MARLA HLADY / marlahlady.com curriculum vitae

BIOGRAPHY: BORN in Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA EDUCATION: MFA, York University (Toronto), Faculty of Graduate Studies (1990) BFA (Honours), University of Victoria, Faculty of Fine Arts (1987)

REPRESENTED BY: Jessica Bradley Art + Projects (Toronto)

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS: 2013 VOLUME: HEAR HERE, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery (Toronto, Canada) (group exhibition, curated by Christof Migone) CIRCLING THE INVERSE SQUARE, KWAG (Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Canada) (group exhibition, curated by Shannon Anderson)

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2012 FTG OF BIRDS (FIVE THOUSAND GENERATION OF BIRDS) (Fitjar Islands, Norway) (residency and exhibition) WALLS, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo (NY) 2011 ROOMS, Oakville Galleries (Canada) SET TO SET, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto 2009 PLAYING PIANO, Robert Langen Gallery (Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada) 2008 CURTAIN MACHINE, site work in Görlitzerstrasse 49, Berlin (Germany) PLAYING PIANO, Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Canada) PLAYING PIANO, YYZ Artist Outlet (Toronto, Canada) 2007 DRAWINGS AND SOUND OBJECTS, Rodman Hall Arts Centre (Brock University, St. Catherines, Canada) 2006 NEW DRAWINGS AND AUDIO OBJECTS, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects (Toronto) 2005 WILDERNESS TOURIST, Canada Quay at Harbourfront Centre (Toronto) 2004 MARLA HLADY, Owens Art Gallery (Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada) 2003 SHE MOVES THROUGH THE FAIR (PIPE WHISTLE), Durham Art Gallery (Durham, Canada) SHE MOVES THROUGH THE FAIR (PIPE WHISTLE) and THE ONLY ONE MY ARMS WILL EVER HOLD (in collaboration with Calgary based composer John Abram), Art Gallery of Calgary (Canada) 2002 SHELF WORKS, Neutral Ground (Regina, Canada) 2001 DRAWING SOUND, The Gallery, University of Toronto (Canada) MARLA HLADY, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto) DRAWINGS, 64 Steps Art Gallery (Toronto) 2000 WALTZING MATILDA, solo site project for PEREGRINE (independent project collective), 800 Dundas Street West (Toronto) 1999 DRUMMING DISPLACED INTO DIFFERENT SIZED JAM JARS, Women's Art Resource Centre (W.A.R.C) (part of “The Music 4 Eye and Ear, International Sound Sculpture Festival and Symposium”) (Toronto) 1998 MARLA HLADY, Cold City Gallery (Toronto) 1997 SHELF WORKS, Galerie Christiane Chassay (Montreal, Canada) 1995 GUT MACHINES, Galerie Christiane Chassay (Montreal) 1994 OFF ROADER 1, installation in sculpture court, Genereux Gallery (Toronto) 1993 BEAUTY, Galerie Christiane Chassay (Montreal)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2012 MANIF D’ART 6, The Québec City Biennial (Canada) LOCAL CALL, JUNCTION NEIGHBOURS GROUP EXHIBITION, Telephone Booth Gallery (Toronto) 2011 STOP. LOOK. LISTEN. Harbourfront Centre (Toronto) STELLAR LIVING, Mercer Union, A Centre for Contemporary Art (Toronto) FELLOW TRAVELLERS, DMG (University of Toronto)

