ROGELIO MAXWELL.

.3135 38th Street Northwest, Washington D.C. 20016.
(202) 237-1441


Rogelio Maxwell is a multimedia artist, fusing painting, drawing, and music with performance, film and video to create a "living tableau." Born in Panama and raised in Brooklyn, Maxwel has worked as an artist and musician in Washington D.C. for almost 30 years.
... Maxwell studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and at Georgetown University, American University, and Washington International College. He was the Director and curator of Hardart Gallery from 1976 to 1985 ("the District's foremost underground artists' group" -Washington TImes) and he has curated exhibits at Fondo Del Sol Gallery and The Collector Gallery.
...As a musician, Maxwell has performed at such locales as the Smithsonian Institute, the Washington Project for the Arts, D.C. Space, the 9:30 Club, the Museum of Temporary Art, the Olshonsky Gallery, and the Roxy in Washington DC, as well as in Atlanta, Philadelphia and Boston. He taught photography at Centro Graphico and worked as an audo-visual technician for Osiris Productions and Projection, Inc, and taught basic televison production at DCTV, Cable 5 & 6.

 
HIGHLIGHTS...
• Hirshhorn Museum: photo exhibit, "Photo Excursions," and performance video presentation, "Let Me Ask You Something."(1988)

• Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Washington Show: produced performance piece in homage to various artists, entitled "The Film." (1985)
• Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, Performed cello composition and film soundtrack live in accompaniment to modern dance company on tour at the following locations: Dancers' Collective Theater in Atlanta, GA; Temple University in Philadelphia, PA; and Joy of Motion Dance Umbrella in Boston, MA. (1983)
• Painting and Sculpture Studio: film and video retrospective. (1999)
• Washington Project for the Arts: live and taped cello performance with a human tableau of performance art, directed by the artist entitled, "A New Electronic."(1990)
• Painting and Sculpture Studio: Sculpture exhibit (2002)
• National Building Museum and Washington Project for the Arts: cello performance in conjunction with Paul Panhuysen and Johan Goedhart's "Long String Installation." (1990)
• DCTV Public Access Television, Production and broadcast (on DCTV) of four experimental videos, entitled, May, 1993"The Room," "Sofa Size: Introduction," "Coupon Serenade," and "Sofa Size 1." "Sofa Size: Introduction" won Honorable Mention at the 1992 Rosebud Film and Video Festival (1992)

 

 


Grants and Awards and Honors
1995 Rosebud Film Festival, Judge
1994 D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Technical Assistance Project grant, for Experiments in Performance Group with Kitty Clark and Michael Gessner.
1993 D.C. Mayor's Art Award Nominee for Excellence in Artistic Discipline.
1989 D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Grant-in-Aid recipient.
1992 Rosebud Film Festival, D.C., "Honorable Mention" for "Sofasize."

Education

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 1969-1970.
Washington International College, Washington, DC, 1976-1977.
American University, Washington, DC, "Artist and the Art Business." 1978-1979.
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1979-1980



