MAX KELLENBERGER
Max Kellenberger is a self-trained artist, working with a variety of techniques and processes, most recently photogravure and cyanotype. In 2012, he published the photogravure portfolio Feld und Flur (Field and Meadow), a cased edition of 10 prints inspired by German Romanticism.
Born in a small town in Central Switzerland, Kellenberger’s work has been shown and published internationally including the exhibit of the Polaroid Collection in the Nikon Gallery in Zürich, Switzerland and a solo exhibition at the Galerie Kunsthäuschen in Herrliberg, Switzerland. He was a recipient of the 20x24 Camera Grant from Polaroid and the winner of the Golden Light Award from the Maine Photographic Workshop as well as a Professional Photographers Award from Santa Fe Workshops. His photographs are in numerous private collections, Graham Nash, Joaquim Paiva and major collections such as the Polaroid Collection.
At an early age he showed a great interest in photography, starting by developing his film in his mothers closet. Upon receiving an East German SLR camera for his 13th birthday Kellenberger’s passion for photography was cemented. After graduation from High School he took a position at an advertising agency all the while continuing to photograph for the newspaper. In 1980 he opened his own studio specializing in advertising and fashion. After his move to San Francisco in 1992 fine art photography became his main focus.
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Selected Solo and Two Man Shows
Selections 1979-2019, Cordon Potts Gallery, San Francisco, 2019.
Entropy, with Alex Yudson, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, November/December 2018.
Le Scarpe, Cordon Potts Gallery, San Francisco, 2015.
BLUES, Smith Andersen North, San Anselmo, CA, Summer 2013.
Cyanotypes, Kappazakka, San Francisco, December 2012.
Eloquence, with Unai San Martin, Smith Andersen North, San Rafael, CA, 2006.
Max Kellenberger, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA, 2003.
Selected Photographs, A.C.T. Gallery at the Geary, San Francisco, CA, 2003.
Mostra: White Shadows, Copyright Tutti Edition, Verduno, Italy, 2002.
Was Im Licht Erscheint, Galerie Schenker GS, Luzern, Switzerland, 2002.
What Appears in the Light, Galerie Kunsthäuschen, Herrliberg, Switzerland, 2002.
Max Kellenberger Fotografien, Galerie Klubschule Migros, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2002.
Two Man Show, with Dennis Wittwer, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, 2001.
Selected Publications
Was im Licht erscheint, A Monograph, Datz Press, Korea, 2018.
Fotofest, Auction Catalogues, Houston, TX 2016&2018.
l’Œil de la Photographie, Online Photography Site, “Le Scarpe”, Oct. 8, 2015.
Fragmentary, Online Photography Site, Interview: “Max Kellenberger”, Sept. 14, 2015.
San Francisco Chronicle, Feature: “Shoe boxes? As art?”, Sept. 8, 2015
Lenscratch, Online Photography Site, August 2015.
Luzerner Neueste Nachrichten, Luzern, Switzerland, July 2015.
PHOTONEWS, Hamburg, Germany, May 2014, p. 15
Camera Magazine, “Portfolio”, Paris, France, No. 5, 2014, p. 42-53
Childhood, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio, 2009.
Nikon News, Küsnacht, Switzerland, Issue 3-2002, p. 2 - 7.
Photo Techniques USA, Niles, IL, May/June 2002, p. 30.
Max Kellenberger, Selected Images, San Francisco, February 2002.
Blue Sky Gallery Catalogue, Portland, OR, Volume #33, p. 21-24.
Photo Techniques USA, Niles, IL, March/April 2001, p. 31.
Photo Review, Philadelphia, Volume 23, p. 36, Summer 2000.
Photo Metro Magazine, San Francisco, Issue 158, p. 28 - 35.
Photo Metro Magazine, San Francisco, November, 1995, p. 10.
Rooms, R&K Edizione, Locarno, Switzerland, 1990, p. 12-23.
HQ Magazine, Heidelberg Printing Machine, Heidelberg, Germany, 1/1989, p.55.
Polaroid Selections 2, Verlag die Photographie, Zürich, Switzerland, 1984.
Polaroid Selections 1, Verlag die Photographie, Zürich, Switzerland, 1982.
Camera Magazine, Cover, Polaroid Abstracts, Luzern, Switzerland, May 1980.
Grants and Awards
Professional Photographers Award, Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, NM, 1999.
Golden Light Award. Maine Photographic Workshop, Rockport, Maine, 1998.
Grant for the Applied Arts, County of Luzern. Luzern, Switzerland, 1990.
Polaroid Grant to work with 20”x 24” Camera. Polaroid Worldwide Creative Services Division, Offenbach, Germany, 1983.
Collections
Works held in numerous public and private collections in the United States and Europe, including the Polaroid Collection, Joaquim Paiva Collection, and the Graham Nash Collection and the Elton John Collection.
