Biography
Like fairy tales left outside to rust in the elements, Max Miceli's paintings take on the patina of urban decay and apply them to a hybrid of Pop and Folk art that speaks to the human condition with humor and pathos.

The work puts as much emphasis on personal allegory as it does aesthetic appeal. The themes and imagery beckon the viewer to decipher a candy-coated mythology-an exercise of sifting through our relationship to nature and with each other. Enormous animals commingle with industry, trees are over pruned, and people are depicted as archetypes within sugary fields of color weathered with textural scrapes and markings. What emerges is a menagerie of vignettes that explore the psyche by juxtaposing personal symbols with familiar iconography.

In addition to fine art, Miceli has worked as an illustrator, commercial designer, art director and visual development artist for various studios and publications, including Business Week Magazine, The New York Times, Disney, Klasky Csupo, Cartoon Network, Trilogy Entertainment/MGM, among others.

Max Miceli was born in Dayton, Ohio and grew up in Redlands, California. He received his BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and has participated in numerous exhibitions across the country. He lives in the historic West Adams district of Los Angeles with his wife Andrea, their two dogs Myrtle and Oscar, and a cat named Cat.

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Education
1999, BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1995, Herbert D. Ryman Living Master's Program, Los Angeles, CA

Exhibitions
2008 Hard Icing milo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Failure The Lab at Belmar, Denver, CO

2007 Jesus Cancelled My Art Show, The Conference Room Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Summer Survey, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Wurstminster Dog Show, Wurst Gallery, Portland, OR

2006 Summer Survey, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Tar Fest, Miracle Mile Los Angeles, CA
Tang & Jell-O, Tag Art Gallery, Nashville, TN

2005 Nanospore Customs, Exhibit, New York, NY
Fresh Start Benefit, Arena 1 Gallery at the Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA

2004 4, Fröden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
A Day on the Lawn, Fröden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Garden Lab, Art Center Wind Tunnel, Pasadena, CA

2003 Ligers & Tigons, Solo Show, Klasky Csupo Gallery, Hollywood, CA
The Hello Show, Treehouse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Robots Have Feelings Too, Culture Cache Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Broken Wrist Project 2, San Diego, CA
Footprints, Oshkin Events, Hollywood, CA

2002 Postcards From New Planets Gallery825, Los Angeles, CA
Ed Special and Beasts of York Street" Solo Show, Klasky Csupo Gallery, Hollywood, CA
Broken Wrist Project 1 Los Angeles, CA
Fresh Start, Benefit, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

2001 Solar Return, Culture Cache Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Post-Ryman, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA & Gallery 835, Spring St., Los Angeles, CA
Artshare LA,, Los Angeles, CA
Fiftytwentynine, Solo Show, Klasky Csupo Gallery, Hollywood, CA
Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists, La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Society of Illustrators, Group Show, New York, NY