Max Voltz is a photographer and musician based in Chicago, Illinois. Born in 2003 in Evanston, Illinois, he began studying music in 2011 and photography in 2017. He recently graduated from DePaul University, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Photography and a minor in Music Recording.
Max’s primary artistic practice combines photographs and original music to create immersive and emotional experiences. His projects, A Winter Morning and ANOTHER TIME were selected for DePaul's 2025 Juried Student Exhibition at the Richardson Art Gallery and the 2025 Senior Capstone Exhibition at the DePaul Art Museum, respectively.
In addition to these photo-music combinations, Max also practices traditional photography on its own. On his own time, he enjoys creating landscape and street images, while also practicing portraits and candid event photos professionally. His landscape photograph of mountains and the night sky in St. Lucia, titled Out There, was selected for the DePaul Artist Collective 2025 Juried Exhibition at the Richardson Art Gallery.
Max currently works with Likhaya, a nonprofit based in Evanston, Illinois that helps artists promote themselves and build their personal brands. With Likhaya, Max takes photographs of events and concerts put on by members of the organization and the organization themselves. Max also took the artist portraits that are featured on the organization’s website.