Exhibitions and Performances

March 2003
 Painting and Sculpture Studio, photography exhibit.
February 2003
 District West Fine Art, sculptural exhibit.
December 2002
 District West Fine Art, sculptural exhibit.
October 2002
Painting and Sculpture Studio, sculptural exhibit.
March 2000
Painting and Sculpture Studio, photographic exhibition in group show.
October 1999
Painting and Sculpture Studio, film and video retrospective.
December, 1998
Museum of Contemporary Art, photographic exhibition in group show.
June, 1998
Ruthless Grip, "Mixed Mediations,", and "Homage," performance art.
April, 1998
Painting and Sculpture Studio, photographic exhibition.
April, 1998
Ruthless Grip, "Cooks Smell Time," and "Discourse," video installations.
August, 1997
 Painting and Sculpture Studio, collaborative exhibition of paintings.
January, 1996
D.C. Art Center, two performance art collaborations with original musical compostions.
January, 1996
D.C. Art Center, "Shelf Life," a collaborative, four-person exhibition of sculpture and paintings.
July, 1995
D. C. Art Center, untitled exhibition of abstract paintings.
July, 1994
D.C. Art Center. "Four Corners," performance art collaboration with Kitty Clark, Michael Gessner, Joe Murphy and others.
July, 1994
 D.C. Art Center. "Portraits," performance art.
July-Nov 1993
Fondo del Sol Gallery: "Percolation," four separate performance art collaborations with Kitty Clark and others, with original musical compositions.
August, 1993
 Fondo del Sol Gallery: "Detours," performance art collaboration with Michael Gessner and others, with original musical composition.
June-August 1993
Fondo del Sol Gallery: "The Hand Reaches," a collaborative, three- person exhibition of paintings (and sculpture).
June, 1993
Fondo del Sol Gallery: "The Hand Reaches," performance art collaboration with Kitty Clark, Michael Gessner and others, with original musical composition.
October 1992
 DCTV Public Access Television, Production and broadcast (on DCTV) of four experimental videos, entitled, May, 1993"The Room," "Sofa Size: Introduction," "Coupon Serenade," and "Sofa Size 1." "Sofa Size: Introduction" won Honorable Mention at the 1992 Rosebud Film and Video Festival
September 1992
Rubber Queen: An AIDS Documentary: recorded original music performed on synthesizer for soundtrack of documentary produced by Christopher Belcher.
Private Showing: solo retrospective exhibit of paintings and drawings.
May 1991
 D.C. Art Center: performance art in collaboration with an art exchange with artists from Auckland, New Zealand.
October 1990
Fifth Column: cello performance with performance art by Franklin Wassmer for "Sound of the Sprocket" production.
September 1990
 Washington Project for the Arts: live and taped cello performance with a human tableau of performance art, directed by the artist entitled, "A New Electronic."
August 1990
National Building Museum and Washington Project for the Arts: cello performance in conjunction with Paul Panhuysen and Johan Goedhart's "Long String Installation."
June 1990
D.C. Art Center: performance art piece entitled, "The Kiss."
May 1990
D.C Art Center: performance art piece at "Nightshift," a show of D.C.'s underground performers.
April 1990
George Washington University, Marvin Center Theater: cello accompaniment to dance performance put on by Dept. of Theater and Dance.
March 1990
Washington Project for the Arts: cello performance with Negentrope band of works by Thomas Albert.
Nov/Dec 1989
 The Edges of Eros: Erotic Art by Washington Artists: paintings exhibited.
June 1989
 D.C. Art Center: cello performance with violinist Ramell Moore, bassist Eric Liefert and cellist Nicola Bastian.
April-May 1989
 City Gallery: paintings exhibited in group show.
July 1988
 Gallery 10: exhibit entitled "Secrets."
May 1988
Hirshhorn Museum: photo exhibit, "Photo Excursions," and performance video presentation, "Let Me Ask You Something."
April 1988

D.C. Space: cello performance in cello/synthesizer duet.
D.C. Space: performance/tableau on every day functions.

March 1988
 D.C. Space: performance/tableau installation.
D.C. Space: performance installation with Claudia dePaul entitled "Spring Fling."
Feburary 1988
 D.C. Space: cello performance in cello/synthesizer duet.
January 1988
Botswana Room, Washington Project for the Arts: slide presentation.
December 1987
 Botswana Room, Washington Project for the Arts: cello performance in cello/synthesizer duet.
November 1987
Gallery 10: Solo cello performance.
October 1987
The Olshonsky Gallery, cello performance in cello/synthesizer duet.
September 1987
 D.C. Space: cello performance in the Al Toughen Quartet.
August 1987
 Fondo del Sol Gallery, painting exhibit.
July 1987
The Botswana Room, Washington Project for the Arts: slide presentation.
June 1987
The 9:30 Club: cello performance in cello/violin duet.
May 1987
 Fondo del Sol: solo cello performance.
April 1987
 D.C. Space: film presentation.
March 1987
 Botwana Room, Washington Project for the Arts: solo cello performance.
February 1987
Osiris Productions: taped and live cello performance.
Nov/Dec 1989
 The Edges of Eros: Erotic Art by Washington Artists: paintings exhibited.
1986
Cello performances in the bands, No Trend, Beefeater, and Peach of Immortality.
Washinton Gallery of Art: cello performance at "Evening of Avant-Garde Music."
Jan/Feb 1986
 The Roxy, "Rememberance of Things Future: a Multimedia Event": cello accompaniment to "TV Nile," a performance art piece by Jonas dos Santos.
Foundry Gallery: cello performance.
December 1985
 Gallery 10: exhibit entitled "Secrets."
May 1985
Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Washington Show: produced performance piece in homage to various artists, entitled "The Film."
March 1985

