Selected Solo/Group Exhibitions, Festivals and Performances
2025 In-Between, CICA Museum, Abstract Mind, Gimpo, South Korea (forthcoming)
2024 In-Between, Next Step Film Festival, Venice, Italy
Symbiotic / Symbiotique, SPAO Gallery and Canada Agriculture and Food Museum (CAFM), Ottawa, ON
Homecoming, Smokestack Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2023 Two Rivers, Crossed Landscape, KCC Gallery (collaboration with Lee Yeon-Sook), Ottawa, ON
Ab-Solutes: Athabasca River, CICA Museum, Breath, Gimpo, South Korea
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Alternative Space LOOP, Some Form, Seoul, South Korea
Salients, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON
2022 Sounding Waters: Nakdong River, South Korea, Seongsan Art Hall, Changwon International Sculpture Biennale, Changwon, South Korea
In-Between, Psychedelic Film and Music Festival, New York, USA
In-Between, Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology, Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology, Connecticut, USA
In-Between, New Adventures in Sound Art (live diffusion performance by Darren Copeland), Immersions and Resonances, South River, ON
Vessels: Between Teeth, Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Fête Champêtre, Montreal, QC
Ab-Solutes: Lake Erie, Decode Gallery, Darkness - Tuscon, Arizona, USA
2021 In-Between, Chainsaw Game & Music Festival - Online, USA
Ab-Solutes: Lake Erie, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, EXTRACTION, Art on the Edge of the Abyss - California, USA
In-Between, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (collaboration with Mark Gustavson), New York, USA
Prefix Prize Solo Exhibition, Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art - Toronto, ON
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Psychedelic Film and Music Festival - New York, USA
Ab-Solutes: Athabasca River, VAM43 Juried Show of Fine Arts, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
2020 Suspensions, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Exposed - Oshawa, ON
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Bizarrya Short Film Festival - Porto, PT
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Dumbo Film Festival - New York, USA
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Photophobia Film Festival - Hamilton, ON
Suspensions, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, H2O - California, USA (online due to health concerns around COVID-19)
Suspensions, The Art Center, Highland Park, Art and Science - Illinois, USA (online due to health concerns around COVID-19)
Suspensions, Huron Valley Council for the Arts, Our Changing Climate - Detroit, USA (online due to health concerns around COVID-19)
Suspensions, New York Centre for Photographic Art, Jadite Gallery, Water - New York, USA (published as catalogue due to health concerns around COVID-19)
Vessels: Between Teeth, CICA Museum, Objects - Gimpo, South Korea
Suspensions, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Environmental - Cincinnati, USA
Cutting Corners, Center for Detroit Arts + Culture, Small Works 2020 - Detroit, USA
Vessels and Suspensions, Smokestack Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2019 Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Blow-Up International Arthouse Filmfest - Chicago, USA
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Festival Mundial de Cine VeraCruz - VeraCruz, MX
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, L’Age d’Or International Art-house Film Festival - Calcutta, IND
Sounding Waters: Hamilton Harbour, Art Spin Hamilton (Gage Park) - Hamilton, ON
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Toronto Independent Film Festival- Toronto, ON
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival - Bilbao, SPN
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, The Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film - Hannover, ON
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Tulum World Environment Film Festival - Tulum, MX
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Depth of Field International Film Festival - online, USA
