MARLA HLADY:

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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

2017 - “Spincycle” - Avatar. Quebec City, Canada
2016 - “Unstuck” - aceartinc. Winnipeg, Canada
2015 - “Count And Strike And Spin” - Errant Bodies Sound Art Space. Berlin, Germany
2015 - "Soundball (Dancehauling)” – NAISA. Toronto, Canada
2012 - "Walls (Hallwalls)" - Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center. Buffalo, United States
2011 - "Rooms" - Oakville Galleries. Oakville, Canada
2011 - "Set to Set" - Jessica Bradley Art + Projects. Toronto, Canada
2009 - "Sound Objects" - Electric Eclectics Festival, Meaford Museum. Meaford, Canada
2009 - "Playing Piano" - Robert Langen Gallery (Wilfred Laurier University). Waterloo, Canada
2008 - "Curtain Machine Berlin" - site work in Görlitzerstrasse 49. Berlin, Germany
2008 - "Playing Piano" - Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Oshawa, Canada
2008 - "Playing Piano" - YYZ Artist Outlet. Toronto, Canada
2007 - "Drawings & Sound Objects" - Rodman Hall Arts Centre: Brock University. St. Catherines, Canada
2006 - "New Drawings & Audio Objects" - Jessica Bradley Art + Projects. Toronto, Canada
2005 - "Wilderness Tourist" - Canada Quay at Harbourfront Centre. Toronto, Canada
2004 - "Marla Hlady" - Owens Art Gallery. Sackville, Canada
2003 - "She Moves Through the Fair (Pipe Whistle) - Durham Art Gallery. Durham, Canada
2003 - "She Moves Through the Fair (Pipe Whistle) & "The Only One My Arms Will Ever Hold" - Art Gallery of Calgary. Calgary, Canada
2002 - "Shelf Works" - Neutral Ground. Regina, Canada
2001 - "Drawing Sound" - The Gallery: University of Toronto. Scarborough, Canada
2001 - "Marla Hlady" - The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2001 - "Drawings" - 64 Steps Art Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2000 - "Waltzing Matilda" - solo site project for PEREGRINE (independent project collective), 800 Dundas Street West. Toronto, Canada
1999 - "Drumming Displaced into Different Sized Jam Jars" - Women's Art Resource Centre. Toronto, Canada
1998 - "Marla Hlady" - Cold City Gallery. Toronto, Canada
1997 - "Shelf Works" - Galerie Christiane Chassay. Montreal, Canada
1995 - "Gut Machines" - Galerie Christiane Chassay. Montreal, Canada
1994 - "Off Roader 1" - Genereux Gallery (Installation in Sculpture Court). Toronto, Canada
1993 - "Beauty" - Galerie Christiane Chassay. Montreal, Canada
1992 - "Beauty" - Koffler Loggia Gallery. Toronto, Canada; as part of the HIGH JUNK series
1991 - "Neutralized Feelings of Apprehension" (site work) - 50 Stephanie St #1807. Organized by Gallery 76 & OCAD. Toronto, Canada
1991 - "Untitled" (site work) - Courtyard of defunct spring manufacturing building at 645 Davenport Rd. Toronto, Canada

