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Max de Esteban is an artist working mostly in photography and video whose work is best known for his examination of the human condition under a technological regime. His projects have been exhibited at museums and institutions including Jeu de Paume in Paris, NRW-Forum in Dusseldorf, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Deutsche Technik Museum in Berlin, Virreina Centre de l’Imatge in Barcelona, CGAC in Santiago de Compostela, Staatliche Museum für Fotografie in Berlin and Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Max participated in the Yokohama Triennial (2020); Cairo Biennial (2019); Bienal de la Habana (2019); and XVI Fotofest Biennial (2016). His work has been the subject of four monographs: Twenty Red Lights (La Fábrica, 2017); Propositions (La Fabrica, 2015); Heads will Roll (Hatje Cantz, 2014) and Elegies of Manumission (Nazraeli, 2012) and is part of museums’ collections such as Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Museum für Fotografie, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, SEDF in Bratislava, Deutsche Technik Museum in Berlin and Wifredo Lam in La Habana. Max is a Fulbright alumnus and received a PhD in Economics and Business from Universitat Ramon Lull, an MBA from Stanford University and a BSc in Engineering from Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya.