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Max Sharam, born in Benalla, Australia , is a musician and artist in New York City .  Her work has aired on film and television, galleries and festivals.  Recently Max was included in the 2008 Berlin Film Festival with her video piece 'Sleeping Beauties',  showing along side Isabella Rossellini's Green Porno at the Forum Expanded. Max's video pieces and songs,  'Flying',  'Actor Girl' and 'Is it Okay if i call you mine?' feature in the innovative installation  '29 Palms, CA' as part of the Stefanie Schneider exhibit shown at Galerie Spesshardt & Klein in Berlin, Germany and in  Arles, France. in summer 2008.
Max performed and produced the music for AFI award winning documentary Forbidden Lie$  which was shown at MOMA (Museum of Modern Art, NY) in February and has written, shot and edited music videos and video stories since getting hold of her first camera in her teens.  Max has hosted and performed on numerous television shows and starred in various stage productions. Her own one-woman performance pieces have been part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Hong Kong Fringe Festival and New York Arts Festival. 

  GROUP GALLERY SHOWS

2009 Titanic Piano, Mopa, San Francisco, USA 

2009 Gay Girls, ACON,  Sydney Mardi Gras, AUS

2007 Forbidden Lie$ , MOMA, New York City, USA

2008 Sleeping Beauties, BERLINALE, Berlin Film Festival

2008 29 Palms, CA, SPESSHARDT & KLEIN GALLERY, Berlin, Germany

2002 Be Careful What You Draw, ABBOTT KINNEY ART Festival, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2002 Be Careful What You Draw, THE ELECTRIC LODGE, Los Angeles, CA, USA 

2002 Allegory For Immature Adults, VENICE ART WALK, Los Angeles, CA, USA     

2002 Miscellaneous Max, HOTEL CAFÉ, Los Angeles, CA, USA

1998 Charcoal, D.U.M.B.O. ART SHOW - Brooklyn, NY, USA 


VIDEO ART

2009 Dorothy Thrisps & Ms. Ypsilon Meek                               Digital Storybooks Multi Media (work in progress)

2009 Count Zilch Von Klutz                                                      Digital Storybooks Multi Media (work in progress)

2009 Hillsy Hoist                                                                      Digital Storybooks Multi Media (work in progress)

2009 White Walkabout                                                              Video/Stock footage (film)

2009 FLUSH!                                                                             Mixed Media (ongoing)

2008 Sleeping Beauties                                                             Video, 7 minutes.

2008 Grandwords                                                                     Mixed Media 4 min

2007 DigiBio                                                                             Video 9 minutes (ongoing)

1995 Sleeping Senses                                                                8mm (film), 10min.

1994 Crashlanding!                                                                   8mm, (film) 4 minutes.

1996 Is it Okay if I call you mine?                                               8mm, (film) 4 minutes.

 
ONE WOMAN PERFORMANCE ART

2009 Songs in the Suitcase                 The Butterfly Club, Melbourne, Australia

2008 Art & Music                                ZMF Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2005 Butterfly Suicide                         Hong Kong Fringe Festival, Hong Kong, China

2000 MadmoselleMax                         Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Australia


RELEASED RECORDINGS                      

A Million Year Girl             (1995)             LP/CD Warner Music International, Top 20 Album (Australia)

Coma                                (1995)             EP/CD Warner Music International, Top Ten Single (Australia)

I’m Occupied                     (1985)             LP/CD - CAM (Italy)


MUSIC FOR FILM

2007 Expired                           Film Feature                                  Songwriter/Artist/Music Producer. 4 Wins

2006 Forbidden Lie$                Documentary Feature                     Music Producer/Artist. 2 Wins AFI

2001 Frozen Angels                 Documentary Feature

1999 The Big Tease                  Feature                      

1998 Change of Heart              TV

1997 Die Heilige Hure              TV
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

THEATRE (principle roles only)

2009 Late Night Lounge with Justin Bond (Sydney Opera House Studio Theatre, AUS)

2006 The Hanging of Jean Lee (Sydney Opera House Studio Theatre, AUS)

2006 Penthesilea (The Dahesh Museum of Art, NEW YORK CITY, USA)

2006 Rooftop Cabaret (NYC)

2002 The Camera  (The Electric Lodge, LOS ANGELES, USA)

1994 Fourplay (Darlinghurst Players, SYDNEY. AUS)

1990 The Magic Flute (Sydney Light Opera Company, AUS)

1985 Forza Venite Gente (Teatro Bagaglino, Rome. ITALY)

1984 Kolbe (Teatro Il Barrocone, Rome. ITALY)

1983 Jesus Christ Superstar (Ballarat Theatre Workshops, AUS)

1982 Tilly Divine (Ballarat Theatre Workshops. AUS)

1982 Zigger Zagger (Ballarat Youth Theatre. AUS)



ACADEMIC

Grad. Animation Direction -  Australian Film & Television School
Dip. Enmore Centre of Design - Digital & Interactive Media
Cert. IV. Screen & Media