Dennis Maxfield Biography

Dennis Maxfield released Albedo Zero in 2001. It is now available as a download. He was a participant in the Artist Residency at Lake Erie College. Maxfield co-founded the Sonic Disturbance International Festival of Sound and was co-creator of the Audio Geomancy Project and Wired Theater. He directed five annual New Music and Sound Art festivals including New Music Across America.



He performed with Anna Homler as Sagar Radai at the Tegentonen and Ti-Foon Festivals in the Netherlands. His music duo THRUNK, performed at Roulette Intermedium in NYC, The Birmingham, Alabama Improv Festival and a U.S. southern tour.



His audio work HOW MANY SAY AMEN with Amy Sparks is featured on the Record Project A/Consonant/Vowel produced by the Cincinnati Artists Group Effort. Newfoundland, a sound collage, was aired on Public Radio as part of the C.A.G.E. Radio Project.
Maxfield has received a NEA Interdisciplinary Grant through Hallwalls Gallery in Buffalo, NY for the Church Bell Performance.



Dennis Maxfield was a featured composer in SPACES Gallery's Ohio Composer Series, Cleveland Ohio. He has also performed at the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio, the Cleveland Performance Art Festival, the Sonic Disturbance Festival, the Outpost in Albuquerque, the Center for Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, and the Electronic Café in Los Angeles.



He has performed on many live radio broadcasts throughout the U.S. His released recordings include: Virtual Particles, Offspring of Echoes (CD), Albedo Zero, Offspring of Echoes (CD), Cassandra Complex, Still Life in Rust Belt, Oblong, and Shape of a Crow.



Dennis Maxfield
SELECTED PERFORMANCES



Tegen Tonen and Ti Foon Festivals-Netherlands
Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio
SG Gallery. Cleveland, Ohio
Linea's, San Luis Obispo, California



Café San Luis Obispo, California
Roulette Intermedium, NYC
Improv Festival, Birmingham, Alabama
Atlanta, GA
Live Radio performance Public Radio Atlanta, GA
Athens, GA
Live Radio performance Public Radio Chattanooga, TN



Tremont Church Bells - outdoor performance, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Public Theater
Sonic Disturbance International Festival, Cleveland Ohio
Chattanooga, TN.
Knoxville, TN
Grog Shop, Cleveland, Ohio
Pittsburgh, PA;
Columbus, Ohio
Kent, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
TegenTonen Festival, Amsterdam, Holland
Ti-Foon Festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Outpost, Albuquerque, NM



Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Electronic Café, Los Angeles, CA
Onyx, Los Angeles, CA
Cleveland Public Theatre
Alternative Media Festival
Cleveland State University
Sonic Disturbance International Festival
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus Ohio
Recurrent Irritations Festival, Cleveland, Ohio



Sound Festival, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Performance Art Festival
Cleveland Public Library
The Blue Circle, Cleveland, Ohio
Spaces Gallery, Ohio Composers


RECORDINGS / RESIDENCIES / AWARDS / PROJECTS


Santa Fe, NM
Lake Erie College Artist in Residence - 48 Hours
ALBEDO ZERO, Offspring of Echoes - Dennis Maxfield (CD)
RED LIGHT, Offspring of Echoes - Dennis Maxfield (CD)
VIRTUAL PARTICLES, Offspring of Echoes - Dennis Maxfield (CD)



CASSANDRA COMPLEX, Thrunk
STILL LIFE IN RUST BELT
OBLONG
AUDIO GEOMANCY PROJECT
A CONSONANT / VOWEL, Ohio regional artist compilation
C.A.G.E. RADIO PROJECT, Recording and Radio Broadcast.
NEA/InterArts Regional Grant, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY for Tremont Church Bell Project