Maxim Wakultschik’s art consists of illusionary works that carefully control not only what viewers see, but how they see it. The artist’s exploration of fragmentation, composition, and pattern has placed him in a field of tension between painting and object art. His complex and multilayered works investigate the interplay between color vibration, surface structure and depth. This investigation blurs the edges of reality and illusion by becoming flexible constructs of the individual, which constantly challenges us to push the boundaries of our perception. Until the end of the Soviet Union, Wakultschik studied in Minsk at the Belarusian Lyceum of the Arts, focusing on the basics of classical art and painting. From 1992 to 2000, he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy - first with Beate Schiff, then with Jannis Kounellis. Here he discovered his attraction for spatial objects, sculptures and reliefs. In 2017, he was a professor at the University of Arts and Social Sciences in Alfter, Germany. Wakultschik has had numerous exhibitions in both museums and galleries worldwide, among them: the Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan; Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia; 58th Venice Bienniale - European Cultural Centre, Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy; House of Fine Art, Mykonos, Greece and Los Angeles, California; Kunsthaus Mettmann, Mettman, Germany; Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany; the Museum NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Germany, and Museum Kloster Kamp, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany. His artwork has been featured in art fairs such as: Scope Miami, Florida, Scope Art Basel, Miami, Florida, Texas Contemporary, Houston, Texas, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, Art Stage Singapore, Singapore, ART TAIPEI, Taipei, Taiwan, and Art Fair 21 Cologne, Germany. He has been the recipient of several awards, including the Kubo Art award, Herne, Germany, the Emprice Art Award, Düsseldorf, Germany, the Special Prize for Originality, Wesseling, Germany, Art Award Light, Graefelfing, Germany, and the Union Competition Diploma, Moscow, Russia. His work is placed in numerous private and corporate collections in Europe and United States, among them: Hewlett Packard, Germany, Booz-Allen Hamilton, Frankfurt, Germany, Fast Trade AG, Cologne, Germany, AXA, Kohn, Germany, and Arsenal Municipal Gallery, Poznan, Poland. Most recently, Wakultschik's work has been added to the permanent collections of the 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, and Odunpazari Modern Museum (OMM) in Eskisehir, Turkey.