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Max Cole (1937- ) is a painter based in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Cole was born in Kansas in 1937. She received a B.A. from Fort Hays State University in 1961 and a M.F.A. from the University of Arizona in 1964. After school, she began her art career in Los Angeles where she lived from 1964 to 1978. From 1978 until 2002, she lived in New York City. She was the recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in 1983, was an artist in residence at the Roswell Museum and Art Center in 1995, and in 2009 she was a participant in the Artist's Meeting with the Pope in Vatican City. Her artwork is in the permanent collections of the Panza di Biumo Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Vatican Museum's Contemporary Art Collection, and other major museum collections. Cole is known for her neutral-toned, minimalist paintings. She cites Cherokee philosophy, imparted on her by her father who was half Cherokee, and time spent in the American Southwest as major influences in her artwork.
