BORN New York City, 1959 EDUCATION 1979 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam 1980 New York University, B.S. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2012 Hebrew Union College Museum, New York, NY Dallas Group Show, TX Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 2011 Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Dallas Art Fair, TX Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AK E.G. Conference (presenter), Monterey, CA Reflex Museum of Miniature Art, Netherlands From the Hand: Drawings from the Collection, Hofstra University Museum, Uniondale, NY 2010 Solo Exhibition, Paintings of Urban Intimacy, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Contemporary Realism, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK Dallas Art Fair, TX Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 2009 Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY ArtHamptons, Bridgehampton, NY LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 2008 Art of the 20th Century, New York, NY Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 2006 40 Years, A Dealer's Collection, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY The Eye of the Collector, Hebrew Union College, New York, NY From New York to Jerusalem, Yeshiva University Galleries, New York, NY 2005 Solo Exhibition, Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY Impressions of New York, New York Historical Society, New York, NY Beauty and the Book, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel 2004 Sports in Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel The Art of Aging, Hebrew Union College, New York, NY Solo Exhibition, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY 2003 Solo Exhibition, ACA Galleries, New York, NY 2002 Summer in the City, ACA Galleries, New York, NY Solo Exhibition, Madison Art Partners, New York, NY 2000 Cow Parade, New York, NY Art for Embassies Program, U.S. State Department 1999 First Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins- Johnson Gallery, San Francisco,CA 1998 Realism, Amarillo Museum of Fine Arts, Amarillo, TX (curated by Jay Fletcher) TDI Bus Poster, International public service bus campaign 1997 Ogunquit Museum of American Art, 20th Century Realism, ME Van Der Griff Gallery, Contemporary Realism, Santa Fe, NM 1996 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Art Miami, Miami, FL 1995 Picturing New York, The Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY Virtual Reality, The Armory, New York, NY 1994 New York Realism, Touring exhibition, Japan (curated by Douglas Dreishpoon) 1993 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 1992 Urban Realities, Fairfield University, CT (curated by Amy Simon) 1991 Monochrome/Polychrome, Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL Artists Love New York, City Arts, New York, NY Art Cologne, Galerie Ulrich Gering, Cologne, Germany Basel Art Fair, Galerie Inge Baecker 1990 Coney Island, Solo Exhibition, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 1989 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY Self Portraits, John Szoke Graphics, New York, NY 1987 Urban Visions: The Contemporary Artist and New York, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY Nocturnes and Nightmares, Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL Prints in Motion, Associated American Artists, NY Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Dessing, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH Mural Project, Canal Street Post Office 1986 Solo Exhibition, Littlejohn-Smith Gallery, NY Musee D'Arte Contemporain de Dunkurque, Dunkurque, France Nocturnal Imagery, OK Harris Works of Art Pratt/Silvermine International Print Competition, New Canaan, CT 1985 Starved for Art, School of Visual Arts Museum, New York, NY 1984 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 1983 Audubon Artists' Annual Stefan Hirsch Award 1981 Gallery Mokurn, Amsterdam 1980 Small Works Exhibition, New York University Washington Square East Galleries 1979 Koopt Kunst, Museum Fodor, Amsterdam   SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2011 "Face to Face With Masterpieces of American Art at Crystal Bridges," Kay Mathews, Digital Journal, November 12 Doll, Megan. 