Nolte, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Fragmented Realities, Gallery Ysebaert, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Urban Jungle, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany (Solo with Dorothee Liebscher)
Wakultschik Experience, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Colourful: Pointed, Galleria Sacchetti, Ascona, Switzerland
3 Elemente, Galerie Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Spain (Solo with Magdalena Sadziak and Silke Siegborg)

2020

For your eyes only, COVA art gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Sichtung, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany (Solo with Christoph Rode)
Maxim Wakultschik, Gallery Ysebaert, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Pointillism 5.0, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue)

2019              
Shape Shifting, Städtische Galerie Schwabach, Künstlerbund Schwabach, Germany
Polymorphismus, Städtische Galerie ‚sohle 1’, Bergkamen (Solo with Aljosha)
Inter-Moment, Galerie im Schlosspavillon Ismaning, Germany
Reflektieren, Flimmern, Rieseln, Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany (Solo with Igor Chepikov)

2018
Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA (catalogue)
The New Art Order, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Illusion of Perception, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

2017
COVA art gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Art Galerie 7, Cologne, Germany
Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne / Barbara Ruetz, Munich, Germany

2016
Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Tribu House, Geneva, Switzerland
Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

2015
Galerie Claudia Junig, Cologne, Germany
Porträt. Form, Farbe, Illusion, NEW AG, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Galerie Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Mallorca, Spain

2014
Kunstverein Ibbenbüren, Ibbenbüren, Germany
Galerie Palais Walderdorff, Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst Trier, Trier, Germany
Museum im Haus Hövener, Kunstverein Östliches Sauerland, Brilon, Germany
Galerie Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Mallorca, Spain
Kunstverein Aurich, Aurich, Germany
Kunstverein Heidenheim a. d. Brenz, Heidenheim a. d. Brenz, Germany
Kunstverein Nümbrecht, Nümbrecht, Germany
Alte Brennerei, Kunstverein Ebersberg, Ebersberg, Germany

2013
The Raymond Banas Art Gallery and House of Culture, Metz, France (catalogue)
Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Galerie Frank Pages, Geneva, Schwitzerland von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunstverein Biberach, Biberach, Germany

2012
Museum Kunstsammlungen der Stadt Limburg, Limburg, Germany
Kunstverein Barsinghausen, Barsinghausen, Germany (catalogue)

2011
Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Turmgalerie im Schoss Augustusburg, Augustusburg, Germany
Städtische Galerie Petershagen, Petershagen, Germany

2010
Galerie im Griesbad, Ulm, Germany
von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

2009
Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA (catalogue) von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

2007
Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany (catalogue)

2006
Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA (catalogue)

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2024   
Groupshow, Gallery Ysebaert, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
Discover, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
30 Plus Galerie Jubiläum, Galerie Ludwig Kleebolte, Essen, Germany
Kenneth Blom – Maxim Wakultschik / Recent Works, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
„Illusionäre Essenzen“ Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany

2023
This is a group show, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Maxim Wakultschik and seiLeise feat. Young talents from Contemporary to Urban Art, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
The diversity of Expression, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
20 Jahre Art Galerie 7, Art Galerie 7, Cologne, Germany
Was macht Kunst zur Kunst, Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany Nudes, Burkhard Eikelmann Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Favorites, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Pulse of Art, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Das kleine Format, Art Galerie 7, Cologne, Germany
Neue Romantik 3.0, Stiftung Kultur Korridor, Aachen, Germany
Art Position 23, Sight Galerie, Offenbach, Germany

2022
Time of Wonder, Skoufa Gallery, Athens, Greece
Great Things // Small Doses, COVA art gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
After the Fair and New Positions, von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
A Fine Selection of Contemporary Masterpieces, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
FotoFest Houston, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Metamorphose oder Transformation?, Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany
NACHTBRÖTCHEN, Roermond, Netherlands

2021
Sein · Licht · Irritation · Spielerei, Galleria Sacchetti, Ascona, Switzerland
Nit de l`Art in Palma de Mallorca, Galerie Simon Nolte, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Zeit – Raum – Realität, Art Galerie 7, Cologne, Germany
art Karlsruhe selection @Christian Marx Galerie, Viewing Room of the Exhibition
IMPULSE, Impulse Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland

