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Max Bainbridge
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Born in London in 1991, Max Bainbridge studied fine arts at the Chelsea College of Art, where he earned a degree in 2013 as a photographer and sculptor.
At the end of 2014, he launched Forest+Found, a creative and material research studio in collaboration with the artist Abigail Booth, who works with textiles.
Working with raw wood, Max carves shapes that come to life and become tangible objects anchored in space.
Starting by respecting the natural form of the wood, he then shapes and sculpts it, using creative processes that he seeks to reveal on the surface of the object, taking care to leave the marks of production visible. Each piece thus tells the story of the physical effort involved in its creation, such as his rounded objects that recall the technique of turning.
The artist immerses himself in the landscapes where the wood species were sourced in order to create a relationship between the objects and their original environment.
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO SHOW
2019
Walking The Line. Oriel Myrddin Gallery . Carmarthen
2018
Walking The Line. Ruthin Craft Centre . Ruthin
Outland. Egg. London
Realising Landscape, The Space, CARO . Bruton
2016
Objects of Utility, INKU . London
GROUP SHOW
2024
Prophetic Land . Make Hauser & Wirth . Bruton, Somerset
Soft Bodies, Dark Hearts . Ruthin Craft Centre . Ruthin, Wales
This Country . Crafts Council Gallery . Islington, London
Hollow Bodies . Hauser & Wirth . Somerset
2023
Material Beings . London Craft Week . Cromwell Place
2022
Idylls of the Field . Lemon Street Gallery . Withiel, Cornwall
2021
Shallow Lands . Informality Gallery . Oxfordshire
Biophilia . Make Hauser & Wirth . Somerset
From Nature . Informality Gallery . Oxfordshire
2020
Common Thread . NewArtCentre . Roche Court, Salisbury
2019
Jerwood Makers Open . Manchester Art Gallery . Manchester
Re-New x Toast . Kettle's Yard . Cambridge
2018
Walking the Line . Oriel Myrddin Gallery . Carmarthen
Leveling Traditions . Make Huaser & Wirth . Bruton, Somerset
Walking the Line . Ruthin Craft Centre . Ruthin
Realising Landscape . The Space . Bruton
Outland . Egg Trading . London
Collect Open . Saatchi Gallery . London
2017
Unearthed . Pitt Rivers Museum . Oxford
AWARDS
2019
Jerwood Makers Open . Jerwood Arts
2018
London Creative Network . Cockpit Arts
2017
Hothouse . Crafts Council
2016
British Design Award: Craft . Elle Decoration
Best New Body of Work . Craft Central
RESIDENCES
2019
Harp Cottage. Old Radnor
2017
Pitt Rivers Museum . Oxford
Cold Press Gallery . Holt
CONFERENCES
2019
In Conversation: The Art of Boro . 8 Holland St . Bath & London
Making Conversation: Forest + Found and Tanya Harrod . Jerwood Arts . London
Textile Artists in Conversation . Ray Stitch . London
Craftsmanship in Wood . London Craft Week . London
2018
Landscape in Practice . Hauser & Wirth Somerset . Bruton
Collect Open Makers in Conversation, Saatchi Gallery . London
Next Generation Craft, Saatchi Gallery . London
2017
Exhibition Tour: Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space . London
How We Make Things, Q&A Hole & Corner . London Design Fair . London
The Future of Objects, Q&A Forest + Found . Pitt Rivers Museum . Oxford
2016
London’s Underground Artisans, Q&A Selvedge Magazine . V&A . London
2016
London’s Underground Artisans, Q&A Selvedge Magazine . New Designers . London
PUBLISHED WRITING
2017
The Wild Dyer, Abigail Booth . Kyle Books
2016
The Urban Woodsman, Max Bainbridge . Kyle Books
PRESS
PAPER
2020
Embroidery Magazine Cut To The Bone
2019
Jerwood Makers Open Catalogue High Winds
Selvedge Magazine Pieced Together
2018
Elle Decoration Weaves For The Wall
Home Magazine France Woodworkers: The New Artisans
Batsford Books Textile Folk Art
Modern Rustic Artisan Profile
Das Ideale Heim The Woodworkers
The Telegraph Magazine Buy Now ... Keep Forever
2017
The Sunday Telegraph Nature's Palette
Elle Decoration The Collectibles
Berkeley Made Not Manufactured
2016
Embroidery Magazine Letting Nature Take Its Course
Elle Decoration British Design Awards
N by Norwegian Modern Woodsman
EKKB Designer Profile
Selvedge Magazine Binding Knots
Crafts Magazine Talent Spot
Vogue UK Meet The Makers
House & Garden Where The Wild Things Are
2015
Country Living Urban Artisans
DIGITAL PRESS
2019
Toast Magazine An Exhibition at Kettle’s Yard
Toast Magazine RE-NEW: Meet The Artists
ThisIsTomorrow Jerwood Makers Open
Buzz Mag Art Preview: Walking The Line
2018
Vogue What Do You Look Like As A Quilt?
Hole & Corner My Hole & Corner
Hole & Corner Realising Landscape w/ Forest + Found
2016
Frances Corner Forest + Found at in-ku
COADG Interview
2015
Side Story Putting The Art in Craft
INTERVIEW RADIO
2017
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour
BBC Radio London Jo Good
2016
BBC Radio London Jo Good
Woolful Podcast Episode 46
CONFERENCES
2019
Abstract Quilt Making, West Dean College . Sussex
Improvisational Patchwork, Ray Stitch . London
Traditional Hand Quilting, Ray Stitch . London
Traditional Hand Quilting, Yorkshire Sculpture Park . Wakefield
2018
Abstract Quilt Making, Selvedge Magazine x Chateau Dumas . France
2017
Autumn Foraging: Natural Dyes, Botany Shop . London
Texture & Form in Wood, West Dean College . Sussex
Autumn Foraging: Natural Dyes, West Dean College . Sussex
MA Artists’ Teachers Scheme, Oxford Brookes . Pitt Rivers Museum
An Ideal Syllabus, Milton Keynes Arts Centre . MK
Power Plant, Milton Keynes Arts Centre . MK
Experimental Object Making, Pitt Rivers Museum . Oxford
Inside Out Kitchen: Heritage Craft Project, Milton Keynes Art Centre . MK
Experimental Maquette Making, Burberry Maker’s House . London
2016
Spoon Carving, SMUG . London
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