ARTIST STATEMENT
Music is both a subject and a structure within my work. Influenced by my background as a DJ, I approach painting much like a mix: building energy through rhythm, layering, and interruption.
In recent work, I have become increasingly interested in listening itself as an artistic medium. This has led my practice beyond the canvas and into Atune, an ongoing listening project I founded that transforms album listening into a communal ritual. Through gatherings centered on listening to a single record in its entirety, Atune creates space for reflection, conversation, and connection. I see these events as both artwork and social practice: temporary communities built through shared attention, memory, and sound.
I investigate how the self is never fixed but continuously dissolves, reforms, and shifts in relation to others. Across my visual and musical practices, I am driven to create spaces that invite deeper forms of connection.
Inquiries: maxkulchinsky@gmail.com
BIO
Max Kulchinsky is a New York City-based interdisciplinary artist working across sound, visual art, and social practice. His work investigates memory and collective experience through visual and participatory projects.
Alongside his studio practice, Kulchinsky is the founder of Atune, an ongoing project that transforms album listening into a communal ritual. Through gatherings centered on Deep Listening, conversation, and shared attention, Atune explores the ways sound can foster connection and community.
Kulchinsky is a current MFA candidate at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has had solo exhibitions in New York and Tokyo, and shown in group shows across the US and Europe. Kulchinsky also participated in an artist residency in Tokyo.
He began performing professionally as a DJ in 2022, after a decade of working as an A&R and curator in the music industry. He performs regularly as a DJ in New York City, and in London, Mexico City, and Tokyo.