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 – “Sounds Assembling: Communication And The Art Of Noise” - Museum London. Canada
2017 – “Bridging The Practices In Accessibility, Art And Communication” - Thames Art Gallery. Chatham-Kent, Canada
2016 - “Press Play” - one work in collaboration with Christof Migone as part of Migone’s solo exhibition, Zalucky Contemporary. Toronto, Canada
2016 - “Therese Bolliger, Marla Hlady, Samuel de Lange, David Merritt” - Christie Contemporary. Toronto, Canada
2016 - “Measured” - Diaz Contemporary. Toronto, Canada
2016 - “À La Recherché (In Search Of Practice-Based Research) - Open Studio. Toronto, Canada
2015 - “Exhibiting Sound” - dc3 art projects. Edmonton, Canada
2015 - “Wanted” - Neutral Ground Contemporary Art. Regina, Canada
2015 - “Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Peas And Carrots” - Dunlop Art Gallery. Regina, Canada
2014 - “Perde Pied/Losing one’s footing” - Biennale Nationale de Sculpture Contemporaine. Trois-Rivieres, Canada
2014 - “There And Back Again: UtSC Faculty Exhibition” - Doris McCarthy Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2014 - “5 over 4” - Idea Exchange. Cambridge, Canada
2013 - “Circling the Inverse Square” - Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada
2013 - "Volume: Hear Here", Justina M. Barnicke Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2012 - "Manif D’art 6", The Québec City Biennial. Québec City, Canada
2012 - "Local Call, Junction Neighbours Group Exhibition" - Telephone Booth Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2011 - "STOP. LOOK. LISTEN." - Harbourfront Centre. Toronto, Canada
2010 - "Hum" installed in silo for Electric Eclectics Festival, Meaford, Canada
2009 - "Guilt by Association" Doris McCarthy Gallery: University of Toronto. Scarborough, Canada
2009 - "Nite Ride", Artengine. Ottawa, Canada
2009 - "Veracity", Cafka (The Contemporary Art Forum, Kitchener and Waterloo). Kitchener, Canada
2009 - "Playing Piano" - SOUND BYTES: HALIFAX FESTIVAL OF ART AND AUDIO, Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, Canada
2008 - "Sweet Dreams & Flying Machines" - Museum London. London, Canada
2007 - "Start" - The Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery: Concordia University. Montreal, Canada
2006 - "Du Cote De Jessica Bradley Art + Projects" - Galerie Rene Blouin. Montreal, Canada
2006 - "The Networked City", site work at The Hudson’s Bay Co. Sponsored by Interaccess Arts Centre & the City of Toronto. Toronto, Canada
2006 - "The Idea of North" - Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, Canada
2005 - "In Line" - Jessica Bradley Art + Projects. Toronto, Canada
2005 - "Cold City Years" - The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2005 - "Interactive 05" - Toronto International Art Fair. Toronto Convention Centre. Toronto, Canada
2005 - "The One" - New General Catalogue. Brooklyn, United States
2005 - "The Idea of North" - Klink and Bank. Reykjavik, Iceland
2004 - "Mercer Living" - Mercer Union Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2004 - "Drawing Breath" - Verge Gallery. Vancouver, Canada
2003 - "Sobey Art Award 2002 Exhibition" - Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art. Toronto, Canada
2003 - "Flywheel" - York Quay Gallery. Toronto, Canada
2003 - "Take Out" - Zabriskie Gallery. New York, United States
2002 - "Generally, But Not Always" (video screening) - Apexart Gallery. New York, United States
2002 - "Sobey Art Award 2002 Exhibition" - Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Canada
2002 - "Kinematics" - York Quay Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
2002 - "Generally, But Not Always" (video screening) - Trinity Bellwoods Park. Toronto, Canada
2002 - "Machine Festives" - L’Oeil De Poisson. Quebec City, Canada
2002 - "Officina America" - Museo di San Domenico. Imola, Italy
2001 - "Drawing" - Tracey Lawrence Gallery. Vancouver, Canada
1999 - "My Place or Your Place" - Pari Nadimi Gallery. Toronto, Canada
1999 - "Machine Festives" - La Centrale. Montreal, Canada
1999 - "Flywheel" - The Nunnery. London, England
1999 - "Noise Makers" - Blackwood Gallery. Mississauga, Canada
1998 - "KINDERspiel" - Angel Gallery. Toronto, Canada
1998 - "Four Views" - Owens Art Gallery. Sackville, Canada
1996 - "Blink" - The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Canada
1995 - "30 Seconds + Title" - Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, Canada
1994 - "Naked State: A Selected View of Toronto Art" - The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Toronto, Canada
1994 - "Misrule at the Apollo" - 12 Temperence Street. Toronto, Canada
1994 - "Empreintes De Robots" - La Galerie d'art du College Edouard-Montpetit. Longueuil, Canada
1993 - "Off The Wall" - Robert Birch Gallery. Toronto, Canada
1993 - "Young Contemporaries 1993" - London Regional Gallery. London, Canada
1992 - "Cold City Gallery 1992 Invitational" - Cold City Gallery. Toronto, Canada
1990 - "Remove" - 25 Morrow Ave. Toronto, Canada

AUDIO WORKS, MULTIPLES, PUBLICATIONS, PERFORMANCES

2015 - “Strike And Hit” - Performance in collaboration with Christof Migone for Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO First Thursdays) in conjunction with Nuit Blanche
2015 - “Orchestra Of The Tactile” - Performance, The Music Gallery in conjunction with InterAccess and VibraFusion Lab, Toronto
2014 - “The Listener” - Edition of 4, self published
2012 - "ED RUSCHA BOOKS & CO.", Gagosian Gallery (NY), limited edition publication in collaboration with Karen Henderson and Corinne Carlson
2012 - "SMEDAHOLMEN TOURIST (WITH AMPLIFIERS)", residency and exhibition organized by FTG OF BIRDS (FIVE THOUSAND GENERATION OF BIRDS) (Fitjar Islands, Norway), performance in collaboration with Eric Cheneaux
2012 - "Broadcasting for Reels: Sounds (Extra)Ordinary" - sound work, part of a site installation in an elevator and a radio broadcast, The Centre for Art Tapes, Dartmouth, Canada
2012 - "A Case for Sound: Nite Ride" - Free Music Friday (radio show), 91.3 fm WBNY, Buffalo, United States
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/niteride), Ottawa, Ontario
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

COLLECTIONS

Various private collections
Art Gallery of Ontario. Ottawa, Ontario
CIBC Wood Gundy. Ottawa, Ontario
Canada Council Art Bank. Ottawa, Ontario
Museum London. London, Canada
National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa, Ontario
Mount Allison University. Sackville, New Brunswick
Owen’s Art Gallery. Sackville, New Brunswick
York University. Ottawa, Ontario