Maxwell's scholarly interests concentrate around the American built environment, iconographic shadows from the ancient world, both historic and contemporary Western Queer Movements as well as explorative theories of "underground" or otherwise culturally obscured visual artistic practice.

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He earned his B.A. in the History of Art from the University of California at Berkeley in 2023. While at Berkeley, Maxwell received a Curatorial Internship Award funded by Ruth Berson and the Jay DeFeo Foundation. He wrote his undergraduate honors thesis on the construction of an American Queer iconography (advised by Dr. Whitney Davis). Upon graduation, he was awarded the title of Valedictorian by the History of Art Department.

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In the Fall of this year, Maxwell will continue his studies at The Courtuald Institute of Art for a Masters in the History of Art with a focus on late 19th to mid 20th century Transatlantic Western art and architecture.

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He currently holds a position at the Bob Mizer Foundation in San Francisco where he works to research, preserve and exhibit early 20th century American Queer erotic material including photography, painting, moving pictures and ephemera. He routinely writes for the Foundation's quarterly publication Physique Pictorial as well as hosts monthly film screenings from the Foundation's world-class physique films collection. His curatorial debut, entitled Physique Pictorial: The Manufacture, Craft and Art of Mizer's Magazine, opened on the 20th of October 2023. The exhibition highlights the handcrafted nature of the pioneering American homoerotic magazine Physique Pictorial and displays never-before seen elements of its physical manufacture and evolution from the early 1950s to today.

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Maxwell also sits on the board of directors of the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association where he advises on archival processing, preservation initiatives, and events execution as well as furthers the organization's mission of the preservation of Berkeley's historically significant structures. 

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