BORN 1935, Auckland, New Zealand
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
“everlastingness,” Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
2007
“Max Gimblett,” Gow Landsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Brush Meets Brush,” San Francisco Zen Center, San Francisco, CA
“Simulasian,” Asian Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
“Monotypes,” Smith Anderson Editions, Palo Alto, CA
2006
“Max Gimblett: Banquet,” Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
“Max Gimblett: Zen Reality,” The Gus Fisher Gallery, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
2005
“Max Gimblett: All Things Wild and Innocent,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
“Max Gimblett: The Rose of Paracelsus,” Bartley Nees Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
“Max Gimblett: The Brush of All Things,” curated by Wynstan Curnow with catalogue essays by Thomas McEvilley and Wynstan Curnow and an interview with Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Auckland Gallery Toi O Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand. Travels to the City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
“Max Gimblett: A very decided bright light,” Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
“Max Gimblett: Home,” Ngaumatau Gallery, Arrowtown, New Zealand
2003
“Max Gimblett: The Dawn of Beauty,” Gow Langsford Gallery, Sydney, Australia
“Max Gimblett: True Mirror,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Max Gimblett: Silent Waters,” Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2002
“Beauty,” Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami FL
“Max Gimblett: The Language Of Drawing,” Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2001
“The Brush of All Things,” Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY
“The Silent Music,” Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2000
“The Painted Promise”, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Night Gold”, Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
“Bridge” Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
1998
“Path”, The Jensen Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
“Spirit”, Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
1997
“Face of Silence”, Haines Gallery, California
“Holy Smoke”, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
“Ganesha”, The Jensen Galley, Wellington, New Zealand
1996
"Paintings," Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Forge 1984-1996," Jensen Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1995
Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St Louis, Missouri
"Ancient Future," Sherman Galleries, Sydney, Australia
"Axis Mundi," Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Crossing Full Tilt," The Jensen Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
"Geos - Paintings, Works on Paper, Prints 1977-1982," GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1993
"Prescence," Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Oracle," Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Radiant Path-Works from 1965-1993," Fisher Gallery, Pakuranga, New Zealand
"Threshold of Light," Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
"Tablets of Light," Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
1992
"Templar," Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Crossing Full Tilt," Horodner Romley Gallery, New York, New York
"Inside Star," The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Santa Monica, California
"Shields of Light," Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1991
"Gold," Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Illuminations," Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1991
"Chrysalis," GowLangsford Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1990
"Objects of Alchemy," Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1989
"Four to the Fourth," Genovese Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1989
"Shapes of Change," Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Shapes of Time," Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
"Vessel-Drawing with Color," Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1988
"White Room Program, " White Columns, New York, New York
"Max Gimblett Paintings," LedisFlam Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
"Dragon Hum: Paintings, 1987-1988," Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Gems," Northland Society of Arts, Whangarei, New Zealand
1987
"Silk Route: Screenprints and Recent Paintings," Genovese Graphics, Boston, Massachusetts
"New Paintings and Paper Works, " New Zealand Consulate-General, New York, New York
"Selections from the Chartwell Collections: Max Gimblett," Hamilton Art Center, Hamilton,
New Zealand
1986
"Pacific Paintings, 1984-86," Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Pearls of the Pacific," Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, Australia
"Paintings and Works on Paper, 1977-1986," Hamilton Art Center, Hamilton, New Zealand
1985
"Selected Paintings from Twenty Years," R.C. Erpf Gallery, New York, New York
"Transformation: Paintings on Paper, 1983-85," Modernism, San Francisco, California
New Vision Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1984
R.C. Erpf Gallery, New York, New York
Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1983
Modernism, San Francisco, California
1982
Galerie Nordenhake, Malmo, Sweden
Galleri Engstrom, Stockholm, Sweden
1981
Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
RKS Art, Auckland, New Zealand
1980
Modernism, San Francisco, California
Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
1979
Nielsen Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
New Zealand Embassy, Washington, DC
Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
1978
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Cuningham Ward Gallery, New York, New York
Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
1978
Casat Gallery, La Jolla, California
Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand
1977
Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
1976
Cuningham Ward Gallery, New York, New York
1976
Nielsen Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1971
Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas
A Clean Well Lighted Place, Austin, Texas
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
"American Art and the East," Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (upcoming)
2007
"On Paper," Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Painting," Tinakori Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2005
“Director’s Choice: Contemporary Art with Objects from Asia,” Haines Gallery San Francisco, CA
“MGM,” Gow Landsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2004
“Toi Te Papa Art of the Nation: 1940 – Today,” Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand.