2020
Keine Schwellenangst. Das Motiv der Tür in der Gegenwartskunst, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Nachtbrötchen 3.0 – Rheinterrasse, Düsseldorf, Germany
ARTist Night Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
NEUERRAUM, Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sonne, Mond und Sterne / Das kleine Format, Art Galerie 7, Cologne, Germany
Flowing Colors, von fraunberg art gallery / Taylor Wessing, Düsseldorf, Germany

2019              
Budapest Art Week with Faur Zsófi Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
Behind, Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Perception – Janos Schaab & Maxim Wakultschik, Art Galerie 7, Cologne, Germany
1×1 m Detonation, Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany

2018  
In and Out of Focus, COVA Art Gallery, het Archief Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
One Thousand and One, Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA (catalogue)
architecture meets art, Galerie Simon Nolte at Villa La Vida, Mallorca, Spain
Fundacja Villa Sokrates, Krynki, Poland
Voluntary Art Liaison, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Espacio Gallery, London, UK
Art Center La Recova, Tenerife, Spain (catalogue)
Galerie Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Mallorca, Spain
Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
HOFA Gallery, London, UK
HOFA Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Galerie Seidel, Cologne, Germany
Art Galerie 7, Cologne, Germany

2017
Centre of Contemporary Art, Torun, Poland (catalogue)
MANIFEST, Non-Profit Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (catalogue)
von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
salondergegenwart, Hamburg, Germany (catalogue)
von fraunberg art gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
COVA art gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
Atelier des Bains, Geneva, Switzerland
Gallery Burkhard Eikelmann, Düsseldorf, Germany

2016
Stiftung Starke, Löwenpalais Grunewald, Berlin, Germany
Christian Marx Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
EAF / ENTER ART FOUNDATION, Berlin Art Week, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Woeske Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Anya Tish Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
Foundation IZOLYATSIA, Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Kiev, Ukraine
Galerie Simon Nolte, Portocolom, Mallorca, Spain
Bogota Arte Contemporaneo BAC Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi & VENICE ART HOUSE Gallery, Venice, Italy

2015
Galeria Arsenał, Białystok, Poland (with group project “Revision”)
Foundation Izolyatsia Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Kiev, Ukraine (with group project “Revision”)
Galerie Simon Nolte, Münster, Germany
Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA, USA (catalogue)
Galerie Laura Haber, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palazzo Radetzky, Milan, Italy

2014
NordArt 2014, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
GO gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Art Fair Participations

2024   
Contemporary Istanbul, with HOFA Gallery, Turkey, Istanbul
Knokke Art Fair with Burkhard Eikelmann Galerie, Knokke, Belgium
BAF – Bergamo Art Fiera with Unique Contemporary, Bergamo, Italy
17. Art Austria with Rodler Gschwenter Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Art Karlsruhe with Christian Marx Galerie, Art Galerie 7 and von fraunberg art gallery, Karlsruhe
Artmuc with Unique Contemporary, Munich, Germany
Arte Genova with Unique Contemporary, Padova, Italy
Volta Basel with Christian Marx Galerie, Basel, Switzerland

2023
Moderne Art Fair Paris with Galerie Mark Hachem, Paris, France
Fair for Art Vienna with Rodler Gschwenter Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Contemporary Istanbul with HOFA Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Volta art fairs Basel with Christian Marx Galerie, Basel, Schweiz
Art Karlsruhe with Christian Marx Galerie, Art Galerie 7 and von fraunberg art gallery, Karlsruhe, Germany
art wynwood with HOFA Gallery, Miami, USA
BAF – Bergamo Arte Fiera with Unique Contemporary, Bergamo, Italy
India Art Fair with Simyo Gallery, New Delhi, India
Kiaf Seoul with Simyo Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Art Miami mit Galeria Simon Nolte and HOFA Gallery, Miami. USA
The Others Art Fair Turin with Unique Contemporary, Turin, Italy
Modern Art Fair Paris with Galerie Mark Hachem, Paris, France

