Marla Hlady is an artist working with drawing, objects, kinetics and sites most often thinking through sound. She is based in Tkaronto, Canada and is represented by Christie Contemporary.

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Adler, Dan. “Marla Hlady: YYZ Artists Outlet.” Artforum, April 2008, pp. 279. 

Aquin, Stéphane. “Tour d”horizon.” Voir, Decembre, 1997. 

Anderson, Jack. “Hlady’s installation an intriguing and provocative show.” Regina Herald, 8 May, 2002. 

Anderson, Shannon. “Marla Hlady: The Art of Noise.” Canadian Art. Spring: 2013. 92-97.

Anderson, Shannon and Dan Adler. Circling the Inverse Square. Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 2016. 

Arnold, Martin and Christof Migone. Volumes: Record. Blackwood Gallery, 2015. Vinyl.

Barilli, Renato. “Art Drifts.” Officina America. ReteEmiliaRomagna. Mazzotta, 2002, pp. 39+. 

Bradley, Jessica. “On James Carl and Building a Public Collection.” Canadian Art, Winter, 2001, pp. 73-75. 

Brooks, Sharon. Blink. Toronto, The Power Plant Gallery, 1996.

Brooks, Sharon. Gut Machines. Montreal, Galerie Christiane Chassay, April 1995.

“CAFKA.09: Marla Hlady.” YouTube, uploaded by CAFKATV, 16 July, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnJrB3raSSE&feature=youtu.be.

Campbell, Nancy. “How to Draw Sound.” Marla Hlady, The Power Plant, 2001.

Cianciotta, Aurelio. “Marla Hlady & Christof Migone – Swan Song.” Neural: Critical digital culture and media arts. November 9. 2023. https://neural.it/2023/11/marla-hlady-christof-migone-swan-song/

Corvese, Rhonda. The Idea of North. Dalhousie Art Gallery, Eyelevel gallery, Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, 2005, pp.34-35. 

Christie, Claire. “Drop.” Christie Contemporary, September 2025. Exhibition brochure.

Dault, Gary Michael. “Charming teapots rattle and hum.” The Globe and Mail, October 28, 2006.

Dick, Terence. “Akimblog.” Akimbo 29 March, 2011, http://akimbo.ca/akimblog/?id=452.

Dick, Terence. “Toronto: Marla Hlady, Playing Piano.” Akimbo, January 31, 2008.

Dompierre, Louise. Naked State: A Selected View of Toronto Art. The Power Plant Gallery, 1994. 

Eden, Xandra. Marla Hlady. Toronto, The Power Plant Gallery, 2001. 

Eden, Xandra, Barbara Fischer and Nancy Campbell. Marla Hlady. The Power Plant, 2001. 

Erdosi, Aniko. “The One * New General Catalog (NGC) 224 * Brooklyn, NY.” Zingmagazine, July 2006.

Falvey, Emily. “Spinning Wheels.” Collyer, Hlady, Wheppler & Mahovsky.  Owens Art Gallery, 2004, pp. 9-15.

Falvey, Emily and Ryan Stec. Nite Ride. Artengine, 2010.

Fischer, Barbara. “Drumming Displaced into Different Sized Jam Jars.” Noisemaker(s). Blackwood Gallery, 2001, pp. 30-31+.

Fleming, Marnie, John Massier, Martin Arnold. Marla Hlady: Rooms & Walls. Oakville Galleries and Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 2013.

Fones, Robert. “Toy Box Junkies.” C Magazine. Issue No. 59, Sept-Nov, 1998, pp. 27-32.

Foran, Jack. “Artist-in-residence Marla Hlady’s installation at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center.” Artvoice, vol. 11, no. 4, 26 January, 2012.

Ghaznavi, Corinna. “Marla Hlady.” Espace Sculpture, vol. 58, Winter, 2001-2002, pp. 45.

Gingas, Nicole. Machines, The Shapes of Movement. Manifestation Internationale D’Art De Quebec, 2012, pp. 48-49, 94-97.

Girling, Oliver and Jennifer McMackon. Misrule at the Apollo. 1994. Zine.

Gopnik, Blake. “A Wigged Out Waltzing Matilda.” The Globe and Mail, 20 September, 2000, pp. R420.

“Guerilla magazine – Nite Ride with Tim Hecker and Marla Hlady.” YouTube, uploaded by Graham Law, 17 November, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb0vW_6AukE.

Hatt, Gordon. “Marla Hlady: Playing Piano.” YYZine, vol. 8, no. 1, 2008, pp. 4-6.