Suspensions, Grosse Pointe War Memorial Gallery, Our Rivers, Our Lakes - Detroit, USA
Suspensions, John B. Aird Gallery, 146th Annual Open Juried Exhibition - Toronto, ON
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Platform R.F., Special Program - Vaasa, FIN
2018 Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, PACT Zollverein, 1/2/8 - Urban Frictions (Special Program) - Essen, DEU
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Achterhaus Ateliergemeinschaft e.V., Intervention - Hamburg, DEU
60 Cycle Hum Redux, LR Wilson Blackbox Theatre, McMaster University, Imaginary Landscapes Festival - Hamilton, ON
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Factory Media Centre - Hamilton, ON
Suspensions, Art Gallery of Windsor, The Living River Project - Windsor, ON
Sounding Waters: Tama River, Tokyo, Art Gallery of Windsor, Living River Project - Windsor, ON
60 Cycle Hum Redux, University of Windsor, NoiseBorder Festival - Windsor, ON
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, University of Windsor, NoiseBorder Festival - Windsor, ON
Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke, Video Rental Store, SAW Video - Ottawa, ON
Approaches to Erg, Video Rental Store, SAW Video - Ottawa, ON
Approaches to Erg, Art Gallery of Hamilton, WaterCRESS Seminar - Hamilton, ON
2017 Cutting Corners, Aperture: Roloff Beny Photography Award Retrospective - Lethbridge, AB
Urban Cross Sections, Aperture: Roloff Beny Photography Award Retrospective - Lethbridge, AB
2015 Approaches to Erg, Cutting Edge International Film Festival - online, USA
Approaches to Erg, Great Lakes International Film Festival - Erie, USA
Approaches to Erg, In the Palace International Film Festival - Balchik, BGR
Approaches to Erg, Visions du Réel International Film Festival - Nyon, CHE
Approaches to Erg, Flixxfest International Film Festival - online, USA
2014 Carte Blanche, DNA Artspace - London, ON
Approaches to Erg, Obey Convention, Khyber Centre for the Arts - Halifax, NS
2013 Ears Under the Atlantic, Nocturne Arts Festival (Anchor Project) - Halifax, NS
Sounding Waters: Tokyo Rivers, Beltone Anechoic Chamber (NCA) - London, ON
Clamour, DNA Artspace, No Boys with Frogs - London, ON
2012 Never Was a Shade, Artscape Wychwood Barns, Trans-X Symposium - Toronto, ON
2011 DEMG (Performance), Dalhousie Art Gallery, Traffic - Halifax, NS
Standing Waves, Gallery 2053 (collaboration with John Abram) - Halifax, NS
Cartilage Glitches, Gallery 2053 - Halifax, NS
2010 Search Engines, Eye Level Gallery, I/O (Input/Output) - Halifax, NS
DEMG (Performance), Alderney Landing Theatre, Nocturne Arts Festival - Dartmouth, NS
Columbus’ Dream, Making Tracks (Traveling exhibit of video art organized by Via Rail), PQ/NS
Oscillations, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
2009 60-Cycle Hum, Anna Leonowens Gallery, New and/or Knot… - Halifax, NS
Standing Waves, Studio 21 Gallery (collaboration with John Abram), Nocturne Arts Festival - Halifax, NS
Everything in its Reich Place, Port Loggia Gallery, Sound and Kinetic Dimensions - Halifax, NS
Aural Fixations, Port Loggia Gallery, Halifax, NS
Cartilage Glitches, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Hello, My Name Is… - Halifax, NS
Columbus’ Dream, In Return, Sydney College of the Arts - Sydney, Australia
2008 Tokyo City Spaces, Lethbridge City Hall - Lethbridge, AB
Curatorial Projects/Residencies/Professional Activities
2022 Dorland Mountain Arts (Artist in Residence), Dorland Mountain Arts Colony - California, USA (forthcoming)
2022 Changwon Cultural Foundation International Residency (Artist in Residence), Seongsan Art Hall - Changwon, South Korea
2020 Photophobia (International Panel Member), Art Gallery of Hamilton - Hamilton, ON
2019 Collision Courses 2019 (Presenter), McMaster University - Hamilton, ON
2018 The River Talks: Rethinking Water Through Contemporary Art (Panel Member), Museum London - London, ON
AquaCulture: Water & the Human Element (Presenter), Art Gallery of Hamilton - Hamilton, ON
2016-2017 Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship (Artist in Residence), McMaster University - Hamilton, ON
