Max Colson is an artist and educator based in London, England. He uses photography, animation and computer graphics to create films and installations that explore architecture and the built environment. His most recent work has found him working closely with online comments on architecture and landscape. He has drawn on these to produce films (such as the award-winning Construction Lines) which combine his interests in documenting the construction of specific architectures and landscapes with the strange, speculative viewpoints of armchair and expert observers.
Colson holds a MA in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism from the London College of Communication and is a an Associate Lecturer on MA Graphic Communication Design at Central Saint Martins.
2018 SPACE Art and Technology Programme Outcome Exhibition, Space, London, England
2018 Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, USA (forthcoming)
2018 Tilburg Architecture Film Festival, Tilburg, Netherlands (forthcoming)
2017 The Green and Pleasant Land, Arebyte, London, England
2015 Virtual Control: Security and the Urban Imagination, Royal Institute of British Architects, London, England
2018 SPACE Art and Technology Programme Outcome Exhibition, Space, London, England
2017 Compilation Angst, KOE-05 Berlin, Germany
2017 A Place for You To Dream, Republic Gallery, London, England
2016 BoTu: Back and Forth, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2015 Data Rush, Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen, Netherlands
2014 Brighton Photo Fringe OPEN14, Victoria Gardens & Regency Townhouse, Brighton, England
2013 My Secret Life, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Film Festivals
2018 Chicago Underground Film Festival, Chicago, USA (forthcoming)
2018 Tilburg Architecture Film Festival, Tilburg, Netherlands (forthcoming)
2017 Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, England
2017 Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2017 Architecture Film Festival London, London, England
2017 Kassel Dokfest, Kassel, Germany
2017 Milano Film Festival, Milan, Italy
2018 SPACE Art and Technology residency, SPACE, London, England
2017 Winner, Tenderflix/Tenderpixel Gallery Artist Video Prize
2017 Winner of the Fiction Short category, Architecture Film Festival, London, England
2017 Arebyte residency programme, Arebyte Gallery, London, England
2017 Longlisted (in the last 17), Jerwood/FVU Awards 2018
2016 Longlisted (in the last 20), Jerwood/FVU Awards 2017
2016 ‘Rookies MA’ residency programme, Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam
2015 Selected, Jerwood/Photoworks Portfolio Walk 2015
2015 Selected, Artquest Peer Forum Award Recipient
2015 Selected, Noorderlicht Photofestival 2015 Open Call
2014 Winner, Leverhulme Trust Artist in Residence Fellowship (£15,000 award)
2014 Selected, Brighton Photo Fringe OPEN14
2013 Selected, C/O Berlin’s My Secret Life international open competition
2013 Selected, Magenta Flash Forward Emerging Photographers competition
