Born in 1964 in Boston. Maxwell currently lives in Boston with her family. Her work has been collected around the globe. Maxwell’s artistic voice grew out of a passion for vintage materials, modern fashion and design – mingled with a deep fascination for pop culture and female empowerment. Maxwell has loved fashion since she was a little girl. Some of her earliest memories are of visiting her grandfather’s garment factory in South Boston. He manufactured women’s clothing and she marveled at the huge bolts of fabric, the meticulous pattern makers and industrial stitching machines. His designer was a woman in her 20’s whom Maxwell simply worshipped. Maxwell’s grandfather would have his team create miniature versions of their designs for her and her sister, until they were old enough to go ‘shopping’ right off the revolving racks in his factory. Into her adulthood, Maxwell’s love for fashion grew, but she went through a period of deeply resenting the fashion industry for teasing her with clothes that she could neither fit into nor afford. In fact, much of her art over the past 20 years has commented on my complicated relationship with fashion, the media and its direct influence on the cultural epidemic of negative body image. As she’s aged, she still can’t fit into most of the fashion she reveres and she is still overwhelmed by the price tags, but something has shifted in her. While she still struggles with ambivalent feelings, she has come to terms with the fact that she is deeply and unapologetically moved by fashion. She finds it to be creative and innovative. She loves the power, confidence and individuality it offers women. Maxwell is enamored with fashion’s color, shape, texture, fluidity and form. And, she is happy that the fashion world has begun to embrace women of different shapes, sizes and color. (There is still a very long way to go, but this fashion season, she has seen more curvy women and racial diversity than ever.) Maxwell’s current work celebrates fashion and power. The women on her canvases stride with confidence, style and strength. They are inspired by the fashion seen on the pages of magazines, on the red carpet and fashion runway. She is asserting authority, individuality and fearlessness. On these canvases she is putting into play her own fantasy of becoming a fashion designer by dressing these women in found papers with distinct pattern, texture and print.Dresses and backgrounds are built from aged, layered billboard papers that have been torn down from walls throughout Europe – mostly Paris – the world’s fashion capital. Maxwell has repurposed into fashion these billboards, which were once fashion advertisements! Full circle! She loves to use these rich, textured papers that speak volumes about culture, history, fashion and art. EDUCATION1986 Middlebury College, BA, Middlebury, VT ART EDUCATIONSelection of mixed media classes and workshops1996-1998 School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1995-1997 DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln, MA1994 New Art Center, Newton, MA MUSEUM SHOWS2020 Cornell Art Museum, Art Couture, Delray, FL2019 Prince Albert Museum, Tribute to Princess Grace, 5-piece commission, Monaco2018 Cornell Art Museum, Layers, Delray, FL SOLO EXHIBITIONS2022 Lanoue Gallery, Then + Now Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA2022 Gallery MAR, On the Move, Park City, CA2020 Lanoue Gallery, New Work, Boston, MA2019 Joanne Artman Gallery, The Art of Fashion, New York, NY2018 Gilman Contemporary, Front Row, Ketchum, ID2017 Lanoue Gallery, Deconstructing Billboards, Boston, MA 2016 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New Works, San Helena, CA2016 Joanne Artman Gallery, Not So Plain Jane, New York, NY2015 Gilman Contemporary, New Works, Sun Valley, ID2015 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New Works, San Francisco, CA2014 Campton Gallery, Layered Life, New York, NY2013 Lanoue Gallery, New Works, Boston, MA2013 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New Works, St. Helena, CA2012 Campton Gallery, Girl Interrupted, New York, NY2012 Gilman Contemporary, Coming and Going, Sun Vallery, ID2011 Campton Gallery, Full Circle, New York, NY2010 Lanoue Gallery, Go Figure, Boston, MA2010 Caldwell Snyder, Vintage Hollywood, San Francisco, CA2010 Victorine Contemporary, New Works, Newport, RI2009 Campton Gallery, Recent Works, New York, NY2009 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Recent Works, San