2003-2004
“All That Glitters,” Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2003
“The Invisible Thread,” Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY
“Live on Paper,” Upper Gallery, The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
“Seeing Red, part II: Contemporary Nonobjective Painting,” Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
2002
“Fifteen – 15th Anniversary Exhibition,” Haines Gallery, San Francisco CA
2001
“Documenta USA,” Museum of New Art, Detroit MI
“New Paintings,” Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami FL
“Leaping Boundaries: A Century of New Zealand Artists in Australia,” Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney AUS
“2001 Catalogue Exhibition,” Gow, Langsford Gallery, Auckland NZ
2000
“Simple Statements”, Main Gallery, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
“Collector’s Choice”, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
“Home & Away”, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
“Gow Langsford Gallery at Span Gallery”, Span Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
“Shane Cotton, Tony Fomison, Max Gimblett and Colin McCahon,” a Gow Langsford Gallery Project in
New York
“In Company” Robert Creeley’s Collaborations”, Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University, New York; New York Public Library, New York; Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina; The University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa; Green Library, Stanford University, Stanford, California. Curated by Elizabeth Licata, traveled 1999-2001 (catalogue)
“Beyond Belief: Modern Art and the Religious Imagination”, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
1998
“Gifts from the Patrons of the Gallery”, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi O Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
“Parade”, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington “The Arco Gallery of Asian Art Collection Display”, Queensland Gallery of Art, Brisbane,
“Divine”, Waikato Museum of Art, Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
“Leap of Faith”, Gouett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
“Vibrations”, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, New York
“Absolut Secret”, McKee Gallery, New York, New York
“Signature of the Spirit”, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York, New York
“Fifth Semi-Annual Arts of Pacific Asia Show”, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York
“Sixth Semi-Annual Arts of Pacific Asia Show”, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York
“1998 Spring Catalogue Exhibition”, GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
“Achromatic”, GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
“Christmas Show”, GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
“Open Salvo”, White Box Gallery, New York, New York
“Objects of Desire”, Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, New York
“The Permanent Collection 1997: Recent Acquisitions”, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
“The One Chosen: Christ in Recent New York Art” (Catalogue), Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, Connecticut.
“Re-locating Asia”, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi O Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
“Harris & Co.”, GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Obsession + Devotion", Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
"The Chartwell Collection", Auckland Art Gallery, Toi O Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
"Tenth Anniversary Spring Catalogue Exhibition", GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
“Conversations - Works from the Collections”, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi O Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
“The Experience of Abstraction” (Traveling), Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, Australia
“Balancing Act”, Room, New York, New York
“Christmas Show 1995/6”, GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
“Catalogue Show”, GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"A Very Peculiar Practice: Aspects of Recent New Zealand Painting
" Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
"Echoes and Reflections," Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Calligraphic Expressions," Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
"Schyls Donation," Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
"Group Exhibition," Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St.Louis University, St.Louis, Missouri
"Works on Paper," GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1994
"Blake Prize for Religious Art, 1994," The Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, Australia
"On Paper," Solander Gallery, Canberra, Australia
"Consecrations-The Spiritual in Art in the Time of AIDS," Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis, Missouri
"Gold," Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
"ACAF4.-Fourth Australian Contemporary Art Fair Melbourne," Australia
Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"N.Y. Press," Horodner Romley Gallery, New York, New York
"On Paper," Solander Gallery, Canberra, Australia
"The Crane and The Kotuku," Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
1993
"Summer Salon '93," Victoria Munroe Gallery, New York, New York
"Invitation to a Review," Horodner Romley Gallery, New York, New York
"The Return of the Cadavre Exquisite," The Drawing Center, New York, New York
"Gallery Artists - Works on Paper," Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Pursuit of the Spirit," The Graduate Theological Union, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, Berkeley, California
"Blake Prize for Religious Art 1993," The Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, Australia
"Shared Pleasures," Waikato Museum of Art and History, Te Whare Taonga O Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
"Recession Remover," Genovese Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
"Group Show," GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"New Zealand Pavilion, Expo '93, Taejon, Korea," GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"The Thickness of White," New Work Studio, Wellington, New Zealand
"Playing the Field," Horodner Romley Gallery, New York, New York
"The Museum Collection: New Zealand Works," Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