Hlady, Marla. “Artist’s Project.” Public 33, 2006, pp. 108-109.

Hlady, Marla. “Playing Piano.” Musicworks, vol. 101, Summer, 2008, pp. 64.

Hlady, Marla. “Playing Piano”. Musicworks 101, Musicworks, Summer 2008. CD.

Hlady, Marla and Christof Migone. “Soundfull: A Wall Speaks, A Door Shakes, A Floor Trembles.” Institutional Survivorship, special issue of Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, vol. 5, no. 6, 2017.

Jacob, Luis. “An Intimate Account of Art Metronome.” Art Metropole, 10 April, 2004, https://artmetropole.com/events/art-metronome.

Johnson. “Take Out.” The New York Times, 4 July, 2003.

Lau, Charlene. “Marla Hlady.” Canadian Art, Spring, 2007, pp. 9. Print.

Lord, Barry. London Life: Young Contemporaries. London Regional Art and Historical Museums, 1993. Print.

MacKay, Gillian. “Popular Mechanics.” The Globe and Mail, 4 November, 2000.

Margolian, Sandra. Four Views. Sackville: Owens Art Gallery, 1998.

“Marla Hlady Part 1.” YouTube, uploaded by CDNartists, 3 November, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TnsMB3cugY.

“Marla Hlady Part 2.” YouTube, uploaded by CDNartists, 19 September, 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=235afIX0B5U.

“Marla Hlady – Spincycle.” YouTube, uploaded by Mois Multi, 29 November, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hSu9svBPkc.

“Marla HLADY.” Vimeo, uploaded by Biennale Nationale De Sculpture Contemporaine, 2015, http://www.bnsc.ca/5226-marla_hlady.

Massier, John. High Junk. Toronto, The Koffler Centre for the Arts, 1992.

Massier, John. Sound and Fury Signifying Something. Toronto, The Koffler Centre of the Arts, 1995.

“Meet the Artists, with Sara Angelucci, Spring Hurlut and Marla Hlady.” AGO Talks from Art Gallery of Ontario Podcast, 8 January, 2014, http://www.ago.net/meet-the-artists-sara-angelucci-spring-hurlbut-marla-hlady.

Migone, Christof. “On Off.” Start, Stop. Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, 2008, pp. 40-43+.

Migone, Christof. “Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhe: Silence and Sound in Performance.” More Caught in the Act: An Anthology of Performance Art by Canadian Women, edited by Tanya Mars and Johanna Householder, YYZBooks, 2016, pp. 56-73.

Migone, Christof. Sonic Somatic: Performances of the Unsound Body. Errant Bodies Press, 2012, pp. 172–173.

Milroy, Sarah. “The Real Art of Noise.” The Globe and Mail, 30 August, 2001, pp. R4.

Morgan, Chris. “Flywheel.” C Magazine, Spring, 2000, pp. 41.

Myhr, Chris. “Broadcasting for Reels: Sounds (Extra)Ordinary.” Centre for Art Tapes, 2013, pp. 9–10.

Pasquini, Stefano. “Officina America.” NY ARTS International Edition, vol. 7, no 3, 2002, pp. 68-69.

Poissant, Louise. “Les Empreintes de Robots.” Les Empreintes de Robots. La galerie d’art du college Edouard-Montpetit, 1994, pp. 10-11.

Price, Neil. “Marla Hlady and Christof Migone’s Whisky-Infused Resonances.” Frieze magazine, 08 November 2022. https://www.frieze.com/article/marla-hlady-christoph-migone-2022-review

“Probes #5.” Curated by Chris Cutler from RWM Radio Web MACBA, 27 August, 2013, http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag.

Revue&Corrigée: Surface Écrite Des Pratiques Sonores Expérimentales. Issue 137, septembre 2023.

Rodney, Lee. “Hush Now.” Canadian Art, Fall, 1999, pp. 126.

Rose, Brad. “The Capsule Garden.” Foxy Digitalis, vol. 2.11, March 2023.

Sommerman, Eileen. “Flywheel.” Canadian Art, Fall, 2000, pp. 84-88.

Thorpe, Josh. “Sound Offerings, The Art of Marla Hlady.” Border Crossings, vol. 26, no. 1, 2007, pp. 38-44.

Triggered Sound. Palaver Press, 2012. Zine.

Whyte, Murray. “Spinning Everyday Items.” National Post, 23 June, 2001, pp. F8.

Youtzy, Rashana. “An Exercise in Active Listenting, Review: Static Gestures” The Strand, 2018.