b. 1988, Tasmania, Australia

angustarnawsky@gmail.com ^︎
soundcloud.com/angustarnawsky ^︎

Angus Tarnawsky is an artist and musician who investigates perceptions of sound and space through installation and performance. Drawing from his experience as a drummer and audio engineer, he uses repetition, motion and transmission to engage with site-specific concerns of temporality and materiality. A frequent collaborator, he works alongside a variety of artists, most notably through his curatorial project ICM, where he releases lathe-cut records and organizes concerts. Originally from Tasmania, Australia, he lives and works in Toronto.

          

CV
1/1/19


Education
2020 MFA, Interdisciplinary Art, Media & Design, OCAD University
2009 BMus, Improvisation, Honours, University of Melbourne

Residencies
2018 Wave Farm, Acra NY
2017 Pioneer Works, Brooklyn NY
2016 RBMA, Montreal QC

Exhibitions
2018 Screen Spaces, Mathew Gallery, New York NY
curated by Vere van Gool for Het Nieuwe Instituut

2018 CO-, 205 Richmond St, Toronto ON
curated by Criticism & Curatorial Practice for OCADU

2018 Sound + Signal, One Spadina, Toronto ON
curated by John Granzow & Catie Newell for Smartgeometry

2014 Can We Please Play the Internet, West Space, Melbourne
curated by Rosemary Willink for Next Wave Festival

Contributing Artist
2018 MINT Conference, Halifax NS
2018 RBMF, The Great Hall, Toronto ON
2018 Sonic Transmission Archive, Newburgh NY
2018 Audio Buffet, Wave Farm, Acra NY
2018 Organ Player, Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City UT
2017 Hero Complexities, Theatre of Movement, Greensboro NC
2017 Second Sundays, Pioneer Works, Brooklyn NY
2017 Label Night, Fridman Gallery, New York NY
2017 Luminato Festival, Toronto ON
2017 Make Music Festival, New York NY
2016 Surface To Air, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2015 Vanishing Point, Theatre of Movement, Greensboro NC
2015 GENERATE, Roulette, Brooklyn NY
2015 Strobe Network, Flux Factory, Queens NY
2015 Next Wave Festival, Melbourne
2014 ESP TV, Trans-Pecos, Queens NY
2014 Last Weekend Festival, Wurtsboro NY

Recordings
2019 Subconscious Self Sabotage, 7” Record, ICM
2018 Live at Secret Project Robot, 7” Record, ICM
2017 City of Fear (Flowers of Evil), 12” Record, Deranged
2016 Surface To Air, 7” Record, ICM
2015 Self-titled (Flowers of Evil), 12” Record, Deranged
2014 Artifacts, 7” Record, ICM
2014 Pitched, 12” Record, Inner Surface Music

Curatorial
2013 In Context Music (ICM), Record Label & Concert Series (ongoing)
2011 Unconscious Collective, Performance Series, Brooklyn NY

Publications & Presentations
2018 Limitations, Array Space
2018 Spaces & Rituals, MINT Conference
2018 Embracing Imperfection, MINT Conference
2009 Chris Cutler’s Electrified-Drumkit, University of Melbourne

Reviews & Interviews
2016 Georgia Straight
2016 Parklife DC
2016 Searching For
2015 Tinymixtapes
2014 Bizaar Bazaar
2014 Stray Landings
2014 Resident Advisor

Awards
2017 Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2009 Artsbridge Grant, Arts Tasmania

Teaching
2019 Teaching Assistant, Global Visual & Material Culture, OCADU, Toronto ON
2018 Teaching Assistant, Global Visual & Material Culture, OCADU, Toronto ON
2017 Teaching Artist, Sonic Arts for All, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY
2017 Guest Lecture, Music Technology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn NY
2015 Visiting Artist, Newstead College, Launceston, Tasmania
2014 Guest Lecture, Integrated Design, The New School, New York NY