About
Born in Gozo, Malta, 1986.
Lives and works in Leipzig, Germany and Malta.
CV - Maxine Attard (in english)
Maxine Attard is known for her wall sculptures made of found materials, works on fabric, paintings and drawings. She studied fine arts at a masters level at the University of Brighton in England (2010-2011) and art history at the University of Malta (2005-2008). She worked in Malta until 2019, when she moved to Leipzig, Germany where she is still largely based.
Amongst her most recent projects is the solo show, Before the work, there’s “I” at Valletta Contemporary (December 2023 - February 2024) and the residency at Thread in Senegal with the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation in September 2025. Other shows include the group show Afterminimalism at Valletta Contemporary in 2019 and the solo show In Between Obliterations with the Gabriel Caruana Foundation in Malta in 2017.
Attard uses various materials, including aluminium window blinds, building debris, and a jacket found on a beach in Malta, possibly belonging to an immigrant arriving by boat. She cuts these materials and found objects in equally sized pieces and pours building debris in a grid arrangement on a flat surface, making wall sculptures or objects that are abstract and untitled. Abstract and untitled works are also what she makes when sewing into paper and fabric and when painting on wood. Through the repetition of mark-making, the order of geometry, and the typically minimal palette of colours and compositions, Attard tackles the void, the 'nothing', and the constant search for meaning, putting both the outer and inner chaos of life into a kind of order. She has recently done this also with writing, a relatively new medium which she has used for the first time in her solo show Before the work, there’s “I” in 2023.
Lives and works in Leipzig, Germany and Malta.
CV - Maxine Attard (in english)
Maxine Attard is known for her wall sculptures made of found materials, works on fabric, paintings and drawings. She studied fine arts at a masters level at the University of Brighton in England (2010-2011) and art history at the University of Malta (2005-2008). She worked in Malta until 2019, when she moved to Leipzig, Germany where she is still largely based.
Amongst her most recent projects is the solo show, Before the work, there’s “I” at Valletta Contemporary (December 2023 - February 2024) and the residency at Thread in Senegal with the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation in September 2025. Other shows include the group show Afterminimalism at Valletta Contemporary in 2019 and the solo show In Between Obliterations with the Gabriel Caruana Foundation in Malta in 2017.
Attard uses various materials, including aluminium window blinds, building debris, and a jacket found on a beach in Malta, possibly belonging to an immigrant arriving by boat. She cuts these materials and found objects in equally sized pieces and pours building debris in a grid arrangement on a flat surface, making wall sculptures or objects that are abstract and untitled. Abstract and untitled works are also what she makes when sewing into paper and fabric and when painting on wood. Through the repetition of mark-making, the order of geometry, and the typically minimal palette of colours and compositions, Attard tackles the void, the 'nothing', and the constant search for meaning, putting both the outer and inner chaos of life into a kind of order. She has recently done this also with writing, a relatively new medium which she has used for the first time in her solo show Before the work, there’s “I” in 2023.