"Intimate Abstraction," Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Bambury, Gimblett, Walters," Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand (catalogue)
"Full Circle," GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Tokyo Art Expo 1992," GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1991
"Inaugural Benefit Exhibition," White Columns, New York
"Important Suites," Genovese Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
"Special Projects," Haines Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Simply Red," GowLangsford Gallery, New Zealand
"Cross-Currents: Contemporary New Zealand and Australian Art from the Chartwell Collection," Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, New Zealand (catalogue)
"Black and White," GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Blaue Kunst," GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Christmas Show," Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1990
"Transfigurations," Christopher Leonard Gallery, New York, New York
"It Must Give Pleasure, Erotic Perceptions," Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, New York
"Benglis/Gimblett/Torreano," Genovese Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
"The Radiant Principle," Penine Hart Gallery, New York, New York
"The Fifth Essence," Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York, New York
"Post Minimalism 1979-1990 An Extended Harvest," Genovese Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
"Genovese Graphics," The First Church of Christ, Boston, Massachusetts
"Elements, Explorations, and Oppositions," National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
"Artis Group Show," Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Large Paintings," GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Works on Paper," Christopher Leonard Gallery, New York, New York
1990
"Christmas Show," Artis Gallery, Auckland
1989
"Methods of Abstraction," Gallery Urban, New York, New York
"New England Impressions: The Master Printers-Genovese Graphics," Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
"Homemade: The Nature of Object," Proctor Art Centre Bard College, New York, New York
"Sightings: Drawing with Color," Instituto de Estudios NorteAmericanos, Barcelona, Spain; Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York; Schafler Gallery, New York, New York
"New Zealand Contemporary Art," Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Inaugural Exhibition," Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Form and Gesture - Selections from the Permanent Collections," Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland,
New Zealand
"Group Show," Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
"Christmas Exhibition," Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1988
White Columns Benefit 1988" White Columns, New York, New York
"The Four Corners of Abstract Painting - 88," I.G.I., New York, New York
"The Gold Show," Genovese Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
"Signature of the Spirit," Art Waves, New York, New York
"Genovese Graphics: Ten Years," Bard College, New York, New York
"Spirited Logic," M13 Gallery, New York, New York
"Forms of Geometrism," Mission West Gallery, New York, New York
"Works on Paper," Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Update 88," White Columns, New York, New York
"Black in the Light," Genovese Graphics, Boston, Massachusetts
"Fine Arts Faculty 88," Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, New York
"New Zealand Works from the Permanent Collection," National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
"Biannual: The Chartwell Collection," Hamilton Arts Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
"The Hundredth Year: Printmakers at Pratt," Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
"Black and White: Images of the Masters," Zack/Schuster Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1987
"The Four Corners of Abstract Painting," White Columns, New York, New York
"Solid Abstraction" Saxon Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Actualities," LedisFlam Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
"Content and Symbol," Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Second International Art Fair, Los Angeles, California with the Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Hotere/Gimblett Portfolio," Peter Small Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
"Romantic Science," One Penn Plaza, New York, New York
"Reduction/Plan," Mission Gallery, New York, New York
"Bigger and Deffer," 541 Sixth Avenue, New York, New York
"Genovese Graphics: Silk Screen Prints 1980-1987," Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts
"Recent Acquisitions of the Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts," California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California
"Spirit Tracks: Big Abstract Drawings," Manhattan Center Galleries, and Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn,
New York
1986
"20 Years of Abstraction from the Power Gallery Collection," Ivan Dougherty Galleries, Sydney, Australia
"Big Abstract Drawings," Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, Australia
"Paintings on Paper," Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Gold," American Express Company, New York, New York
"Post Post-Modernism," Pyramid Club, New York, New York
"Noted and Promising Artists," Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, Australia
1985
"Precious," Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York
"Neomodern," R.C. Erpf Gallery, New York, New York
"The Non-Objective World-1985," Kamakaze, New York, New York
"Konnichiwa, New Zealand," Nippon Club, New York New York
"Fine Arts Faculty '85," Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
"New Vision Sees Red," New Vision Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Chartwell Collection Viewing 1985," Hamilton Arts Center, Hamilton, New Zealand
1984
"The Painting and Sculpture Collection," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, California
Leah Ivy Gallery, Los Angeles, California
"Selections form the Chartwell Art Collection," Hamilton Arts Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
1983
"Acquisitions, 1982/83," Power Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
"New York I Lingoping," Ostergotlands Landsmuseum, Lingoping, Sweden
