Works
Gravity Untitled #11 2018
Toned gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches
Branches, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1990
Photograuve On Chine Collé, Printed 2014
7 x 7 inches
Cloud-Corner-Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, 1979
Toned gelatin silver print
6 x 4 inches
Diagonal, South Dartmouth, MA, 1983
Toned gelatin silver print, Printed 2002
4 1/8 x 6 inches
Eucalyptus, San Francisco, 2009
Photograuve On Chine Collé, Printed 2013
7 x 7 inches
Grasses, Lyon, France, 2005
Photograuve on chine collé, Printed 2013
7 x 7 inches (image), 17 x 14 inches (sheet
Gravity Untitled #1, 2018
Toned gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches
Gravity Untitled #2, 2018
Toned gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches
Gravity Untitled #3, 2018
Toned gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches
Gravity Untitled #4, 2018
Toned gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches
Gravity Untitled #5, 2018
Toned gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches
Gravity Untitled #6, 2018
Toned gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches
Gravity Untitled #8, 2018
Toned gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches
Gravity Untitled #9, 2018
Toned gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches
Gravity Untitled #12, 2018
Toned gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches
Old Car, San Francisco, 1998
Toned gelatin silver print
6 x 4 1/8 inches
Three Mirrors, Lucerne, Switzerland 1984
Toned gelatin silver print
4 1/8 x 6 inches
Tree with Fennel, 2010
Photograuve on chine collé, Printed 2013
7 x 7 inches
View With Curtain Gozo Malta 1987
Toned gelatin silver print
6 x 4 1/8 inches
Waiting Room, LaValetta, Malta 1987
Toned gelatin silver print
6 x 4 1/8 inches
Exhibitions
Love, Devotion, Surrender, Dedication
2021
Entropy
2018
CV
Max KELLENBERGER
SELECTED SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 Selections 1979-2019, Cordon Potts Gallery, San Francisco
2018 Entropy, with Alex Yudzon, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY
2015 Le Scarpe, Cordon Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 BLUES, Smith Anderson North, San Anselmo, CA
2012 Cyanotypes, Kappazakka, San Francisco, CA
2006 Eloquence, with Unai San Martin, Smith Anderson North, San Rafael, CA
2003 Max Kellenberger, Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Selected Photographs, A.C.T. Gallery at the Geary, San Francisco, CA
2002 Mostra: White Shadows, Copyright Tutti Edition, Verduno, Italy
Was Im Licht Erescheint, Galerie Schenker GS, Luzern, Switzerland
What Appears in the Light, Galerie Kunsthäuschen, Herrliberg, Switzerland
Max Kellenberger Fotografien, Galerie Klubschule Migros, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2001 Two Man Show, with Dennis Wittwer, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2021“Love Devotion Surrender Dedication” Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY Summer
2020 Fernweh in 3D, Annual Summer show, Galerie Bildhalle, Zürich, Switzerland
Winter Blues, Contemporary Cyanotypes, Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA
2019 Seaside – Annual Summer show, Galerie Bildhalle, Zürich, Switzerland
2017 Annual Holiday Show, Cordon Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Codex, Artist Book Fair, Point Richmond, CA
2016 Art Market, San Francisco, CA
Alternative Processes, The Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA
2015 ONE: Unique Photographs, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Four Photographers, TUTTIARTluzern, Luzern, Switzerland
2014 Quietude, Cordon Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Lines, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2008 Galerie Kunsthäuschen, Herrliberg, Switzerland
2003 Kellenberger, Tsong, Scarborough, Murray, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, KY
2002 Personal Viewpoints, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Gardens and Botanicals, Plaza Arts, Healdsburg, CA
Magic Silver, Murray State University, Murray, KY
2001 Center Awards Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2000 Intimate Landscapes, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
74th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
1999 A Vision Honored, Photograpic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Four Artists from Switzerland, Alliance Française, San Francisco, CA
1997 Photo Metro Annual Show, Photo Metro Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 Honored Artists: Festival at the Lake, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
1995 Photo Metro: Annual Show, Photo Metro Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986 A Day in the Life of.... Nikon Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
1985 Man Gave Names to All the Animals, Nikon Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
1984 Polaroid Collection, Gallery Walcheturm, Zürich, Switzerland
1983 Polaroid Collection, Nikon Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
1982 Ten Photographers from Lucerne, Rathaus Gallery, Luzern, Switzerland
1979 Applicants de la Bourse Federal, Canon Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
1972 Group Show, Rathaus Gallery, Sursee, Switzerland
COLLECTIONS
The Polaroid Collection
Joaquim Paiva Collection
Graham Nash Collection
Elton John Collection
Numerous public and private collections in the United State and Europe
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1999 Professional Photographers Award, Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, NM
1998 Golden Light Award. Maine Photographic Workshop, Rockport, ME
1990 Grant for the Applied Arts, County of Luzern. Luzern, Switzerland
1983 Polaroid Grant to work with 20”x 24” Camera. Polaroid Worldwide Creative Services Division, Offenbach, Germany
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
FotoFest, Auction Catalogues, Houston, TX, 2016, 2018, 2020.
SF Camerawork Auction Catalogues, San Francisco, 2017, 2019.
Cyanotype in Contemporary Practice, Christina Z. Anderson, Focal Press, 2019.
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.
LECTURES
2024 Invited Artist Talk, PhotoAlliance Fall Lecture Series, Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, San Francisco, CA