Max Gimblett is one of New Zealand’s most recognised painters. His philosophies and practices encompass influences as varied as Abstract Expressionism, Modernism, Eastern and Western spiritual beliefs, Jungian psychology and ancient cultures. He has been based in New York since the early 1970s and continues to exhibit regularly in the US and throughout New Zealand.

He is well represented in major collections around the world, most significantly in the permanent collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York, the Museum of American Art, New York, the Whitney Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., the National Gallery of Art of Australia, Melbourne, the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, and the Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.