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Paul Walde is an award-winning artist, composer, and curator whose work explores the interconnections between landscape, identity, and technology. He is notable for projects such as 'Requiem Glacier,' a site-specific sound performance that involved a fifty-five-piece choir and orchestra in the Farnham Glacier in the Purcell Mountains. His exhibitions have been featured internationally, including at Au Loin Une Île Mains d’Œuvres in Paris and the Dundee Contemporary Arts as part of the NEoN Festival. His artwork is represented in various public and private collections across Canada, including the Musée des Beaux-arts de Montréal and Anchorage Museum. An alumnus of the University of Western Ontario (BFA) and New York University (MA), Walde has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the BC Arts Council, and honors including the Prescott Fund Award from the National Arts Club. He is also a founding member of Audio Lodge, a Canadian sound art collective, and has served as the Artistic Director at the Visual Arts curator for LOLA in London, Ontario. He has a strong presence in the academic community as a lecturer, curator, and teacher, having attended residencies at various art centers in Canada.
University of Victoria • Victoria, BC
Serving as a professor and previously as the Chair of the Visual Arts Department, contributing extensively to the department's academic offerings and fostering artistic expression.
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