Marla Hlady

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Marla Hlady
Born1965 (age 5657)
Alma mater University of Victoria, York University
Known for sculptor, installation artist, kinetic artist, video artist, new media artist, interactive artist, sound artist
Notable workGut Machines (1994-95)
Waltzing Matilda (2000)
Playing Piano (2008)
Website marlahlady.com

Marla Hlady is a Canadian kinetic and sound artist who works in sculpture, drawing, sound and installation. She is a contemporary of Lois Andison, Simone Jones, Diane Landry and Daniel Olson.

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Hlady's works are generally sculptural works and installations composed of everyday materials activated by electronic and mechanical systems, often reflecting the social systems that created them. [1] Her works tend to follow a system-based approach to composition. [2] Her major works include "Drumming Displaced into Different Sized Jam Jars", a large series of sculpture in the collection of The Art Gallery of Ontario, and "Waltzing Matilda", a kinetic sculpture that has exhibited extensively.

She has an MFA in sculpture (York University, 1990) and a BFA (1987) from University of Victoria.

Artistic career

Hlady first gained notice for her kinetic installation "neutralized feelings of apprehension," at G76 in Toronto, which was enthusiastically reviewed by Kate Taylor of The Globe and Mail . [3] Her solo installation "Beauty" at the Koffler Gallery in Toronto, was curated by John Massier in 1992. After exhibiting her kinetic work "Waltzing Matilda" at Peregrine Gallery, which was reviewed by Gillian MacKay of the Globe and Mail, [4] she had group and solo exhibitions at The Power Plant in Toronto. Her work "Drumming Displaced into Different Sized Jam Jars" was purchased by the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1999. [4] In 2012 she had a major solo exhibition at Hallwalls in Buffalo, New York.

Hlady describes her studio practice as a play between content, form, functionality, and material, where material stands to mean as much what is heard as what is seen. Hlady is interested in the various relationships inherent in her work, from the relationships between the work, the space it occupies, and the ways the viewer interacts with the work in the space. [5]

Awards

In 2002, she was nominated for the Sobey Art Award. [web 1]

Major collections

Hlady's work is in the public collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario [web 2] and the National Gallery of Canada. [web 3]

Major exhibitions


Works

Publications

Eden, essays by Xandra; Fischer, Barbara; Campbell, Nancy (2001). Marla Hlady. Toronto, Ont., Canada: Power Plant. ISBN   0-921047-97-5.


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References

Web

  1. "Marla Hlady". artgalleryofnovascotia.ca. Sobey Award - Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 28 December 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. "Art Gallery of Ontario". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

Other

  1. Eden, Xandra; Fischer, Barbara; Campbell, Nancy (2001). Marla Hlady. Toronto, Ont., Canada: Power Plant. p. 9. ISBN   0-921047-97-5.
  2. Fleming, Marnie; Massier, John; Arnold, Martin (2013). Marla Hlady: rooms & walls. Oakville, ON: Oakville, Ont.: Oakville Galleries. p. 76. ISBN   9781894707350.
  3. Taylor, Kate (18 October 1991). "Art About". The Globe and Mail.
  4. 1 2 MacKay, Gillian (4 November 2000). "Popular Mechanics". The Globe and Mail.
  5. "The One Marla Hlady". cameandwent.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015.