"Presentation," Galerie Nordalle, New York
"Seven Painters/The Eighties," Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Seven Painters/The Eighties," National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
"Albrecht, Bambury, Gimblett, Ross," Hamilton Arts Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
Bosshard Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
"The Prospect Collection," Hamilton Arts Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
"The Collection," Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand
"Chartwell Trust Collection," Hamilton Arts Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand
1982
"Color: Four Painters - Max Gimblett, Joseph Marioni, Phil Sims, Thorton Willis," Oscarsson Hood Gallery, New York, New York and toured to Galerie Nordenhyake,
Malmo, Sweden; Galerie Numaga, Auvernier, Switzerland
"Seven Painters/The Eighties," Sarjeant Gallery, New Zealand and Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
"Collectors X," Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas
1981
"Ung Amerikansk Kunst Pa Toppen: Max Gimblett, Joseph Marioni, Phil Sims, Thorton Willis," Galerie Arnesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
"Acquisitions, 1980/81," Power Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
"Review/Preview, Gallery Artists," Jeffrey Fuller Fine Art, Philadelphia
"Recent Acquisitions - New Zealand Art," Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Domestic Scale," RKS Art, Auckland, New Zealand
"Opening Group Exhibition," Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1980
"Color Painting: Max Gimblett, Joseph Marioni, Phil Sims, Thorton Willis,"
Galleri Engstrom, Stockholm, Sweden and Shirley Cerf Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Working with Bummy Huss Paper," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1980
"New Work," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
"Non-Objective Works on Paper," The Andover Gallery, Andover, Massachusetts
"Recent Acquisitions," Shirley Cerf Gallery, San Francisco, California
"Recent Acquisitions," Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California
"Recent Acquisitions," National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
"Group Exhibition," Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
"Painted Structures," Jeffrey Fuller fine Art, Philadelphia
"Drawings from the Collection of Helen Herrick and Milton Brutten", The William
Paterson College of New Jersey, Ban Shahn Galleries, Wayne, New Jersey
1979
"The Implicit Image: Abstract Painting in the '70's", Nielsen Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
"Three Color Artists: Sydney Ball, Virginia Cuppaidge, Max Gimblett," Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
"Contemporary Collectors," J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
"Recent Acquisitions," Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Works on Paper," Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
"Gallery Group Show," Casat Gallery, La Jolla, California
"Indiana/NY," Washington Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
1978
Betty Cuningham, New York, New York
"Works on Paper: Gallery Artists," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Axiom Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
"New York Artists" Swearington Gallery Louisville, Kentucky
1977
"Opening Show: New Painting Gallery," Nielsen Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Cuningham Ward Gallery, New York, New York
"Collectors X," Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Morris A. Mechanic Theatre Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1975
"Contemporary Reflections, 1974-75," Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
1974
"3 Painters: John Elderfield, Max Gimblett, David Reed," Cuningham Ward Gallery, New York, New York
"Second Annual New Talent Festival - Max Gimblett,
Pierre Haubensak, Jeff Way," Willard Gallery, New York, New York
1971
Fort Worth Art Center Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
"Texas Painters," Bank of Texas, Houston, Texas
A Clean Well Lighted Place, Austin, Texas
1970
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
Editions Ltd., Indianapolis, Indiana
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2004 Artist in Residence, Elam School of Fine Art, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand
2002 Artist in Residence, with Lewis Hyde. Oxherding. Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado.
1993 Inaugural Artist in Residence, Queensland University of Technology,
Academy of the Visual Arts, Brisbane, Australia
1991 The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Santa Monica, California. J. Paul Getty Associate
1991 Rockefeller Foundation Artist in Residence, Bellagio, Italy
1989 National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC, Painting Fellowship
1986 Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand, Grant
1980 Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand, Grant
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2005
de Garis, Kirsty, “ The Max Factor,” belle Magazine, April/May 2005.
Hudsucker, Rudolph. “Max Gimblett: The Long Path Home,” White Fungus, Issue #2.
2004
Wedde, Ian. “Action Man,” New Zealand Listener, December 11-17, 2004, Vol. 196.
Green, Tony. “The Brush of All Things; A Mirror for Max,” Art New Zealand, Spring 2004, Number 112,
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McNaught, Josie. “Search for shadow self,” The New Zealand Herald, June 16, 2004, p. B9.
Wong, Gilbert. “Pure Wind: Gilbert Wong finds that painter Max Gimblett and Buddhism are inseparable,” Metro, pp. 98-99.
Harrison, Helen A. “The Allure of Gold and Glitter,” New York Times, January 4, 2004
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2003
Cotter, Holland. “Finding Surprises as They Are Turned Up by the Karma Wheel,” New York Times,
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McAloon, William. “Wystan Curnow and John Yau: Max Gimblett,” The Journal of New Zealand Art History, vol. 24, 2003, pp. 102-103.
McNamara, Terry, J. “Burning Bright in the Mind,” New Zealand Herald, June 12, 2003.
Sharp, Iain. “Max Gimblett,” Sunday Star Times, February 16, 2003, sec bookmarks.
Shaw, Peter. “Illustrated Works,” Urbis Magazine, winter 2003, pp. 140-144.
Simpson, Peter. “Wystan Curnow and John Yau: Max Gimblett,” The New Zealand Herald, March 19.
