EDUCATION
2019 Honours Bachelor of Arts with Distinction. University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga ON
2019 Advanced Diploma in Art and Art History, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
Major fields of study: Sound, Sound Installation, Performance and Print
2013 Diploma in Visual and Creative Arts, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 You Look the Other Way, Now Look Me in the Eyes, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga ON
2019 A Shot in the Dark, Campbell House Museum, Toronto ON
2017 Split Ends, Lansdowne Brewery, Toronto ON
2017 It’s Just Paper, Visual Arts Mississauga at Riverwood, Mississauga ON
2017 Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition, Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Toronto ON
2016 The Middle Child, Woman’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto ON
2015 Project Project, Sheridan Gallery, Oakville ON
2013 VCA Graduate Exhibition, The Marquee, Oakville ON
PERFORMANCES
2019 You Look the Other Way, Now Look Me in the Eyes, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga ON
RESIDENCIES
2019 Akin Studio Program, at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Toronto ON
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2018 - 2019 Videographer, Canadian Men's Chorus, Toronto ON
2018 Videographer, Art Address, Oakville ON
2017 - 2019 Video and Sound Technician / Teaching Assistant, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2016 ~ Present Graphic Designer and Social Media Outreach, Dynamic Restaurant Services, Oakville ON
2016 Annie Smith Centre Facility Assistant, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2014 Advertising Designer & Composition, Terrace Standard, Terrace BC
2014 Gallery Assistant, Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace BC
AWARDS and GRANTS
2019 Dr. Annie Smith Travel Grant, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2018 Akimbo “Lets Talk About Me for a Minute”, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2016 Dr. Annie Smith Award, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2016 Video, Sound and Performance Faculty Award, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2014 Art History has its’ Eyes on You, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga ON
2014 Paper Place Award, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
ARTIST TALKS
2019 You Look the Other Way, Now Look Me in the Eyes, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga ON
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2016 Co-curator, The Middle Child, Woman’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto ON
SCREENINGS
2016 A Fine Balance, Celebration Square, Mississauga ON
PUBLICATIONS
2016 - 2019 BUFF, Art and Art History Publication, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2014 Northwest Connection, Publication Distributed in Northern British Columbia, Terrace BC
2014 Terrace Standard, Local Newspaper Design and Composition, Terrace BC
VOLUNTEERING
2019 Graphic Design for A Shot in the Dark, Campbell House Museum, Toronto ON
2016 Department of Visual Studies Representative, Ontario Universities’ Fair, Toronto ON
2016 Senior Student Mentor, Art and Art History Orientation, Oakville ON
2014 Judge, SkeenaWild Film Festival, Terrace BC
2013 Gallery Assistant, Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace BC
2013 British Columbia Museum Association Annual Conference, Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace BC
2012 Gallery Sitter, Art on Kent, Lindsay ON
2019 Honours Bachelor of Arts with Distinction. University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga ON
2019 Advanced Diploma in Art and Art History, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
Major fields of study: Sound, Sound Installation, Performance and Print
2013 Diploma in Visual and Creative Arts, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 You Look the Other Way, Now Look Me in the Eyes, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga ON
2019 A Shot in the Dark, Campbell House Museum, Toronto ON
2017 Split Ends, Lansdowne Brewery, Toronto ON
2017 It’s Just Paper, Visual Arts Mississauga at Riverwood, Mississauga ON
2017 Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition, Art Museum at the University of Toronto, Toronto ON
2016 The Middle Child, Woman’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto ON
2015 Project Project, Sheridan Gallery, Oakville ON
2013 VCA Graduate Exhibition, The Marquee, Oakville ON
PERFORMANCES
2019 You Look the Other Way, Now Look Me in the Eyes, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga ON
RESIDENCIES
2019 Akin Studio Program, at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Toronto ON
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2018 - 2019 Videographer, Canadian Men's Chorus, Toronto ON
2018 Videographer, Art Address, Oakville ON
2017 - 2019 Video and Sound Technician / Teaching Assistant, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2016 ~ Present Graphic Designer and Social Media Outreach, Dynamic Restaurant Services, Oakville ON