Hardart Gallery: solo cello performance and photography exhibit in "dreams..and..fantasies."
February 1985
Hardart Gallery: performance installation included in scultpure show "Something Tonight."
January 1985
 Washington Project for the Arts: produced multimedia event, "What I Feel."
1985
 Various cello performances with Peach of Immortality.
Perry's: cello accompaniment to a dance duet.
The Pavilion at the Old Post Office: various solo flute performances.
May 1984
Fondo del Sol Gallery: produced a multimedia performance entitled, "Voyage de Voyeur."
Smithsonian Institution, "Smithsonian Salutes Washington Dance": live cello and flute accompaniment to Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company.
April 1984
YMCA, Dance Fest 84: solo flute accompaniment to Maida Withers and the Dance Constrution Company.
Source Theater Benefit Show: exhibited pencil drawings.
March 1983
Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, Performed cello composition and film soundtrack live in accompaniment to modern dance company on tour at the following locations: Dancers' Collective Theater in Atlanta, GA; Temple University in Philadelphia, PA; and J oy of Motion Dance Umbrella in Boston, MA.
June 1983
 Western Plaza: solo cello performance in collaboration with Maida Withers, Choreographer and John Bailey, visual artist.
January 1983 Washington Project for the Arts: cello performance in collaboration with Baltimore performance artists and Washington musicans in Bob Boilen's "Music for Unitards."
1982
Fondo del Sol Gallery: exhibited paintings in group show of Caribbean artists.
George Washington University, Dance Dept: electric cello performance.
Washington Project for the Arts, New Music in the Afternoon: cello performance in collaboration with Bob Boilen and Daniel Frankel in "Fall on 7th and D," an audio-visual presentation with live portraits.
Columbia Station, A Night of New Music," solo performance.
1981
Hardart Gallery: cello and flute performance with Momentary Forum, an improvisational modern dance group.
1980
 Museum of Temporary Art: flute performance with the Vacuum Cleaner Quartet in "Noisonimous" by Nels Magelssen.
1979
 Museum of Temporary Art: photographic exhibit.
Hardart Gallery: photographic exhibit.
P Street Paperworks, Local 1734: xerographic print exhibit..
Hardart Gallery: exhibit of xerographic prints and drawings.
1978
 Bologna Festival, Bologna, Italy: photography.
1974
 Roosevelt Island, Washington, DC: flute accompaniment to Washington Ballet and George Washington University Dance Department.

 

Professional: Arts and Arts Administration

• Director/Curator, Hardart Gallery, Washington, DC, 1976-1985.
Scheduled and supervised exhibits of paintings, sculptures, and performance art, including music, poetry, dance and theater.

• Program Developer, Collective Supply, Washington, DC 1978-1979.
Coordinated plans for a downtown arts center for visual and performing artists. Worked with private landlords to make studio space available to artists.

• Curatorial Trainee, Fondo del sol, Washington, D.C. 1977-1978.
"Roots and Visions," Fondo del Sol / National Collection of Fine Arts.

•Gallery Assistant/Video Technician, Fondo Del Sol, Washington, DC 1974-1975.

Professional: Audio-Visual

• Instructor,Public Access Corporation of D.C, 1989-2002.
Taught courses in Basic Television Production and in Video Editing where students with little or no experience in videography complete their own program to be broadcast on DCTV ­ Comcast channels 5 & 6 and Starpower channels 10 & 11. Produced monthly program entitled "First Class Productions."
Video Technician and Camera Operator, Osiris Productions, Washington, D.C., 1979- present. Provided musical accompaniment, sound and props technical assistance, on a contract basis.

• Audio Visual Technician, Projection, Inc, Washington, DC, 1981.

• Photography Instuctor, Centro Graphico, Washington, D.C. 1979-1980.
Taught class on Principles of Photography.