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2010 ELECTRIC ECLECTIC FESTIVAL, The Funny Farm, Meaford (Canada) (kinetic sound installation in a grain silo) 2009 GUILT BY ASSOCIATION, DMG (University of Toronto) VERACITY, Cafka (The Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener and Area, Canada), installed in the Children’s Museum ELECTRIC ECLECTICS FESTIVAL, The Funny Farm and the Meaford Museum, Meaford (Canada) SOUND BYTES: THE HALIFAX FESTIVAL OF ART AND AUDIO, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax 2008 SWEET DREAMS AND FLYING MACHINES, Art Gallery of Windsor (Windsor, Canada) 2007 START, The Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery (Concordia University, Montreal) SWEET DREAMS AND FLYING MACHINES, Museum London (Canada) 2006 DU COTE DE JESSICA BRADLEY ART + PROJECTS, Galerie Rene Blouin (Montreal) THE NETWORKED CITY, site work located in The Hudson’s Bay department store sponsored by Interaccess Electronic Media Arts Centre in partnership with the City of Toronto (Toronto) THE IDEA OF NORTH, Dalhousie Art Gallery (Halifax, Canada) 2005 IN LINE, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects (Toronto) COLD CITY YEARS, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto) INTERACTIVE ’05, Toronto Convention Centre (in conjunction with Toronto International Art Fair) THE ONE, New General Catalog (Brooklyn, New York) THE IDEA OF NORTH, Klink and Bank (Reykjavik, Iceland) 2004 MERCER LIVING, Mercer Union Gallery (Toronto) DRAWING BREATH, Verge Gallery (Vancouver) 2003 SOBEY ART AWARD 2002 EXHIBITION, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) (Toronto) FLYWHEEL, York Quay Gallery (Toronto) TAKE OUT, Zabriskie Gallery (New York) 2002 SOBEY ART AWARD 2002 EXHIBITION, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Halifax) KINEMATICS, York Quay Gallery (Toronto) MACHINE FESTIVE, L’Oeil De Poisson (Quebec City) OFFICINA AMERICA, Museo di San Domenico (Imola, Italy) 2001 DRAWING, Tracey Lawrence Gallery (Vancouver) 1999 MY PLACE OR YOUR PLACE, Pari Nadimi Gallery (Toronto) MACHINES FESTIVES, La Centrale (Montreal) FLYWHEEL, The Nunnery (London, England) NOISE MAKER(S), Blackwood Gallery (Mississauga, Canada) 1998 KINDERspiel, Angel Gallery (Toronto) FOUR VIEWS, Owens Art Gallery (Sackville, Canada) 1996 BLINK, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto) 1995 30 SECONDS + TITLE, Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto) 1994 NAKED STATE: a selected view of Toronto art, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery (Toronto) MISRULE AT THE APOLLO, 12 Temperence St. (Toronto) EMPREINTES DE ROBOTS, La galerie d'art du college Edouard-Montpetit (Longueuil, Canada)

AUDIO WORKS, MULTIPLES, PUBLICATIONS, PERFORMANCES, VIDEO SCREENINGS: 2012 BROADCASTING FOR REELS: SOUNDS (EXTRA) ORDINARY, sound work, part of an off site installation in an elevator and a radio broadcast, The Centre for Art Tapes, Dartmouth (NS, Canada) A CASE FOR SOUND: NITE RIDE, Free Music Friday (radio show), 91.3 fm WBNY (Buffalo) 2011 FOLLOW-ED (AFTER HOKUSAI), Winchester Gallery, Winchester (UK), Arnolfini, Bristol (UK), Gallery P74 (Ljubljana, Slovenia), limited edition publication in collaboration with Karen Henderson and Corinne Carlson 2010 AUDIOVISION, video screening, part of Festival ON.Fire, Jackman Hall (Art Gallery of Ontario) 2009 NITE RIDE, Sound commission for Artengine (artengine.ca/programming/2009/10/niteride), Ottawa (Canada) UNLEVEL 2, edition of 8 unlevel-able levels for Art Metropole (Toronto) 2008 UNLEVEL, edition of 10 unlevel-able levels for Art Metropole (Toronto) 2006 BUBBLE BLOWER, artist project in PUBLIC 33 (interdisciplinary journal, Toronto) 2004 SOUNDBALLS #4, edition of 10 audio-sculptures, self published SOUNDBALLS #3 a performance in collaboration with musician/composer Eric Chenaux and The Tristanos for RAT-DRIFTING (monthly experimental music series, Toronto) and ART METRONOME, an Art Metropole event, Harbourfront Theatre (Toronto) Marla Hlady: curriculum vitae cont.

WARM WEATHER, in collaboration with Eric Chenaux, commissioned and performed by ARRAYMUSIC Ensemble at the Music Gallery (Toronto) (CD published by MUSICWORKS, fall 2005) 2003 RECORDING MACHINES, audio work (through a Charles Street Video residency), self published SOUNDCAN, edition of 10 audio-sculptures, published by Art Metropole (Toronto) 2002 GENERALLY, BUT NOT ALWAYS, video screening, Apexart Gallery (New York) GENERALLY, BUT NOT ALWAYS, video screening (Trinity Bellwoods Park, Toronto) IN STEREO, audio-sculpture, unlimited edition, self published WALTZING MATILDA (artist page), Collezioni EDGE (Italy), summer/autumn edition 2000 MACINTOSH ROAD TEST, edition of 100 spiral bound books, self published in collaboration with Corinne Carlson and Karen Henderson WIND-UP #2, edition of 100 wind-up toys, self published

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: Adler, Dan. “Marla Hlady.” Art Forum International. XLVI, No 8, April: 2008. 379-80. Anderson, Jack. “Hlady’s Installation an Intriguing and Provocative Show.” Regina Leader-Post 8 May, 2002 Barilli, Renato. “Art Drifts”, Officina America. ReteEmiliaRomagna. Milano: Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, 2002. 39+. Brooks, Sharon. “Blink.” Toronto: The Power Plant Gallery, 1996. ---. “Gut Machines.” Montreal: Galerie Christiane Chassay, 1995. Butty, Jam. “Art Metronome 01.” Wavelength Music Series + Zine. Reviews, May: 2004. Corvese, Rhonda. “The Idea of North.” The Idea of North. Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery, Eyelevel gallery, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, 2005. 17+. Dault, Gary Michael. “Charming Teapots Rattle and Hum.” The Globe and Mail 28 Oct., 2006: R13 Dompierre, Louise. Naked State: a selected view of Toronto art. Toronto: The Power Plant Gallery, 1994. Eden, Xandra, Barbara Fischer, Nancy Campbell. Marla Hlady. Toronto: The Power Plant Gallery, 2001. Erdosi, Aniko. “The One * New General Catalog (NGC) 224 * Brooklyn, NY.” Zingmagazine. February 2006 posted July 2006. Falvey, Emily. “Spinning Wheels.” Gillian Collyer, Marla Hlady, Rhonda Wheppler and Trevor Mahovsky. Sackville: Owens Art Gallery, 2004. 9-15. Falvey, Emily, Ryan Stec. Nite Ride. Ottawa: Artengine, 2010. Foran, Jack. “Artist-in-residence Marla Hlady’s installation at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center.” Artvoice 26 Jan., 2012: V11n4. Fischer, Barbara. “Noismaker(s).” Noisemaker(s). Mississauga: Blackwood Gallery, 2001. 30-31+. Fones, Robert. “Toy Box Junkies.” C Magazine. Issue No. 59, Sept-Nov: 1998. 27-32. Ghaznavi, Corinna. “Marla Hlady.” Espace Sculpture. no. 58, Winter: 2001-2002. 45. Girling, Oliver, Jennifer McMackon. Misrule at the Apollo. Independent exhibition booklet: 1994. Gopninik, Blake. “A Wigged Out Waltzing Matilda.” The Globe and Mail 20 Sept., 2000: R4. Hatt, Gordon. “Marla Hlady: Playing Piano.” YYZine, Volume 8, Issue 1, January: 2008. MacKay, Gillian. “Popular Mechanics.” The Globe and Mail 4 Nov., 2000: V7 Massier, John. “High Junk.” Toronto: The Koffler Centre for the Arts, 1992. ---. “Sound and Fury Signifying Something.” Toronto: The Koffler Centre of the Arts, 1995. Migone, Christof. “On Off.”, Start, Stop, 2008. 40-43+. ---. Sonic Somatic: Performances of the Unsound Body. Los Angeles: Errant Bodies Press, 2012. 172–173. Milroy, Sarah. “The Real Art of Noise.” The Globe and Mail 30 Aug., 2001: R4. Morgan, Chris. “Flywheel.” C Magazine, Spring: 2000. 41. Pasquini, Stefano. “Officina America.” NY ARTS. International Edition. Vol. 7, no 3, March: 2002. 68-69. Poissant, Louise. “Les Empreintes de Robots.” Les Empreintes de Robots. Longueuil: la galerie d’art du college Edouard-Montpetit, 1994. 10-11. Rodney, Lee. “Hush Now.” Canadian Art. Fall: 1999. 126. Sommerman, Eileen. “Flywheel.” Canadian Art. Fall: 2000. 84-88. Thorpe, Josh. “Sound Offerings, The Art of Marla Hlady.” Border Crossings. Issue No. 101: 2007. 38-44.

COLLECTIONS: various private collections Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto) Marla Hlady: curriculum vitae cont.

Canada Council Art Bank (Ottawa) CIBC Wood Gundy (Toronto) Museum London (London, Canada) National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa) Owen’s Art Gallery (Mt. Allison University, Sackville, NB) York University (Toronto)

COMMISSIONS: Artengine (Ottawa, Canada) Charles Street Video (Toronto) Art Metropole (Toronto) Interaccess Electronic Media Arts Centre (Toronto) Arraymusic Ensemble (Toronto)