2016 Annie Smith Centre Facility Assistant, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2014 Advertising Designer & Composition, Terrace Standard, Terrace BC
2014 Gallery Assistant, Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace BC
AWARDS and GRANTS
2019 Dr. Annie Smith Travel Grant, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2018 Akimbo “Lets Talk About Me for a Minute”, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2016 Dr. Annie Smith Award, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2016 Video, Sound and Performance Faculty Award, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2014 Art History has its’ Eyes on You, University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga ON
2014 Paper Place Award, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
ARTIST TALKS
2019 You Look the Other Way, Now Look Me in the Eyes, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga ON
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2016 Co-curator, The Middle Child, Woman’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto ON
SCREENINGS
2016 A Fine Balance, Celebration Square, Mississauga ON
PUBLICATIONS
2016 - 2019 BUFF, Art and Art History Publication, Sheridan College, Oakville ON
2014 Northwest Connection, Publication Distributed in Northern British Columbia, Terrace BC
2014 Terrace Standard, Local Newspaper Design and Composition, Terrace BC
VOLUNTEERING
2019 Graphic Design for A Shot in the Dark, Campbell House Museum, Toronto ON
2016 Department of Visual Studies Representative, Ontario Universities’ Fair, Toronto ON
2016 Senior Student Mentor, Art and Art History Orientation, Oakville ON
2014 Judge, SkeenaWild Film Festival, Terrace BC
2013 Gallery Assistant, Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace BC
2013 British Columbia Museum Association Annual Conference, Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace BC
2012 Gallery Sitter, Art on Kent, Lindsay ON
BIO
Kamryn McFarlane is a multidisciplinary artist and composer based in Oakville, Ontario. Her sonic and sculptural practices often explore the tensions between technology and nature. Specializing in performance, she manipulates field-recorded sounds to compose undulating sonic landscapes in an attempt to produce moments of spatiality and earthiness.
Kamryn McFarlane is a multidisciplinary artist and composer based in Oakville, Ontario. Her sonic and sculptural practices often explore the tensions between technology and nature. Specializing in performance, she manipulates field-recorded sounds to compose undulating sonic landscapes in an attempt to produce moments of spatiality and earthiness.
ARTIST STATEMENT
One hardly thinks of the minuscule particles of sediment when watching water twist through rock, the journey from mountaintop, to estuary, to where rivers meet the sea. It is this subtle geological process, the erosion and transportation of sediment, which is of particular interest in my sonic practice. I record my surroundings and I dissect sound to create slowly undulating sonic landscapes through the methodical manipulation of field-recordings.
I have used recordings of rushing water, tumbling rocks and the scraping of fish scales to investigate the physicality of sound. My sonic explorations intend to submerge, envelop and invoke moments of spatiality and earthiness. I compose works that attempt to wade through the natural cyclical processes of sedimentation.
Alluvium is a process in which fine particles of sediment have been eroded and reshaped by water in some form and redeposited in a non-marine setting. It is this deposition, the loss of kinetic energy, which influences how I compose and create in both my sonic and sculptural practices. Displacement, invasive species and technology shape my sculptural practice. I attempt to understand the constant tension between technology and nature, and our interactions as they begin to merge together.
One hardly thinks of the minuscule particles of sediment when watching water twist through rock, the journey from mountaintop, to estuary, to where rivers meet the sea. It is this subtle geological process, the erosion and transportation of sediment, which is of particular interest in my sonic practice. I record my surroundings and I dissect sound to create slowly undulating sonic landscapes through the methodical manipulation of field-recordings.
I have used recordings of rushing water, tumbling rocks and the scraping of fish scales to investigate the physicality of sound. My sonic explorations intend to submerge, envelop and invoke moments of spatiality and earthiness. I compose works that attempt to wade through the natural cyclical processes of sedimentation.
Alluvium is a process in which fine particles of sediment have been eroded and reshaped by water in some form and redeposited in a non-marine setting. It is this deposition, the loss of kinetic energy, which influences how I compose and create in both my sonic and sculptural practices. Displacement, invasive species and technology shape my sculptural practice. I attempt to understand the constant tension between technology and nature, and our interactions as they begin to merge together.