Will Maxen

Will Maxen (b. 1993, Waterbury, CT) received his BA in Illustration from Central Connecticut State University (2015) and an MFA in Art Studio from the University of California, Davis (2023). Maxen has had solo exhibitions at Fridman Gallery, New York; Residency Art Gallery, LA (Felix Art Fair); and UTA Artist Space, New York; His work has been featured in group shows at Make Room Los Angeles; Welancora Gallery, Brooklyn; Fridman Gallery, New York; Marrow Gallery, San Francisco; and Chili Art Projects, London. In 2024, he was an artist-in-residence at Silver Art Projects and the New Jewish Culture Fellowship. His work is held in the collections of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, and the Art Galleries at Black Studies, University of Texas. He previously served as an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at LSU.

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