Peace Now
(2025_0206) Peace Now NL was initiated by Marije Lieuwens. With her initiative she gave voice to many people for a strong call for world peace without choosing a specific color or party. enlarge image
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De liefde van Rob
(2025_0302) De liefde van nu (contemporary love), weekly illustration for Corine Koole in Volkskrantmagazine 2025_0302
On a ski holiday the love of robs life lets him know she doesn’t want to stay with him anymore. Her decision comes without explanation.
Soundtrack animation De_Steil Set up.
De__Steil
(2025_0304) Visit from Rome. Today’s improve session, Ate on video mix and Max on audio mix…
De__Steil is a collaboration of Ate von Hes (video loops) and Max Kisman (audio tracks).
Het beeld als vuist
(2025_0308) On July 6, 2024, graphic designer, teacher, activist and inspirator Rob Schröder passed away. To commemorate him, an Amsterdam poster printer asked me to make an image to post on various spots in Amsterdam. enlarge image 1/enlarge image 2
TYP Typografisch Papier
(2025_0310) Typ/Typographic Paper was initiated by Kisman in 1986 as a manifest against the state of design, typography and taste of the Dutch aesthetic elite. With editors Jan Dietvorst, Max Kisman, Kees Maas, Peter Mertens, TYP published alternative views on design, typography, art, visuals and literature from 1986-1990. enlarge image 1 / TYP web archive / Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
de liefde van Sofie
the love of now, corine koole in volkskrant magazine 2025_0315
i was nervous, the moment of kissing so close, i could feel it. tim showed sofie brooklyn on the bike, they ate ice cream in his favorite ice cream parlor and went shopping on a skateboard. enlarge image 1
De__Steil
(2025_0206) Twintig on YouTube. Na-effect beeld geluid exercitie. Rhythmic visual
De__Steil is a collaboration of Ate von Hes (video loops) and Max Kisman (audio tracks).
De liefde van Maaike
(2025_0206) De liefde van nu (contemporary love), corine koole in volkskrantmagazine 2025_0201
marianne had an affair with a colleague, when she told her husband about it years later, he was shocked. they had been in therapy and all that time she had said nothing.
Wereldmuseum
(2025_03011) The group exhibition Imprints with Eilia Nurvista, Sabine Groenewegen and Max Kisman, that included my installation ‘The lie will be revenged’ was on show from 8/2/2024 until Sunday 2/3/2025 in the Wereldmuseum Amsterdam.
Herdenk de Februaristaking 1941
(2025_0206) Every year, the committee Herdenk de Februaristaking 1941 (Remember the February Strike 1941) organizes together with the municipality of Amsterdam on February 25 the commemoration of the strike that was held on February 25 and 26, 1941, at the Dokwerker. enlarge image
Podium Biarritz
(2025_0206) Following the design of Studio Biarritz (below), I designed the logo and website for Podium Biarritz. Podium Biarritz is the stage for impressive and relevant stories, films, installations, immersive experiences and cross-disciplinary projects.
Studio Biarritz is an established production house that specializes in audiovisual projects that cross borders. website
Moving Gallery
(2025_0506) Since 2019, Kismanstudio has been designing the posters for the Moving Gallery in Utrecht: Editions, december 2024. enlarge image
Moving Gallery
(2025_0506) Since 2019, Kismanstudio has been designing the posters for the Moving Gallery in Utrecht: Alexandra Duprez / Jean Pierre Le Bars, januari/februari 2025. enlarge image
Gelijkheid/Respect
(2025_0206) Poster design Equality/Respect for the design collective Nieuwe Bossche School tand a poster exhibition on the theme of the 175 anniversary of the Dutch Constitution. enlarge image
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
(2025_0206) Cover illustration for the Dutch Journal of Medicine (NTVG) for an article about the road to professorship for Dutch physicians. It is a national perspective on gender differences in medical science.
ByKisman zeefdruk
(2025_0206) De liefde van Maartje. Zeefdruk op 40 x 50 cm. Te koop via ByKisman.com
Het gevoel van Utrecht
(2025_0206) the feeling of utrecht – as one of 33 utrecht artists i designed a tile for the dom tower to celebrate the completion of the restoration of the dom tower.
the tiles were produced by utrecht ceramics expert solke pasveer and were unveiled on november 8 by alderman dennis de vries in the dom church. from 10/11 to 22/12 they were on display and could be ordered (€89) at kunstliefde in the nobelstraat.
