Welcome to Max Zorn’s official website

Every artwork here is crafted entirely from ordinary packing tape. Curious how it’s done? Watch a quick making-of video to see the process come to life, explore the gallery, and browse artworks for sale

 

 

About Max Zorn

Max Zorn (b. 1987) is a Dutch-German artist who emerged from Amsterdam’s street art scene in 2011. Today, he exhibits internationally at leading art fairs and galleries, with a track record of consistently sold-out shows. For over a decade, his annual online event has drawn intense collectors interest, with artworks frequently acquired within minutes of release.
Zorn creates artworks exclusively from brown and colored packing tape, meticulously cutting and layering it onto acrylic glass. When backlit, the tape reveals glowing, sepia-toned images reminiscent of cinematic scenes.

 

Max Zorn's illuminated tape art sticker transforms a classic Amsterdam street lamp into an urban gallery at sunset.

How It Started: From Street Lamps to Global Spotlight

What began as a personal gesture, placing handmade tape art onto Amsterdam’s street lamps, quickly evolved into an international phenomenon.

In 2011, a grainy YouTube video went viral, showing an Amsterdam artist slicing ordinary packing tape into glowing images, set against a gritty hip-hop beat. Then, under the cover of night, he climbed street lamps throughout the city, turning them into luminous showcases for his creations.
Within days, Max Zorn’s quiet nighttime experiments were suddenly in demand by international galleries, celebrities, and art collectors from New York to Miami to Hong Kong. CNN features followed, then TEDx, CBS… NBC…  they all went after the story. But while their portrayed a rebellious street-art sensation, the truth was way simpler, more personal… each glowing artwork had started as a message intended for just one person. 

 

Tape art live, created by Max Zorn in front of a stunned crowed at an international art fair

Contact

For questions, project ideas, or other inquiries, please email info@maxzorn.com

 

           


 

Max Zorn working live on a tape art piece

Finished tape artwork by Max Zorn

Max Zorn at Scope Miami Beach during Art Basel Miami

Tape Art street lamp, street art at night

 

Work in progress creating tape art