ABOUT MAXMILLIAN PERALTA

Maxmillian Peralta is a painter from Cleveland, Ohio. His interest in fashion and dress was developed when he inherited all of his late grandfather’s tailor-made suits as a young man. Since then, Maxmillian’s work has drawn inspiration from the exclusionary history of portraiture to examine the relationship between class and clothing. He received his BFA in Painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2021. His work has been exhibited at Pratt Institute in New York (NY), The Rhodes Tower in Columbus (OH), and a two person show “Ligne de Vetements” in the Ann and Norman Roulet Student + Alumni Gallery in Cleveland (OH). His highest honors include an American Visions’ Medal in 2017 and a painting of his accompanying the national “Art.Write.Now” Tour from 2017-2019. Most recently he was awarded the Ted Frost ‘88 Scholarship for Travel in 2020.

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EDUCATION
Cleveland Institute of Art / BFA in Painting
AUGUST 2017 - MAY 2021, CLEVELAND

AWARDS
2020
Ted Frost ‘88 Scholarship for Travel
2019
Frances Wise Lang and H. Jack Lang Scholarship for Painting
2018
Daniel H. Straffon Scholarship
2017
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards American Visions Award
Top 300 Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Gold Key
Sue Wall Painting Award
1st Place Rotary Club Contest

EXHIBITIONS
2021
SIE 75
REINBERGER GALLERY, CLEVELAND
2020
Waterloo Arts Fest 2020
WATERLOO ARTS GALLERY, CLEVELAND
Handled With Care
VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
Media Offline
H SPACE GALLERY, CLEVELAND
Ligne de Vêtements
ANN AND NORMAN ROULET STUDENT + ALUMNI GALLERY, CLEVELAND
Student Independent Exhibition 74
REINBERGER GALLERY, CLEVELAND
2019
Exhibitionist
ANN AND NORMAN ROULET STUDENT + ALUMNI GALLERY, CLEVELAND
Infecting the Human Experience
ANN AND NORMAN ROULET STUDENT + ALUMNI GALLERY, CLEVELAND
Cleveland Museum of Art Staff Show
TRANSFORMER STATION, CLEVELAND
Visual Arts Presents: Spring Show the Musical
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART, CLEVELAND
Student Independent Exhibition 73
REINBERGER GALLERY, CLEVELAND
2018
Foundation Show
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART, CLEVELAND
2017
Art.Write.Now Tour
NATIONAL TOUR 2017-2019, USA
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
PRATT INSTITUTE, NEW YORK
Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition
RHODES TOWER, COLUMBUS
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART, CLEVELAND

PUBLICATIONS
2021
Amanda Koehn, “Who’s Next?” Canvas Magazine, November 2021.
Aaron Leighton, “The Art of the Flex: A Study on Maxmillian Peralta.” Tykoon Magazine, 3 March 2021.
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