Max Presneill is a Los Angeles based artist and curator.
He creates abstract paintings with figurative elements exploring existential drive, class and political sub-texts, tribalism, sub-cultural iconography, and masculine identity. He has exhibited throughout the world including New York, Miami, Mexico City, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Istanbul, Sydney, Beijing, Tokyo and other cities, in museums, art galleries, alternative spaces and art fairs. (see CV page)
He is the Director/Head Curator for the Torrance Art Museum (www.torranceartmuseum.com). He founded and is the Director of TRYST (2023-current), an international art fair for alternative galleries and artist-led initiatives. He is also part of the BLAM curatorial team, an international art festival showcasing artist-run initiatives from Berlin, Los Angeles and Mexico. He is Founder and a current member of Durden and Ray, an artist-run curatorial collaborative gallery in Los Angeles. He has extensive experience internationally as a curator having organized exhibitions for museums, institutes and galleries in the US and UK, the Netherlands, Japan, France, Mexico, China, Turkey, Australia, Germany, Austria, Norway and many more. His curatorial interests are with artist led projects, emerging art, new models for curatorial methodologies and an international scope for partnerships and exchanges.
He creates abstract paintings with figurative elements exploring existential drive, class and political sub-texts, tribalism, sub-cultural iconography, and masculine identity. He has exhibited throughout the world including New York, Miami, Mexico City, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Istanbul, Sydney, Beijing, Tokyo and other cities, in museums, art galleries, alternative spaces and art fairs. (see CV page)
He is the Director/Head Curator for the Torrance Art Museum (www.torranceartmuseum.com). He founded and is the Director of TRYST (2023-current), an international art fair for alternative galleries and artist-led initiatives. He is also part of the BLAM curatorial team, an international art festival showcasing artist-run initiatives from Berlin, Los Angeles and Mexico. He is Founder and a current member of Durden and Ray, an artist-run curatorial collaborative gallery in Los Angeles. He has extensive experience internationally as a curator having organized exhibitions for museums, institutes and galleries in the US and UK, the Netherlands, Japan, France, Mexico, China, Turkey, Australia, Germany, Austria, Norway and many more. His curatorial interests are with artist led projects, emerging art, new models for curatorial methodologies and an international scope for partnerships and exchanges.
And so it begins…2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, stickers, on canvas
113 x 94 inches
Fear & Loathing in Los Angeles #3. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, on canvas. 48 x 48 inches
Fear & Loathing in Los Angeles #4. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, on canvas. 36 x 36 inches
SNAFU 5. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, sticker, on canvas. 42 x 36 inches
SNAFU 1. 2025. oil, spray paint, photo transfer, on canvas over panel. 24 x 16 inches
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Fear & Loathing in Los Angeles #5. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, on canvas. 36 x 36 inches
Fear & Loathing in Los Angeles #1. 2025. Oil, acrylic, on canvas. 20 x 16 inches
SNAFU 2. 2025. oil, spray paint, photo transfer, on canvas over panel. 24 x 16 inches
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Fear & Loathing in Los Angeles #2. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, on canvas. 30 x 24 inches
SNAFU 3. 2025. oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer on canvas. 36 x 48 inches
SNAFU 4. 2025. oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer on canvas. 58 x 36 inches
Room 108, Protest Point. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
Room 121. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, sticker, on canvas. 20 x 21 inches
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Room 122. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, sticker, on canvas. 21 x 20 inches
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Room 114, 5th Column. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
Room 120. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, sticker, on canvas over panel. 63 x 84 inches
Room 113, Dying Light. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
Room 115. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, sticker, on canvas. 48 x 36 inches
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Room 116. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, sticker, on canvas. 48 x 36 inches
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Room 112, Border Split. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
Room 117. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, sticker, on canvas. 48 x 36 inches
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Room 118. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, sticker, on canvas. 48 x 36 inches
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Room 111. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
Room 119. 2025. Oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer, sticker, on canvas. 58.5 x 36 inches
Room 110, Exit Strategy. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
Room 109, Sea of Troubles. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
Room 107, Flag Burning. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
Room 106, Taking the 5th. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
Room 105, The Voices Outside. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
Roadtrip. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 60 inches
Room 104, Retaliate. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
Room 103, Bubble. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 64 inches
Room 102, Resistance Is. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 96 inches
Room 101, Chaos to Come. 2025. oil, acrylic, photo-transfer, sticker on canvas. 72 x 96 inches
Helicopter 33-1. 2025. oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer on canvas. 36 x 36 inches
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Helicopter 33-2. 2025. oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer on canvas. 48 x 36 inches
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Helicopter 33-3. 2025. oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer on canvas. 48 x 36 inches
1-1933. 2025. oil, acrylic, spray paint on canvas. 30 x 24 inches
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Helicopter 33-4. 2025. oil, acrylic, spray paint, photo-transfer on canvas. 48 x 36 inches
2-1933. 2025. oil, acrylic, spray paint on canvas. 30 x 24 inches
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3-1933. 2025. oil, acrylic, spray paint on canvas. 30 x 24 inches
5-1933. 2025. oil, acrylic, spray paint on canvas. 30 x 24 inches
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4-1933. 2025. oil, acrylic, spray paint on canvas. 30 x 24 inches
6-1933. 2025. oil, acrylic, spray paint on canvas. 30 x 24 inches
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