Background
Gimblett, Maxwell Harold was born on December 5, 1935 in Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Frank Harold and Dorathea Connon Gimblett.
Gimblett, Maxwell Harold was born on December 5, 1935 in Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Frank Harold and Dorathea Connon Gimblett.
Artist Max Gimblett Studio, New York City, since 1972. Trustee Len Lye Foundation, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, since 1990. Visiting artist Elam School Fine Art, Auckland University, Auckland, since 2004, Auckland Boys Grammar School, Auckland, since 2000.
Visiting associate professor of art and design Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1979—1988. Chairman East Coast Artists, New York City, 1996—1998. Jean Paul Getty associate The Getty Center History Art and Humanities, Santa Monica, California, 1991—1992.
Artist in residence Rockefeller Foundation, Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy, 1991. Inaugural artist in residence Queensland University of Technology, Academy Arts-Visual Arts, Brisbane, Australia, 1993. Inaugural honorary visiting professor National Institute Creative Arts and Inds., Auckland University, New Zealand, since 2005.
Married Barbara Diane Kirshenblatt, August 17, 1964.