Philip Kroonenberg
(2025_0207) Cover design for the album Philip Kroonenberg Where ever you are.
Six years after a previous cancer diagnosis, fate struck again at the end of 2022 for Philip Kroonenberg’s great love Jellie. Kroonenberg’s new album Wherever You Are is dedicated to this turbulent period of hospital visits, living between hope and fear and the final farewell.
Coastline
(2025_0207) Extra Extra is a biannual magazine on the sensuality of the city, including a 16-page supplement for which I provided the contribution Kustlijn in the upcoming spring issue. enlarge image
Moving Gallery
(2025_0507) Since 2019, Kismanstudio has been designing the posters for the Moving Gallery in Utrecht: Double exposure, oktober/november 2024. enlarge image
De__Steil
(2025_0217) Set up on YouTube
De__Steil is a collaboration of Ate von Hes (video loops) and Max Kisman (audio tracks).
De__Steil
(2025_0221) Can’t get me on YouTube.
De__Steil is a collaboration of Ate von Hes (video loops) and Max Kisman (audio tracks).
De__Steil
(2025_0221) Improvocatie on YouTube.
De__Steil is a collaboration of Ate von Hes (video loops) and Max Kisman (audio tracks).
De leugen zal worden gewroken
(2025_0206) Animation and lyrics as a part of my exhibition and installation ’The lie shall be revenged’ in Amsterdam Wereldmuseum februari 2024-februari 2025.
Hal West
(2025_0222) Identity design for Hal West a new stage that will open in March 2025 in De Hallen in Amsterdam West.
Das Tragische Schicksal des Heldentums
(2025_0222) Das Tragische Schicksal de Heldentums was the title of Kisman’s solo exhibition at the Moving Gallery in Utrecht in 2020. The exhibition featured the eponymous mechanical shadow performance. The references to the Javanese Wajang Kulit puppets in his graphic work literally come to the fore here.
Kuspinah, ik heb alleen jouw naam
(2025_0222) Kuspinah, I only have your name, was the title of the solo exhibition in Utrecht Lokaal in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht from 2/3 – 12/5/2024. At the exhibition a mechanical version of the shadow performance ‘Bijna’ could be seen and heard. enlarge poster image
Interview U in de wijk (2023)
(2025_0222) Max Kisman lives and works in the Kersenboomgaard in Utrecht. He is a freelance graphic designer and artist. Yvonne Keijser visited him and spoke with him for a long theme broadcast. U in de wijk, April 28, 2023
Interview Design Indaba (2014)
(2025_0222) This interview by Design Indaba dates from 2014, taken in Sao Paulo at the AIGA Open.
Interview RTV Utrecht (2020)
(2025_0222) In 2020 I made murals for the exhibition Das Tragische Schicksal des Heldentums in the Moving Gallery Utrecht.
RTV Utrecht made recordings during the work: It is quite a work – a mural of 26 meters long. Artist Max Kisman is working on it and his artwork is already starting to take shape.
LTV docu Vinyl 1982
(2025_0222) Documentary about Vinyl music magazine from 1982. Interviews with the editorial staff, filmed in the early offices located in prison cells of the former Amsterdam court house. Vinyl emerged from the Ultra music and art movement around 1980 in Amsterdam and published a monthly magazine throughout the eighties.
MaxK on Soundcloud
De__Steil on Soundcloud.com
De Steil is collaboration of Ate von Hes (video loops) and Max Kisman (audio tracks).
De__Steil
(2025_0222) De__Steil Ecclect
De__Steil is a collaboration of Ate von Hes (video loops) and Max Kisman (audio tracks).
Interview Route C (2024)
(2025_0311) Artist Max Kisman is known for his newspaper illustrations, among other things. In an exhibition at the Centraal Museum, he pays tribute to the grandmother he never got to know. Link to the interview RTV Utrecht Route C (broadcast 4 April 2024, Dutch)
Interview Parool (2024)
(2025_0311) Interview by Peter van Brummelen (Het Parool, 30 march 2024, Dutch). Artist Max Kisman honors his grandmother in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht with the exhibition Kuspinah – I only have your name: ‘She was rejected by my grandfather, she never saw her children again’ Link to the interview. enlarge image