Michael Maxwell

Biography

Michael Maxwell is a sound/media artist, audio engineer, and educator with an interest in audio/visual synthesis, music and sound effects recording, mixing, and media art installation. Maxwell received his Master of Fine Arts in Mass Communication & Media Arts from Southern Illinois University and is an Academic Leadership Fellow through University of Central Oklahoma’s Educators’ Leadership Academy.

Maxwell has worked in post production audio for SyFy Channel, Historia Pictures, and various independent filmmakers with works shown in dozens of film festivals internationally. He has been a live sound mixer for the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, John DaVersa & His Small Band, Emily Rhyne & The Oklahoma Legacy Band, and AdaFest Music Festival. Previously, Maxwell's instllation sound and media art, including Aggregate Voices and Asynchronous Diptychs, have been shown in places such as the Pogue Gallery in Ada, OK, locally in the Rozsa Gallery's A-Space, and at the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea Recently, Maxwell has released ambient music through Cloud Recordings, an independent label in Athens, GA and produces open educational resources and sponsored content for learning about audio synthesis.