MARLA HLADY: Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

REPRESENTED BY: Jessica Bradley Art Projects

...........EDUCATION

1990 - MFA, York University Faculty of Graduate Studies. Toronto, Ontario
1987 - BFA (Honours), University of Victoria Faculty of Fine Arts, Victoria, British Columbia

...........SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 - "Sound Objects" - ELECTRIC ECLECTICS FESTIVAL, Meaford (Ontario) (upcoming)
2008 - "Curtain Machine Berlin" - site work in Görlitzerstrasse 49, Berlin (Germany)
2008 - "Playing Piano" - Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Oshawa, Ontario
2008 - "Playing Piano" - YYZ Artist Outlet. Toronto
2007 - "Drawings & Sound Objects" - Rodman Hall Arts Centre: Brock University. St. Catherines, Ontario
2006 - "New Drawings & Audio Objects" - Jessica Bradley Art + Projects. Toronto, Ontario
2005 - "Wilderness Tourist" - Canada Quay at Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario
2004 - "Marla Hlady" - Owens Art Gallery. Sackville, New Brunswick
2003 - "She Moves Through the Fair (Pipe Whistle) - Durham Art Gallery. Durham, Ontario
2003 - "She Moves Through the Fair (Pipe Whistle) & "The Only One My Arms Will Ever Hold" - Art Gallery of Calgary. Calgary, Alberta
2002 - "Shelf Works" - Neutral Ground. Regina, Saskatchewan
2001 - "Drawing Sound" - The Gallery: University of Toronto. Scarborough, Ontario
2001 - "Marla Hlady" - The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
2001 - "Drawings" - 64 Steps Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
2000 - "Waltzing Matilda" - solo site project for PEREGRINE (independent project collective), 800 Dundas Street West. Toronto, Ontario
1999 - "Drumming Displaced into Different Sized Jam Jars" - Women's Art Resource Centre. Toronto, Ontario
1998 - "Marla Hlady" - Cold City Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
1997 - "Shelf Works" - Galerie Christiane Chassay. Montreal, Quebec
1995 - "Gut Machines" - Galerie Christiane Chassay. Montreal, Quebec
1994 - "Off Roader 1" - Genereux Gallery (Installation in Sculpture Court). Toronto, Ontario
1993 - "Beauty" - Galerie Christiane Chassay. Montreal, Quebec
1992 - "Beauty" - Koffler Loggia Gallery. Toronto, Ontario; as part of the HIGH JUNK series
1991 - "Neutralized Feelings of Apprehension" (site work) - 50 Stephanie St #1807. Organized by Gallery 76 & OCAD. Toronto, Ontario
1991 - "Untitled" (site work) - Courtyard of defunct spring manufacturing building at 645 Davenport Rd. Toronto, Ontario

...........SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009 - NITE RIDE, Artengine. Ottawa, Ontario (upcoming)
2009 - VERACITY, Cafka (The Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener and Waterloo). Kitchener, Ontario (upcoming)
2009 - "Playing Piano" - SOUND BYTES: HALIFAX FESTIVAL OF ART AND AUDIO, Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia
2008 - "Sweet Dreams & Flyiing Machines" - Museum London. London, Ontario
2007 - "Start" - The Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery: Concordia University. Montreal, Quebec
2006 - "Du Cote De Jessica Bradley Art + Projects" - Galerie Rene Blouin. Montreal, Quebec
2006 - "The Networked City" (site work) - The Hudson’s Bay Co. Sponsored by Interaccess Arts Centre & the City of Toronto. Toronto, Ontario
2006 - "The Idea of North" - Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia
2005 - "In Line" - Jessica Bradley Art + Projects. Toronto, Ontario
2005 - "Cold City Years" - The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
2005 - "Interactive 05" - Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto Convention Centre. Toronto, Ontario
2005 - "The One" - New General Catalogue. Brooklyn, New York
2005 - "The Idea of North" - Klink and Bank. Reykjavik, Iceland
2004 - "Mercer Living" - Mercer Union Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
2004 - "Drawing Breath" - Verge Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia
2003 - "Sobey Art Award 2002 Exhibition" - Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. Toronto, Ontario
2003 - "Flywheel" - York Quay Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
2003 - "Take Out" - Zabriskie Gallery. New York, NY
2002 - "Generally, But Not Always" (video screening) - Apexart Gallery. New York, NY
2002 - "Sobey Art Award 2002 Exhibition" - Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Nova Scotia
2002 - "Kinematics" - York Quay Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
2002 - "Generally, But Not Always" (video screening) - Trinity Bellwoods Park. Toronto, Ontario
2002 - "Machine Festives" - L’Oeil De Poisson. Quebec City, Quebec
2002 - "Officina America" - Museo di San Domenico. Imola, Italy
2001 - "Drawing" - Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, British Columbia
1999 - "My Place or Your Place" - Pari Nadimi Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
1999 - "Machine Festives" - La Centrale. Montreal, Quebec
1999 - "Flywheel" - The Nunnery. London, England
1999 - "Noise Makers" - Blackwood Gallery. Mississauga, Ontario
1998 - "KINDERspiel" - Angel Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
1998 - "Four Views" - Owens Art Gallery Sackville, New Brunswick
1996 - "Blink" - The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
1995 - "30 Seconds + Title" - Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Ontario
1994 - "Naked State: A Selected View of Toronto Art" - The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
1994 - "Misrule at the Apollo" - 12 Temperence Street. Toronto, Ontario
1994 - "Empreintes De Robots" - La Galerie d'art du College Edouard-Montpetit. Longueuil, Quebec
1993 - "Off The Wall" - Robert Birch Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
1993 - "Young Contemporaries 1993" - London Regional Gallery. London, Ontario
1992 - "Cold City Gallery 1992 Invitational" - Cold City Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
1990 - "Remove" - 25 Morrow Ave. Toronto, Ontario

........... AUDIO WORKS, MULTIPLES, PUBLICATIONS, PERFORMANCES

2008 - "Unlevel" - edition of 10 unlevel-able levels for Art Metropole. Toronto, Ontario
2006 - "Bubble Blower" - Artist project in PUBLIC 33 (interdisciplinary journal). Toronto, Ontario
2004 - "Soundballs #4" - Edition of 10 audio-sculptures, self published
2004 - "Soundballs #3" - Performance with Eric Chenaux & The Tristanos for RAT-DRIFTING (monthly experimental music series, Toronto
2004 - "Soundballs #3" - Performance with Eric Chenaux & The Tristanos for Art Metropole's: ART METRONOME, Harbourfront Theatre, Toronto
2004 - "Warm Weather" - Audio collaboration with Eric Chenaux. Commissioned & performed by ARRAYMUSIC Ensemble at the Music Gallery, Toronto
2003 - "Recording Machines" - Audio work, self published through a Charles Street Video residency. Toronto, Ontario
2003 - "Soundcan" - Edition of 10 audio-sculptures, published by Art Metropole. Toronto, Ontario
2002 - "In Stereo" - Unlimited edition of audio-sculptures, self published
2002 - "Waltzing Matilda" -Artist page, Collezioni EDGE Magazine, summer/autumn edition. Italy
2000 - "Macintosh Road Test" - Edition of 100 spiral bound books, self published in collaboration with Corinne Carlson & Karen Henderson
2000 - "Wind-Up #2" - Edition of 100 wind-up toys, self published
1996 - "Wind-Up" - Edition of 50 wind-up toys, published by Still #3. Toronto, Ontario

...........SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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. <www.wavelengthtoronto.com/regulars/reviews/index.html>
Corvese, Rhonda. “The Idea of North.” The Idea of North. Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery, Eyelevel gallery, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, 2005. 17+.
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. <www.zingmagazine.com/drupal/node/43>
Falvey, Emily. “Spinning Wheels.” Gillian Collyer, Marla Hlady, Rhonda Wheppler and Trevor Mahovsky. Sackville: Owens Art Gallery, 2004. 9-15.
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 September, 2000: R4.
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.
Milroy, Sarah. “The Real Art of Noise.” The Globe and Mail, 30 August, 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. Ottawa, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank. Ottawa, Ontario
National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario
CIBC Wood Gundy. Ottawa, Ontario
York University. Ottawa, Ontario
Owen’s Art Gallery. Mount Allison Universit. Sackville, New Brunswick