Vita
Maximilian Zischka
Maximilian Zischka, born in 1992 in Starnberg, is a contemporary artist currently living and working in Munich.
His primary focus is on drawing and painting, characterized by an emotional use of color, strong contrasts, black outlines, and deep psychological themes and processes. He often describes his works as metaphors for his inner states, revealing his emotional world to the viewer.
His starting point is often crises and strokes of fate, which the artist sometimes processes with a sacred, psychedelic, and surreal quality, inviting the viewer to reflect on their own inner states and find hope.
Crucial to his work since 2024 is a chronic decompensated tinnitus that continues to affect Maximilian Zischka and profoundly influences his perception of the modern world and his emotional landscape.
The artist describes his creative process as a trance-like state that oscillates between losing and regaining control—letting go, but not falling into complete abandonment.
Vita
born 21.04.1992 in Starnberg, Germany
1998-2002 primary school Söcking
2002-2011 Gymnasium Kempfenhausen
2012-2019 Academy of fine arts Nürnberg graduating in art education studies
2019-2021 Teacher training for secondary school teaching at Erasmus-Grasser-Gymnasium München
2021-2024 Head of art department at the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium Nördlingen
2024-2026 part time art teacher at Feodor-Lynen-Gymnasium Planegg and artist
exhibitions
2014: ”Nur zum Spaß” Ausstellung in der Pizzeria Cattolica Nürnberg
2015: “Was wollt ihr eigentlich von Mir?”, Ausstellung der Klasse Platen im Kunstverein Amberg
2016: “Disco”, Eine Ausstellung der Klasse Platin in der Akademie Galerie auf AEG
2019: “THUNDERDOME”, Ausstellung der Klasse Flinzer in der Akademie Galerie auf AEG
