Max Nordile (b. 1982, San Diego, CA) is a multidisciplinary artist living in in Olympia, WA. He may well complete a degree at The Evergreen State College studying arts and communication and previously attended Cornish College of The Arts. He has exhibited his visual work at many locations including TCMoFA (Olympia, WA), Store Front Gallery (Oakland,CA), 24/7 Gallery (Seattle, WA), AK Gallery (Seaside, OR), Silent Barn (Brooklyn, NY), and The Space (Long Island City, NY). A selection of works from a decade of sketchbooks was published as 'Funny Pages' by 24/7 Press. 'Droppings: An Art and Humor Magazine' was self published for 40 issues from 2013 to 2023. He has also performed as a member of bands (Trashies, Uzi Rash, Violence Creeps, the Blues, VOL, Preening, Debt Rag, Shelter) and as a solo musical artist, curating concerts and touring consistently since 2004. He has released albums with Gilgongo Records, Post Present Medium, Radical Documents, Ever/Never Records, and Music For People, his own label.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Coagulation Of Heavenly Torsos, No Name Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2025 Gripping Fodder (with Anton Seder), Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts, Olympia, WA
2024 Recombinant Repro, Le Voyeur, Olympia, WA
2024 At Reid's Place (with Marissa Magic), Reid's Place, Olympia, WA
2023 Beneath The Scones, Bat Cave, Seattle, WA
2022 Works, Bar Francis, Olympia, WA
2022 Works On Paper, Planet Earth, Olympia, WA
2020 Goodbye!, Defremery Park, Oakland, CA
2018 Extremely Serious and Very Important, Storefront Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 Flat Wet Pile, Sgraffito, Oakland, CA
2014 Aisle of Nothing, Black Spring, Oakland, CA
2013 Predator Eggs, Econo Jam Records, Oakland, CA
2012 Uzi Rash 5, Valentine Studios, Seattle, WA
2010 Uzi Rash 3, The Silent Barn, Queens, NY
2008 Uzi Rash 1, Rock/Paper/Scissors, Oakland, CA
2004 Still Figures, 24/7 Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 42 Gloves, Seattle Central College Gallery, Seattle, WA
COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
with The Blues:
2016 Freak Out, Session Space, Oakland ,CA
2015 Sings The Blues, E.M. Wolfman, Oakland, CA
with Dani Golomb:
2013 Fang Smith, The Space, Long Island City, NY
with The Group:
2013 Soldier of The Month, 1234 Gallery, Oakland, CA
with APRM:
2007 APRM Again, Louisa Boren Lookout, Seattle, WA
2005 APRM, AK Gallery, Seaside, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Shelter Summer Festival 2, Squaxin Park, Olympia, WA
2023 Shelter Summer Festival 1, Squaxin Park, Olympia, WA
2023 Spring Artswalk, Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts, Olympia, WA
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Metastatic Acrostic, Humor For People
2014 Funny Pages- Sketchbook Selections 2003-2013, 24/7 Press
2013 Electric Bootcamp Turnstile Blues, Unity Press
2012‑2022- Droppings Art And Humor Magazine, forty issues, Humor For People
2011 Tropical Depression, UR Press