About

My name is Max, and OPALIS is a project-based platform built around one simple idea: supporting artists in a flexible, individual, and goal-oriented way.

OPALIS is not a gallery in the traditional sense. Instead, I work project by project, depending entirely on what an artist wants or needs to achieve. A project can take many forms; a fair participation, an exhibition, a press initiative, a strategic repositioning, or something entirely different. What matters most is sitting down together, defining a goal, and understanding what success looks like in each specific case. That goal might be reaching new collectors, reshaping an online presence, gaining institutional visibility, or exploring alternative formats beyond the classical gallery system.

This approach is a personal matter to me. I know from experience that not every artist fits neatly into a gallery structure and that today, not every artist needs to. There are many valid paths, and OPALIS exists to help explore and support those alternative routes.

Because I run a gallery myself, I understand how demanding and complex the art world can be. That’s why OPALIS is open to artists at any stage of their career: emerging, mid-career, established with or without gallery representation. What matters is not status, but the idea, the project, and the intention behind it.

I support artists with everything I can bring to the table experience, network, structure, and care and I let the project itself define the form of collaboration.

This website serves primarily as a reference: a record of projects, collaborations, and ideas that have been realized so far.

OPALIS was officially founded at the end of 2024 and has been actively operating since early 2025.