Max Collins is an acclaimed photographer and artist known for creating artworks and installations by wheat-pasting images onto various materials and objects. He has a BFA in Photojournalism from the University of Michigan (2011) and an MFA in Visual Studies from the University at Buffalo (2016). As a community-focused artist in Buffalo, Max has been a part of numerous public art projects, art exhibitions, and workshops over the last decade working with various institutions and organizations. He has work in the permanent collection of The Burchfield-Penney Art Museum and was invited to participate in a public art residency with The Buffalo AKG Museum in the summer of 2021 where he created a body of work and mural commemorating the loss of Humboldt Parkway. Max recently finished a two year residency as a staff artist with the Springville Center for the Arts where he facilitated public art projects, workshops, events, and created a community portrait art project titled “Faces of Springville.”