Francisco, CA2008 Campton Gallery, Figure it Out, New York, NY2008 Hubert Gallery, Peaches & Tarts, New York, NY2007 New England Art Institute, S,M,L,XL, Boston, MA2006 Oylan Gallery, Recent Works, Cambridge, MA2006 Carney Gallery, What a Doll, Weston, MA SELECTED 2-PERSON & GROUP EXHIBITIONS2021 Gallery Mar Carmel, Carmel, CA2019 Simon Breitbard Fine Arts, Art + Activism, San Francisco, CA2019 Cornell Museum, ‘Art Couture,’ Delray, FL2019 Tribute to Princess Grace, 5-Piece Commission, Monaco2018 Lanoue Gallery, with Paul Rousso, Boston, MA2018 Lanoue Gallery, Text Messages, Boston, MA2017 Whitewall Contemporary, Female, Delray, FL2017 Joanne Artman Gallery, Contemporary Consciousness with James Wolanin, New York, NY2017 Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA2017 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA2016 Joanne Artman Gallery, Paired Down Synchronicity with Matt Devine, Laguna Beach, CA2016 Context Art Miami, Represented by Caldwell Snyder, Miami, FL2016 Art Market San Francisco, Represented by Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA2015 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA2015 Context Art Miami, Represented by Caldwell Snyder, Miami, FL2015 Art Market San Francisco, Represented by Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA2015 Cornell Art Museum, eXXpectations, Delray, FL2015 Joanne Artman Gallery, Life Candy Part ll, Laguna Beach, CA2014 Art Silicon Valley, Represented by Caldwell Snyder, Palo Alto, CA2014 Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA2013 Art Houston, Represented by Gilman Contemporary, Boston, MA2013 Joanne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA2012 Brown University List Center, Play Time, Providence, RI2011 Madison Gallery, Females on Figures, La Jolla, CA2011 San Francisco Art Fair, Represented by Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA2011 Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, ID2010 Art Hamptons, Represented by Campton Gallery, Southampton, NY2010 Art Miami, Represented by Caldwell Snyder, Miami, FL2010 Art Aspen, Represented by Caldwell Snyder, Aspen, CO2009 Art London, Represented by Mauger Modern Art, London, UK2009 Red Dot, Represented by Victorine Contemporary, Miami, FL2009 LA Art Fair, Represented by Caldwell Snyder, Los Angeles, CA2008 Galerie Geraldine Zberro, Paris, FRANCE2007 Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY2007 Susan Maach Fine Art, Portland, ME2006 Judi Rotenberg, Made in America, Boston, MA2006 Woman Made Gallery, ‘Her Mark,’ Chicago, IL2006 Nave Gallery, ‘Serious Fun/Whimsical Art’ Somerville, MA2005 Clark Gallery, ‘Director’s Choice,’ Lincoln, MA2005 Cushing Martin Gallery, ‘Communicating Through Collage’ Easton, MA2003 New Art Center, ‘Icons & Alters,’ Newton, MA2002 Somerville Art Museum, ‘Persona,’ Somerville, MA2002 Holzwasser Gallery, ‘Figures,’ Newton, MA PUBLICATIONS, AWARDS, HONORS2019 Selected to create 5-piece Commission for Prince Albert, Monaco2017 The Boston Globe, The Enthusiast2016 This Year’s Model, NYU Press2013 Artscope, Society Women: Jane Maxwell Undresses Pop Culture2010 30th anniversary edition of “Who’s Who in American Art”2010 30th anniversary edition of “Who’s Who in American Art”2008 Mixed Media Collage, Quarry Books2007 Complete Color Harmony Workbook, Rockport Books 2007 Artella Magazine, Issue #10 2007 The Boston Sunday Globe, Paper Dolls That Deliver a Message2006 Attleboro Arts Museum, Small Works National Juried Art Exhibition Juror’s Choice Award2006 Artful Paper Dolls Lark Books 2006 Beyond Paper Dolls Stampington & Co.2006 Newton Magazine, Icons and Altars2006 Newton Magazine, Arts Outlook2006 The Boston Globe, Sidekick Cover and Feature 2006 The Boston Globe, Campus Calendar2006 The Metrowest Daily News, All Doll-ed Up2006 The Wayland/Weston Town Crier, Exploring Body Image With Paper Doll Cut-Outs2006 Middlesex Beat, Fragmented Paper Dolls Reflect Women’s Unease2005 Collage Sourcebook, Quarry Books Published2004 The Boston Sunday Globe, People2003 Collage for the Soul, Rockport Books Published2003 The Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, Working Order2003 The Boston Sunday Globe, Putting it all Together2003 The Newton Tab, Windows into the Souls of Artists2003 Altered Books, Collaborative Journals, and Other Adventures in Bookmaking Rockport Books 2002 Art New England, Persona Somerville Museum Show Review 2000 Newburyport Art Association, Annual Juried Show Mixed Media Prize