2022  
art miami 2022 with HOFA Gallery, Miami, USA
ArtParma Fair 2022 with UNIQUE Contemporary, Parma, Italy
Art Karlsruhe with Christian Marx Galerie and Art Galerie 7, Karlsruhe, Germany
Art Bodensee with UNIQUE Contemporary, Germany
Volta Basel 2022 with Christian Marx Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Expoarte Breschia with UNIQUE Contemporary, Brescia, Italy
Palm beach modern + contemporary with HOFA Gallery, Miami, USA
Discovery Art Fair with UNIQUE Contemporary and von fraunberg art gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
BAF – Bergamo Art Fiera with Unique Contemporary, Bergamo, Italy
The Others Fair with UNIQUE Contemporary, Turin, Itay
Seattle Gallery with Simyo Gallery, Seattle, USA
Art Wynwood with HOFA Gallery, Miami, USA

2021   
Volta Basel 2021 with Christian Marx Galerie and von fraunberg art gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Texas Contemporary Houston, with HOFA Gallery, Houston, USA
Art Madrid with UNIQUE Contemporary, Madrid, Spain

2020
ART NOCTURNE KNOKKE 2020, Knokke, Belgium
2019 Art Central Hong Kong with .M CONTEMPORARY Gallery, Hong Kong
BEIRUT ART FAIR with A&V Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Affordable Art Fair Brussels with von fraunberg art gallery, Tour & Taxis, Brussels, Belgium
art KARLSRUHE with Art Galerie 7 and Christian Marx Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
LA Art Show Modern + Contemporary with The House of Fine Art, Los Angeles, California, USA
ART Innsbruck with Faur Zsófi Galéria, Innsbruck, Austria
2018 Contemporary Istanbul with Faur Zsófi Galéria, Istanbul, Turkey
art KARLSRUHE, with ART GALRIE 7 and Christian Marx Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
2017 KIAF 2017 ART SEOUL, Seoul, South Korea
Kölner Liste 2017 (Cologne List 2017), Fair for Contemporary Art, with Christian Marx Galerie, Cologne, Germany
art KARLSRUHE with Christian Marx Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany

2016   
Kunst 15 Zurich (Art 15 Zurich), International Contemporary Art Fair, with von fraunberg art gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
ART.FAIR Cologne, with Galerie Simon Nolte, Cologne, Germany
art KARLSRUHE, with Christian Marx Galerie, von fraunberg art gallery and Art Galerie 7, Karlsruhe, Germany

Awards/Scholarships

2009 Art Prize Light 2009 “Switch On!”, Gräfelfing, Germany

2006 Special prize for originality, „Kunstpreis Wesseling“, Germany

2005 Prize of the PSD Bank, Rhine-Ruhr, Germany

2001 Art Prize of the Sparkasse Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Prize for Young Art of the Stadtwerke Herne AG, Herne, Germany
Emprise Art Award 2001, Museum NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany

2000 Kö Gallery Prize, Düsseldorf, Germany
Caspar von Zumbusch Prize, Herzebrock-Clarhorst, Germany

1987 Union Competition, Diploma, Moscow, USSR

Collections

OMM/ Odunpazari Modern Museum (Turkey), 21c Museum (Louisville, USA), Städtische Galerie Arsenal (Białystok, Poland), Sparkasse (Herne, Germany), PSD Bank Rhein-Ruhr (Düsseldorf, Germany), Adelta Finanz AG (Düsseldorf, Germany), Taylor Wessing (Düsseldorf, Germany), Booz-Allen & Hamilton (Frankfurt, Germany), Fast Trade AG (Cologne, Germany), Bach, Langheid & Dalmayr (Cologne, Germany), ProFonds GmbH (Munich, Germany), Denk GmbH (Berlin, Germany), Emprise Consulting GmbH (Düsseldorf, Germany), Hewlett Packard (Germany), Ernst & Young, Deutsche Allgemeine Treuhand AG (Frankfurt, Germany), AXA (Cologne, Germany), Qiagen AG (Hilden, Germany), PwC Deutsche Revision AG (Düsseldorf, Germany), NEW AG (Mönchengladbach, Germany)