He has exhibited his painting in Western Europe and the U.S. and had a solo exhibition in the Russian Pavilion at the 1997 Biennale in Venice. He published his first collection of short stories, House in the Wasteland, in 1993; his other books include collections of etchings, plays, and articles. His two-volume novel A Drawing Textbook, published in 2006, sold a thousand copies on the first day and sold out its first print run of five thousand copies in a month, making it Russia's fastest selling first novel. His website is www.maximkantor.com.