Turner, Jane. “Shelf Life,” New Zealand Home and Garden, July 2003, p. 60.
2002
Brown, Phil. “Drawing Room,” Brisbane News, May 27.
Kirker, Anne. “Max Gimblett: The Language of Drawing,” Antiques and Art in Queensland, April, pg. 26.
Martin-Chew, Louise. “Spiritual Quest for the Essential Truth,” The Australian, June 3.
McLean, Sandra. Courier Mail, Brisbane, May 25
Ocana, Damarys. “Quiet Time,” Street Miami, March 8 – 14, page 47.
Thompson, Will. “Max Cleans Up,” New Zealand Herald, July 8, 2002, p. B6.
2001
Cotter, Holland. “Poetry Plastique,” New York Times, February, 23.Hannah, Dorita. “The Mad Monk of Manhattan,” Urbis Magazine, Summer. p. 40 - 44.
McCarroll, Jo. “Devoted to a Vision,” Sunday Star Times (New Zealand), July 22, pg. F3.
McNamara, Terry J. “Mystery Beyond Labels,” New Zealand Herald, July 30, pg. B5.
Tabios, Eileen. “How Painting Transcends Painting,” Review New York, 12 pages.
“Max Gimblett and John Yau – Ink Paintings & Poems in Ink at Ethan Cohen Fine Arts,” Review New York, 2001.
2000
Ebony, David. “Max Gimblett at Margaret Thatcher,” Art in America, January
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1999
Simpson, Peter. “Seductive work shows artist at his most potent,” Star-Times, Nov 28.
Curnow, Wystan. “Max Gimblett,” Art Asia Pacific, Issue 23, pg. 107
McNamara, Terry J. “Hail three wise men,” Hereld, Weekend Edition, November
Morgan, Robert, “Max Gimblett: Bridge at Margaret Thatcher Projects,” Review, pg. 14, May 15.
1998
Daly-Peoples, John, “Simple Art Made Conceptual”, NBR Weekly Magazine, pg. 65, August 7.
McNamara, Terry J. “Majesty, Heat and Power”, New Zealand Herald, August 8-9.
1997
Amery, Mark, “ US-based Kiwi Home to Show” Welling Evening Post, October 22.
Corner, Cathy, “Golden Treats”, Voice, October 16.
Kirker, Anne, “Gimblett Reflects: Max Gimblett in Conversation with Anne Kirker”,
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1996
Mark Amery, "Forge 1984-1996. Gimblett Forges on with Shapes from his Past", Sunday Star Times
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1995
Felicity Fenner, "Remembered", Sydney Morning Herald, June 16
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1993
Pat Baskett, "Archpriest of Alchemy," New Zealand Herald (Auckland), August 26, Section 2, pg.1.
Terry McNamara, "Lyric Style with Shapes", New Zealand Herald, August 12
Diana Renker, "Reflections, Recent Paintings by Max Gimblett", Art New Zealand, number 67 Winter 1993,
pp. 74-78, 106.
1992
Linda Michael, "The Museum Collection: New Zealand Works," Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.
Lita Barrie, "Max Gimblett, Iconic Abstraction", Artspace, Sept/October, Los Angeles
Elwyn Lynn, "Headlands: Thinking Through New Zealand Art", Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, The Weekend Review, April 11
1991
David Bonetti, "Geometric Art Comes Full Circle," San Francisco Examiner, Jan 18.
Mary Hull Webster, "Max Gimblett," Artweek, November 7, 1991, Vol. 22, p. 16
1990
John Daly Peoples, "Transforming Base Elements," NBR Weekly Magazine, April 27, 1990, p. 23
Cate McQuaid, "Expansive Expression," South End News, March 1, pp. 11-12.
1988
Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, "Pick of the Week," L.A. Weekly, January 15
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Patrick Smith, "The Fine Art of Gimblett," The Sunday Star, August 14.
1987
Tony Green, "Max Gimblett Making Pearls," Art New Zealand, Spring, pg. 56-59
Ellen Handy, "Actualities," Arts Magazine, November 1987, pp.108-9.
Amelia Jones, "Room for conceptual Experimentation," Art Week, December 19, Vol 18, No. 4.
Terry J. McNamara, “New York Meets Pacific,” New Zealand Herald, September 1, Section 2, pg. 14.
Vivien Raynor, “Max Gimblett,” New York Times, January 10, pg. 24.
Linda Van Nunen, "Max Gimblett," Studio Collections, Feb/March 1987, pp. 248-249
1986
Nancy Grimes, "Max Gimblett," Art News, March 1986, pp 140-141
Elwyn Lynn, "Easy Way to Knock off a Picasso," The Australian, August, pg 16-17.
