Max Iver was born and raised somewhere on the outskirts of St Louis Missouri in the late 70’s.Always having an interest in the obscure he took to creating his own art early on which quickly became a lifelong love and obsession of his. Through out the years he started becoming interested in merging old photographs,paintings and art with his own illustration and photography,creating a unique hybrid of surrealism and visual landscape.The whole concept behind his work is the ultimate breakdown or dismantling of forgotten objects or images and breathing new life into them with his own illustrative techniques and strong symbolic imagery.He has continues to push the boundaries with his art,doing shows locally and out of town,and continuing to watch the world around him unfold as inspiring elements used in his work.

Most of his work touches on familiar and not so familiar subjects.Old folkloric ideas and stories,the inner struggles humans go through,media manipulation,consuming technologies and the basic perception of what we believe spirituality is as individuals .Although his work is sometimes mind stirring many of the stories and concepts are ones that resonate right in the home of most every person.You are just left to dig  a little deeper to see find stories in his work.

“Everything in existence has a life cycle.Once it reaches its end it either returns to the earth or is recycled into another object or tool.I have always been fascinated by taking once forgotten objects or images and merging them with a new creative vision.Ultimately breathing a new life force into something that would have otherwise been left to disappear.Symbolism and iconic imagery has also been a strong inspiration to me as an artist.Many of the messages and stories told in the past are still very relevant to our own time and are something that I feel compelled to add to my own works. Utilizing stories and guild lines of the past to narrate in a more contemporary realm. “

-Max Iver