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Albert Richard Brown Baker Collection, Yale University Art and Freedom VI, Arte Libro Gallery, Spain Reflex Museum of Miniature Art, Catalogue, Netherlands 2010 NY Daily News, "Pictures of the City," November 8, Patrick Huguenin Obvious (Brazil), "Paintings, lonelly urban souls and time: the Max Ferguson reality," August 1, Priscilla Santos Huffington Post, Review by Jesse Kornbluth Yeshiva University Museum: The First 35 Years, Sylvia Hershkowitz 2009 Logos (Italy), June 2008 Focus Magazine (Italy), "Belle Queste Foto?", May Super Interessante (Brazil), December Intorno Alla Pittura, Dario Lodi, Piccola Biblioteca, Italy 106 pp Seven Bridges Collection: The First 15 Years, 1993-2008 2007 Art & Antiques -Collector's Sourcebook, "Quiet Moments", December, Joseph Jacobs 2006 40 Years, A Dealer's Collection, Gallery Henoch, New York 32 pp Going, Going, Gone: Paintings of a Vanishing New York, Bridgeman Art Gallery, New York 48 pp The Eye of the Collector: The Jewish Vision of Sigmond R. Balka, Laura Kruger, Hebrew Union College, New York 220 pp 2005 Impressions of New York, Marilyn Symmes, New-York Historical Society, New York 304 pp Beauty and the Book, Hagit Alon, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 24 pp 2004 IN New York Magazine, "Art & Collectibles," July 2003 The Art of Aging, Laura Kruger, Hebrew Union College, New York 102 pp The Forward, April 11 2002 The Robb Report, "The Soul of a City," December 2001 Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature, edited by Jane Lahr Stewart,Tabori & Chang New York 240 pp. 2000 Painting the Town, Paintings from the Museum of the City of New York, Yale University Press 374 pp. 1999 The New York Times, May 18, Michael T. Kaufman 1998 Artnews April, Milton Esterow Artspeak January, Ed McCormack The New York Post, January 28, Cindy Adams Where Magazine, January, Paulette Weiss Advertising Age, January 16, David Hathcox The Villager January 21, Jerry Tallmer The Irish Times January 7, Christine Newman The Dublin Examiner January 8, Sean McCarthaigh The Evening Herald (London) January 6, Samantha McCaughren 1997 The Forward, May 16, painting featured in 100th Anniversary issue 1996 Max Ferguson, Gallery Henoch, New York, Exhibition Catalogue, 24 pp The Daily News, September 2, Salvatore Arena New York Magazine September 9, John Connolly Art Business News, July, Emmett Murphy Where Magazine, May, Paulette Weiss The New York Post, May 8, Philip Messing The New York Times, Chronicle, May 8, Nadine Brozan The Daily News, May 3, George Rush, Joanna Molloy 1994 Hadassah Magazine, March, Joan Schwartz-Michel New York Realism- Past and Present catalogue Douglas Dreishppon, 166 pp. 1993 Yiddish Forverts, May 28, Miriam Schmulevitz-Hoffman The Forward, May 7, Douglas Century Where Magazine, May, Paulette Weiss The New York Post, April 30, Jerry Tallmer 1992 The New York Times (Westchester Edition), March 15, Vivien Raynor 1991 Art & Antiques May, Patrick Pacheco The New York Times (Westchester Edition), August 4, William Zimmer 1990 The New York Post, June 15, Jerry Tallmer Where Magazine, June, Paulette Weiss The New York Times, May 27, Lonnie Schlein 1987 The New York Times, December 9, Richard Levine The New York Times (Connecticut Edition), October 25, Phyllis Braff The New York Times, August 14, Vivien Raynor New York Newsday, May 11, Scott Ladd X Man Magazine (Japan), March, Hajima Koyama 1986 New York Newsday, September 3, Stuart Troup The New Yorker, September 29 Arts Magazine, November, John Loughery The New York Times (Connecticut Edition), February 16, William Zimmer "Max Ferguson," ACA Galleries, New York, Exhibition Catalogue, 32 pp. Great Jewish Quotations edited by Alfred J. Kolatch, Jonathan David, Inc. New York 1978 Koopt Kunst, Gemeentekunstaankopen, Amsterdam, Exhibition Catalogue, 264 pp   SELECTED COLLECTIONS Metropolitan Museum of Art The British Museum Museum of the City of New York Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Reflex Museum of Contemporary Art, Netherlands The Albertina, Vienna, Austria Spencer Museum, University of Kansas The New York Historical Society Racine Museum of Art, Wisconsin Toledo Museum of Art Yeshiva University Museum The Estate of H.W. Janson Richard Brown Baker City of Amsterdam Martin Margulies Edward Asner Michigan Bell Telephone Mr. and Mrs. Eric Javits Seven Bridges Foundation Richard Massey Margo Feiden Herb Kessler Cindy Stein Richard McKenzie The New York Public Library Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett Hebrew Union College Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna Forbes Magazine Collection MTA, New York The Brooklyn Historical Society U.S. State Department Lawrence Van Gelder King's College, New York Douglas Martin John Drury Lauren Howard Mr. and Mrs. Bill Apfelbaum Robert Shaye The Dubi Shiff Art Collection