Terry Snow, "Embrace of the Abstract," New Zealand Listener, September 6, pp. 59-62
1985
Terry J. McNamara, "Instant Discharge of Stored Energy," New Zealand Herald July 22, 1985 Section 1,
pg. 12.
Stephen Westfall, "Max Gimblett at R. C. Erpf," Art in America Feb 1985, p. 142
Francis Pound, Forty Modern New Zealand Paintings, Auckland Penguin Books.
1984
Anne Kirker, "A Visit to Max Gimblett," Art New Zealand, Winter, no. 31, pp. 36-39
Steven Henry Madoff, "Silence and Attention, Max Gimblett's Island," Arts Magazine November 1984,
pg. 1.
Margaret Moorman, "New Editions," Art News, October 1984, pp 103-4
James Ritchie, "Zen Reality Created," New Zealand Listener, September 22, pp. 36-27
1983
Elva Bett, "Review," Dominion, May 2, 1983.
New Zealand Art: A Modern Perspective, pg. 52, 1 color plate, #22
Wystan Curnow, "Seven Painters/The Eighties, The Politics of Abstraction," Art New Zealand, October 1983, #23, pp. 34-39, 56
Bridie Lonie, "Seven Painters, The Eighties," Otago Daily Times, March 14, 1983
Elwyn Lynn, "The Power Gallery of Contemporary Art Acquisitions, 1981-83," Art & Australia, Summer 1983, Vol 21 No. 2, pp. 217-222
Rob Taylor, "Seven Painters: The Eighties," Salient, May 23, 1983, p. 13
1982
Asa Berntsson, "Review," Sydsvenska Daqbladet Snallposten, February 22, 1982
Britte Cedarstam, "Review," Skanska Daqbladet, November 13, 1982
Derek Schultz, "Differences of Intention," New Zealand Listener, October 9 1982, p. 35
Linda Gill, "The Eighties," Insight, Vol 3, No 1, Nov/Dec 1982
Gerrit Henry, "Color: Four Painters," Art News, April 1982 pp. 219-220
Hans Janstad, "Review," Arbetet, October 30, 1982
Hans Johansson, "Konst Som Konst," Arbetet, February 23, 1982
Michelle Meyers, "Color: Four Painters," Flash Art, Feb/March 1982, p. 58
Ann Schoenfeld, "Monochrome Met," Arts Magazine, March 1982
1981
Leonard Bell, "Max Gimblett - New Paintings," Art New Zealand, Spring 1981
Gordon Brown, "Review," Auckland Star, August 10, 1981, p. 17
Terry J. McNamara, "Interaction," New Zealand Herald, August 10, Section 1, p. 8
1980
Thomas Albright, "Abstract Mountains and Dramatic Bullseyes," San Francisco Chronicle, November 18.
Suzan Boettger, "Painting - Made Simple of Simplistic?," Art Week, April 5, pp. 7-8
Gordon Brown, "Pap Pulp, and Pigment Pieces," Auckland Star, August 20, 1980, p.15
Terry J. McNamara, "Paper Art," New Zealand Herald, August 18, Section 1, p. 9
1979
Michael Adamowiez, Kenneth Hocaberg, "Max Gimblett -Reflections," The College Voice, February 13.
Andrew Bogel, "Some Contemporary New Zealand Printmakers and Their Process of Work," Art New Zealand, #14, 1979, pp 36-43
Gordon Brown, "Review," Auckland Star, June 20, 1979
John Coley, "Piece of New York Comes to the City," Christchurch Star, July 1979
John Coley, "Color and Mysticism," New Zealand Listener, August 11, 1979, p.24
Marion Simon Garmel, "Review," Indianapolis News, February 8, 1979
1980
Terry J. McNamara, "Positive Sense of Direction," New Zealand Herald, June 16, Section 1, p 8
Michael Thomas, "Paintings - A Challenge," The Press, July 21, 1979
1979
Ian Wedde, "Seven Take a Serious Path," The Evening Post (Wellington), June 14.
1978
Saul Gylys, "Simplicity Misleading," The Daily Texan, September 15, 1978, p. 25
Sarah Lansdell, "Review," Courier-Journal (KY) September 26, 1978
Steven Henry Madoff, "Gimblett Paintings Reveal Vibrancy and Simplicity," Austin American-Statesman, September 10, 1978, p. 26
Steven Henry Madoff, "Max Gimblett's Emblems of Perception," Art Week (Oakland) Vol 9, No. 30, September 16, 1978, p. 5
Mary McIntyre, "Gimblett Paintings Reveal Vibrancy and Simplicity," Austin American-Statesman, September 10, 1978
Mary McIntyre, "Max Gimblett's Emblems of Perception," Artweek, September16.
