RESUME
Born 1973 in Troy, NY
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2008
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2002
Master of Fine Arts, Studio Arts, SFSU, San Francisco, CA
1997
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking, Ohio University, Athens, OH
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Split States, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Fransisco, CA
2012
Flats, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Uncertain Spaces, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009
Host, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2007
A General Record of Things Breaking Down, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
All the Slow Forces, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2005
From an Ocean of Subtle Collapse, Sirius Art Center, Cobh, Ireland
2004
They Can’t Help It, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
The Musee Space, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Chances aren't, Lucky Tackle Gallery, Oakland, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Middle Zone, Projekt 722, Brooklyn, NY
Relax a Little; One of Your Most Celebrated Nervous Tics Will Be Your Undoing, Narwhal Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2012
Decade, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Bricoleurs, BRIC Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Grey Full, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Geoffrey Young)
2010
Staging Ground, The Horticultural Society of New York Gallery, New York, NY
The Tiller Effect, NY Studio Gallery, New York, NY
2009
NADA/ART IN/VISIBLE SPACES, 395, Brooklyn, NY
Give Them What They Never Knew They Wanted, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Exit Music (for a Film), Grimm Rosenfeld Gallery, Munich, Germany
2006
2006 California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2005
Practice Makes Perfect: Bay Area Conceptual Craft, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Bay Area Now 4, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Space is the Place, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
We Are Not Aimless, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
Close Calls: 2005, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2004
And now they aren’t. But they are., Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2 1/2: Art at the Corner of Two and Three Dimensions, SFSU, San Francisco, CA
The Bower Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Supernatural, Playspace, CCA, San Francisco, CA
2003
Closer Than You Think, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Space Available, Walter and McBean Galleries, SFAI, San Francisco, CA
Sewn Together, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Peace Show, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
Wal-Art, Slop Art, Traveling Exhibition
2002
Bloodshow, Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Axis of Good, Galeria Ze Dos Bois, Lisbon, Portugal
Ad Hoc, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Eye-Like, Tempe, AZ
Material Narratives, AOV, San Francisco, CA
Shit-Hot, Lucky Tackle Gallery, Oakland, CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, SFSU Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Tough Guys, The Front Office (Quotidian), San Francisco, CA
COLLECTIONS
The Progressive Art Collection
J. Michael Bishop Art Collection at Mission Bay
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2012
Fellowship, New York Foundation of the Arts, New York, NY
2007
Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
2006
Residency, The Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2005
Residency, Sirius Art Center, Cobh, Ireland
2004
Residency, de Young Art Center, San Francisco, CA
2003
Full Fellowship Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2002-03
Post MFA Studio Residency, The Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2001
Leo D. Stillwell Award, Art Department, SFSU, San Francisco, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2014
Baker, Kenneth. “Maychack's Objects Teeter on the Verge.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 24, 2014.
Roth, David M. “Maychack @ Gregory Lind.” Squarecylinder.com, May 27, 2014.
2012
Neal, Patrick. “A Playful Take on Modernism's Austerities.” Hyperallergic, September 12, 2012.
Scheifele, Kris. “Interview with Christian Maychack.” Site95.org, Volume 01, Issue 03, March, 2012.
2011
Buuck, David. “Christian Maychack @ Gregory Lind.” Squarecylinder.com, May 29, 2011.
2009
Amir, Yaelle. “Christian Maychack: Material Nature.” Artslant, June 2009.
2007
Helfand, Glen. “Christian Maychack at Gregory Lind.” Artforum, September 2007.
Amir, Yaelle. “Christian Maychack.” Sculpture, June 2007.
2006
Schmidt, Kirsten. “Poetic Vision and Abundant Culture.” NY Arts, Nov/Dec 2006.
Cash, Stephanie. “Report from San Francisco II: New and Now.” Art in America, January 2006.
2005
Baker, Kenneth. “Conceptual Artists Who Pack a Wallop.” San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 8, 2005.
Olson, Marisa S. “Bay Area Now 4.” Artweek, September 2005.
Baker, Kenneth. “Cross section of Bay Area artists' work highlights the chasm between creators and crowd.” San Francisco Chronicle, July 30, 2005.
Helfand, Glen. “Community Drift.” Guardian, July 27, 2005.
Bing, Alison. “Bay Area Now 4.” SF Gate, July 22, 2005.
Olson, Marisa S. “Summer in the City.” Art Review Magazine, July/Aug 2005.
2004
Berry, Colin. “ ‘2 1/2’ at SFSU Fine Arts Gallery.” Artweek, November 2004.
Baker, Kenneth. “City Focus: San Francisco.” ArtNews, September 2004.
Baker, Kenneth. “Christian Maychack at Lind.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 2004.
Bing, Alison. “Christian Maychack: ’They Can’t Help It’.” SF Gate, June 10-16, 2004.
2003
Wagner, Patrice. “Off the Wall: In the Gallery with Christian Maychack.” Kitchen Sink, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Fall 2003.
2003
Buuck, David. “Christian Maychack at Lucky Tackle.” Artweek, September 2003.
Westbrook, Lindsey. “Ghost in the Drywall.” East Bay Express, August 6, 2003.
Baker, Kenneth. “Sculptor’s New Spin on Mailing It In.” San Francisco Chronicle, August 6, 2003.
Westbrook, Lindsey. “Sewn Together: Graphic Uses of Thread.” Guardian, April 2, 2003.
2002
Baker, Kenneth. “Chris Corales and Christian Maychack at A.O.V.” San Francisco Chronicle, August 10, 2002.