2014 Zounds!! Hear Here 09 (Curator), Forest City Gallery - London, ON
Acoustic Networks (Artist in Residence), Centre for Art Tapes - Halifax, NS
2013 Sounding Waters (Presenter), Forest City Gallery - London, ON
2012 Trans-X Symposium (Panel Member), Artscape Wychwood Barns - Toronto, ON
Trans-X Residency (Artist in Residence), New Adventures in Sound Art - Toronto, ON
Sounds (Extra)Ordinary Exhibition (Curator), Galerie Sans Nom - Moncton, NB
Sounds (Extra)Ordinary Exhibition (Curator), Craig Gallery - Dartmouth, NS
2011 Cue: Art Media (Photographer/Videographer) - Halifax, NS
“Photography as a Gradual Process” (Presenter), ViewPoint Gallery - Halifax, NS
2010-2011 Board of Directors (Director), Centre for Art Tapes - Halifax, NS
2010 CFAT Electronics Residency (Artist in Residence), Centre for Art Tapes - Halifax, NS
2007 The Final Frontier, Camille Turner (Camera Operator) - Lethbridge, AB
2006 Shooting Fish, Tanya Harnett (Audio/Video Editor) - Lethbridge, AB)
Collections/Publications/Media/Awards
2023 “Artist Chris Myhr Makes a Salient Point” (Hamilton City Magazine), Stephanie Vegh, March 2023. Link
“How Images of the 2011 Tsunami in Japan Led Me to Examine Connections with Water in Photography, Sound and Sculpture” (The Conversation Canada), Chris Myhr,
March 2023. Link
2022 “Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2022: Wave-Particle Duality” (Catalogue), Kwanyong Cho (Essay), Changwon Cultural Foundation
(Sounding Waters: Nakdong River, South Korea) - Changwon, South Korea
“Extraction: Art on the Edge of the Abyss” (Catalogue), Catherine Devriese, Robin Dintiman, Peter Koch (Essays), Sebastopol Center for the Arts
(Ab-Solutes: Lake Erie) - California, USA
Creation Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Ab-Solutes: Lake Melville)
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Sounding Waters: Nakdong River, South Korea)
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Salients Solo Exhibition M(M)A)
2021 Prefix Prize, Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art - Toronto, ON
2020 INPHA 8 (International Photography Annual), Manifest Creative Research Gallery (Suspensions) - Cincinnati, USA
Creation Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Ab-Solutes)
Finalist: Experimental Film Category, Dumbo Film Festival (Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke) - New York, USA
Award of Merit, Zea Morvitz (Juror), Sebastopol Center for the Arts (Suspensions) - Sebastopol, USA
Juror’s Selection Award, Mark Sink (Curator), New York Centre for Photographic Art (Suspensions) - New York, USA
2019 Winner: Best Experimental Film (September), Dumbo Film Festival (Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke) - New York, USA
Winner: Best Experimental Short, Toronto Independent Film Festival (Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke) - Toronto, ON
Outstanding Achievement Award, L’Age d’Or International Art-house Film Festival (Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke) - Calcutta, IND
Award for Exceptional Merit, Depth of Field International Film Festival (Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke) - online USA
Honorable Mention, “Our Rivers, Our Lakes”, Grosse Pointe War Memorial Gallery (Suspensions) Grosse Pointe - Detroit, USA
“The Living River Project: Art, Water and Possible Worlds” (Catalogue), Patrick Mahon and Stuart Reid (Curators), Art Gallery of Windsor, August 2019
2018 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Sounding Waters: Tama River Tokyo)
2016 Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts (Fathoms: The Weight of Smoke)
2014 Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts (Approaches to Erg)
2010 “Input/Output: Electric Fields”, Canadian Art Review - December, 2010
2008 University of Lethbridge Permanent Collection (Cutting Corners) - Lethbridge, AB
2006 Roloff Beny Foundation Award in Photographic Arts, University of Lethbridge - Lethbridge, AB
Education
2008-2010 NSCAD University - Halifax, NS (MFA - Media Arts)
2005-2008 University of Lethbridge - Lethbridge, AB (BFA - Multidisciplinary/New Media)
1991-1996 Simon Fraser University - Burnaby, BC (BA - English)