Terry J. McNamara, "Contrast in Art Show," New Zealand Herald, May 10, 1978
Kevin Teare, "Maxwell Gimblett," Arts Magazine, April 1978, p. 6
1977
Terry J. McNamara, "Review," New Zealand Herald, July 27, 1977
1976
Ellen Lubell, "Reviews," Arts Magazine, Summer.
1974
John Gruen, "On Art," Soho Weekly News, March 21, 1974, p. 14
1971
Jan Butterfield, "Texas," Arts Magazine, Summer 1971, p. 46
Janet Kutner, "Scene in Art", Dallas Morning News, April 12.
Charlotte Moser, "Painter's Works Deceiving," The Daily Texan, May 2, 1971
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2004
All That Glitters, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York, curated by Karen Shaw
2003
Max Gimblett, co-published by Craig Potton Publishing & Gow Langsford Gallery, New Zealand, by Wynstan Curnow & John Yau
Max Gimblett: A Shared Language. Pfizer, Inc., New York, 8 pages, 11 color plates.
2002
Max Gimblett: The Language of Drawing. Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, by Anne Kirker.
Mondrian’s Flowers. Granary Books, New York, by Alan Loney and Max Gimblett, 60 pages, 4 monoprints. 1 original watercolor. Edition of 41.
My Romance. Giraffe Books, Philippines, by Eileen Tabios.
Monograph to accompany Queensland Art Gallery exhibition, Brisbane, Australia
2001
Double Headed Creature Feature. Handletter Press Artist’s Book, Makeshift Press, Atlanta, Georgia, by John Yau, Tobin Hines, and Max Gimblett, 50 copies.
2000
Think Colour – Art is Never Just Black and White. Pataka Porirua Museum of Arts & Culture,
Porirua, New Zealand, curated by Helen Kedgley, 16 pages.
1999
In Company: Robert Creeley’s Collaborations. Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University,
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Co-edited by Amy Cappellazzo and Elizabeth Licata.
1998
Beyond Belief: modern Art and The Religious Imagination. National Gallery of Australia, Melbourne. Edited by Rosemary Crumlin.
1997
New Zealand Modernism - The Content of Form. Paintings from the Gibbs Collection, Edited by James Ross.
Contemporary New Zealand Art 1, by Elizabeta Caughey and John Cow.
1996
New Zealand Modernism: Expressionism, Figuration. Painting from the Gibbs Collection. Edited by James Ross
Contemporary Painting in New Zealand by Michael Dunn; published by Craftsman House, Australia
The Experience of Abstraction, Wollongong City Gallery, Australia.
1995
100 New Zealand Paintings by Warwick Brown. Godwit Publishing
New Zealand Modernism - in Context. Paintings from the Gibbs Collections. Edited by James Ross
Schyls Donation, The Schyls Collection, Sweden.
1994
The Crane and the Kotuku - Artistic Bridges between New Zealand and Japan, by Dianne and Peter Beatson, Manawatu Art Gallery, New Zealand
1993
Tradition and Change - Contemporary Art of Asia and the Pacific, University of Queensland Press, edited by Caroline Turner
Max Gimblett: Crossing Full Tilt. Horodner Robley Gallery, New York, text by Stuart Horodner & interview with Max Gimblett
1993
Walters Gimblett Brambury. Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand. Text by Lita Barrie
Max Gimblett: Paintings 1975-1991 by Diana Renker.
Mutiny and the Mainstream: Talk that Changed Art, 1975-1990 Edited by Judy Seigel. Midmarch Arts Press
1992
Max Gimblett: Objects of Alchemy Gow, Langsford Gallery, Auckland, Tokyo Art Fair. Essay by Wystan Curnow
1991
The Artist Project: Portraits of the Real Art World/New York Artists 1981 - 1990 by
Peter Bellamy. IN Publishing, New York
A Concise History of New Zealand Painting by Michael Dunn. Craftsman House,
Cross Currents: Contemporary New Zealand and Australian Art From the Chartwell Collection, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, New Zealand
Wiedersehen mit Amerika: Kreuz und Queer durch die Usa, by Frederik Hetmann. Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag.
1990
Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, enlarged edition. By Gil Docking and Michael Dunn, Auckland. Published by David Bateman Ltd.
Objects of Alchemy, Artis Gallery, Auckland
1988
Sightings: Drawing with Color Pratt Institute, New York - Instituto de Estudios Northeamericanos, Barcelona. Essay by Donald Kuspit.
