Max (formerly Sarah) Ferguson has been a practicing artist since 1996 and received his BFA from the University of Regina in 2001. He graduated with an MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies (Visual Art and Women’s and Gender Studies) in 2017 and is currently pursuing his PhD in Art and Women’s and Gender Studies at York University. His artistic explorations involve disability studies, gender, neurodivergent and trans-queer sexualities, activism, the body, surrealism, and psychoanalysis. Max has worked with a variety of media, ranging from computer-based works and readymades, to paintstick, graphite, and digital collage. Currently, his work revolves around hybridized notions of photography, sculpture, sound, installation and performance, involving the psyche, the body, activism, queer theory, and mental health. He is also a published poet and writer, holds a degree in journalism, and has worked as a political, legal, military and arts writer in four different provinces over the past decade.
Recent exhibitions
September 2018
Flourishing: Somehow We Stay Attuned- Tangled Art + Disability (Toronto ON)
April 2017
Monstrosities: MFA Exhibition- Mackenzie Art Gallery (Regina SK)
January 2017
Anxieties- Art Gallery of Regina (Regina SK)
Art form
Interdisciplinary
Multimedia
Photography
Performance art
Digital art
Sketches
Exploring “the monstrous” as giving a shape to madness and trauma
Community
Disability
Queer
Trans masculinities
Mad
Invisible disability
Neurodivergent (Autistic)
Women’s studies
Sexualities
Feminist
Fat positivity
Publications
Monstrosities: Genderfluidity as Art Practice (Master’s thesis)
Website
- www.sarahjayferguson.com
- Instagram: @vivelarevolution1976
Location
Toronto, Ontario