Update 1987-88 published by White Columns, New York. Introduction by Bill Arning
Spirited Logic published by M13 Gallery, New York. Text by Nancy Grimes
The Hundredth Year: Pratt's Printmakers, published by RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1987
Content and Symbol, published by Artis Gallery, Auckland
Actualities, published by LedisFlam, Brooklyn, New York
1986
New Zealand Art: A Modern Perspective by Elva Bett, Auckland. Reed Methuen Publishers Ltd., New Zealand
Pearls of the Pacific: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper by Max Gimblett, Hogarth Gallerys, Sydney, Australia
Spirit Tracks: Big Abstract Drawings Pratt Manhattan Center Gallery, New York and Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn
1985
Precious Grey Art Gallery, New York University
The Painting and Sculpture Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Forty Modern New Zealand Paintings by Francis Pound, published by Penguin Books, Auckland
1984
Transformation - Recent Paintings by Max Gimblett Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland
1983
Power Gallery of Contemporary Art - Acquisitions 1982/3 Power Institute of Fine Arts, University of Sydney, Australia. Forward by Elwyn Lynn
1982
Color: Four Painters - Max Gimblett, Joseph Marioni, Phil Sims, Thornton Willis. Oscarsson Hood Gallery, New York and Galerie Nordenhake, Sweden
Seven Painters/The Eighties Sarjeant Gallery, New Zealand (traveling exhibition)
1981
Max Gimblett Modernism Gallery, San Francisco.
Power Gallery of Contemporary Art - Acquisitions 1980/1, Power Institute of Fine Arts, University of Sydney, Australia.
1980
Color Painting: Sims, Marioni, Laswon, Hafif, Gimblett Shirley Cerf Gallery, San Francisco, California
Drawings From the Collection of Helen Herrick and Milton Brutten Ben Shahn Galleries, New Jersey.
1979 Max Gimblett New Zealand Embassy, Washington DC.
1979 Collecting Contemporary Art The J B Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
1978 Max Gimblett Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas (traveling)
1974/5 Contemporary Reflections The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Connecticut. Introduction by Larry Aldrich.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, California
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Art Gallery of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Auckland Art Gallery, Toi O Tamaki, Auckland
Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland City Library, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland War Memorial Museum, Te Papa Whakihiku, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland University Library, Auckland, New Zealand
Bank of Texas, Houston, Texas
Bodleian Library, Oxford University, Oxford, England
British Library, London, England
Best Products Company, Ashland, Virginia
Chartwell Collection, Hamilton, New Zealand
Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Electricorp, Wellington, New Zeland
Fay Richwhite Collection, Auckland, New Zealand
Fletcher/Challenge Corporation, Wellington, New Zealand
Future Group, Auckland, New Zealand
Getty Center for the History of Art & the Humanities, Santa Monica, California
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York
Harris Collection, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Herbert H. Lehman College, New York, New York
Joan Flasch Artist’s Book Collection of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan
Karl Ernst Ostahaus-Museum der Stradt Hagen, Hagen, Germany
Kunsthall Malmo, Malmo, Sweden
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California
Library of Congress, Dept. of Special Collections, Washington, D.C.
Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand
Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
Marion Koogler McNay Institute, San Antonio, Texas
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington, New Zealand
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
National Westminster Bank, New York, New York
New Arts Program, Lehigh Valley and Berks, Pennsylvania
New Zealand Embassy, Washington, DC; Tokyo, Japan; Jakarta, Indonesia
New York Public Library, New York
Oeffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switerland, Dieter Koppline donation
Ohio State University Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Columbus, Ohio
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Pfizer Inc., New York
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, New Jersey
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
San Jose Museum of Modern Art, San Jose, California
Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand
Schyls Collection, Malmo Konsthall, Sweden
Scripps Medical Clinic, La Jolla, California
Smith College Library, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Northampton, Massachusetts
Stanford University, Green Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford, California
State University of New York – Buffalo, Poetry/Rare Books, Buffalo, New York
Turnbull Collections Library, Wellington, New Zealand
University of Alberta Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
University of Arizona, Dept. of Special Collections, Tucson, Arizona
University of California Los Angeles Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Los Angeles, California
University of California San Diego, Dept. of Special Collections, La Jolla, California
University of California Santa Barbara, Dept. of Special Collections, Santa Barbara, California
University of Connecticut, Dod Research Center, Storrs, Connecticut
University of Delaware, Dept. of Special Collections, Newark, Delaware
University of Georgia Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Iowa City, Iowa
University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
University of Minnesota, Dept. of Special Collections, Elmer L. Anderson Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
University of Wisconsin, Kohler Art Library, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
Victoria University Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Waikato Art Museum, Te Whare Taonga O Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book Library, New Haven Connecticut
