Education/Bio

Denton Fredrickson was born in Drayton Valley, on Treaty 6 Territory, Alberta, Canada in 1977. Before completing a multidisciplinary BFA in 2001, Fredrickson worked as a welder for Kananaskis Provincial Park, received his Trade Certificate of Lutherie (traditional acoustic instrument design and construction) from the province of Saskatchewan, and completed his Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy/Religious Studies/Anthropology) from the University of Lethbridge, Canada and University of Pune, India. Fredrickson received his Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture and Media Art) from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2003. In 2022 Fredrickson completed a Masters in Parametric Design and Digital Fabrication at Controlmad Advanced Design Center (Madrid, Spain). He currently works out of Lethbridge, in Treaty 7 Territory, Alberta, Canada where he is an Associate Professor (Sculpture and Media Art) and Art Department Chair at the University of Lethbridge.

Selection of Curated Exhibitions

2025 A Septal Plate Baffling; or, Some Small Sounds Surrounding a Shim. The Space Between Media Arts Festival. Sellasia, Laconia, Greece.

2024 A Septal Plate Baffling; or, Some Small Sounds Surrounding a Shim. Onoma Gallery. Fiskars, Finland.

2019 Horse Tolts and Palm Tree Boxers: A Study from Hafnarborg. Platform Gallery. Winnipeg, MN.

2018 Rejs łodzią (Bench Voyage). Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art. Ustka, Poland.

Fall with the Sound of Its Own Recording. Titanik. Turku, Finland.

2017 A Horizontal Pattern for Special Cases. Tartu Kunstimaja. Tartu, Estonia.

Partition Assembly. Galerie Prám. Prague, Czech Republic.

Stará čistírna Továrna. Prague, Czech Republic.

2016 Architecture In Play/Surfaces In Play Exhibition. University of Lisbon (ISCTE), Portugal.

2015 Marvels of the Ages Calling Forth Lost Spirits of Information. Collaboration with Robyn Moody. Truck Gallery. Calgary, AB.

2014 Prairie Folk and Other Speculative Fictions. Stride Gallery. Calgary, AB.

The Traditional Deadfall Trap. One Night Stand Gallery. Winnipeg, MN.

2013 Marvels of the Ages Calling Forth Lost Spirits of Information. Collaboration with Robyn Moody. SunAlta Train Station. Calgary, AB.

Dr. Soane’s Odditorium. University of Lethbridge Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB.

Ecotone. Nickle Galleries. Calgary, AB.

Permanent Vacation. The Museum of New Ideas. Winnipeg, MN; Struts Gallery. Sackville, NB.

Transitions and Transformations. CASA. Lethbridge, AB.

Drawing the Canada-Wide Science Fair. University of Lethbridge Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB.

Ecotone. Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB.

2012 Zombie Taxa. Collaboration with John Granzow and Chris Chafe. SanJose ZeroOne Biennial. San Jose, California; CCRMA. Stanford University, California.

Deckle. Collaboration with John Granzow. Bibliotheque du 1er. Lyon, France; CCRMA. Stanford University, California.

2011 Between Material and Imagination. Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB.

sciencefictionsciencefair. Tom Thomson Art Gallery. Owen Sound, ON.

2010 sciencefictionsciencefair. Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. Kitchener, ON.

On Your Marks. Collaboration with Billy McCarrol and Glen MacKinnon. Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB.

2009 sciencefictionsciencefair. Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON.

2008 You Might be Right, But You’re Not (Recently Human Engineered). Collaboration with Glen MacKinnon. The UofL Office Gallery, Lethbridge, AB.

Canadia: Land of Myths and Media. Collaboration with Brian McKenna and Robyn Moody. Mediamatic. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2007 Caught Up In Disappearing. Trianon Gallery. Lethbridge, AB.

The Articulations: Conex-Us. Mendel Art Gallery. Saskatoon, SK.

2006 Brave New World. Diaspora Vibe. Miami, Florida; Anna Leonowens Gallery. Halifax, NS.

Current. Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB.

The Terrarium Project. Harbourfront Centre. Toronto, ON.

Canadian Club. Collaboration with Brian McKenna and Robyn Moody. Kunstvlaai 6. Westergasfabriek. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Danger Will Robinson. Latitude53. Edmonton, AB.

2005 Alter-ego. Trianon Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB.

Return to Sender. Trap\door Artist-Run Centre. Lethbridge, AB.

2004 Para-site. Paved Art+New Media. Saskatoon, SK.

Sound Performances, Broadcasts, Film and Video Screenings, Public Presentations

2023 Hands, No Hands: Post-Digital Materiality. 5th International Digital Culture and AudioVisual Challenges Conference. Ionian Academy University. Corfu, Greece.

2022 Hands No Hands. Controlmad Advanced Design Center. Madrid, Spain.

2020 TO BE CONTINUED Winnipeg Underground Film Festival. Winnipeg, MB. Online juried screening of Breath on the Nile.

Visualizing Agriculture: A Documentary. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Development Centre, AB; Harrow Research and Development Centre, ON.

2019 Visualizing and Physicalizing Agriculture: A Documentary. University of Calgary Data Empowerment Speaker Series. Calgary, AB.

2018 Active Research Lecture Series. Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts, Winnipeg.

Data Physicalization One Week Seminar. Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics, Germany.

2017 A Window or Door Where There Was None installation and presentation. Swatch Art Peace Hotel. Shanghai, China.

2015 Disruptive Imaginings presentation. University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University.

2013 Making Meaning in the Museum Panel Discussion. University of Lethbridge.

2010 Art NOW Speaker Series. University of Lethbridge

2009 A New Beginning: A Playground (with Pauline Oliveros, Ione, and Chris Chafe). Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff; Subtle Technologies Festival, Toronto; Casa da Musica, Porto, Portugal.

2007 Any Moment… CKXU Radio. Lethbridge, AB.

2006 Recently Departed. Collaboration with Brian McKenna and Robyn Moody. Mediamatic. Amsterdam.

2005 Onzichtbaar (Invisible). Portable Sound. Amsterdam. Animator/Re-animator. Metro Cinema. Edmonton, AB.; Remo, Osaka, Japan.; Gallery Soap, Kita Kyushu, Japan; Art Autonomy Network, Yokahama, Japan; K5, Mito, Japan. Superstitions. Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB.

2004 Brave New Waves. CBC Radio

Curatorial Projects

2018 Visualizing and Physicalizing Agriculture. Co-curated with Christina Cuthbertson and Leanne Elias. Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge, AB. Accompanied by documentary.

Residencies

Upcoming Basque BioDesign Center Artist-in-Residence. Güeñes (Bizkaia), Spain.

2025 KH Messen International Artist Residency. Ålvik, Norway.

2024 Onoma Fiskars Artist-in-Residence. Fiskars, Finland.

2023 RECLAIM Public Art Residency (Lead Facilitator). Lethbridge, AB.

2018 Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art Artist-in-Residence. Ustka, Poland.

Titanik Artist-Run Centre Artist-in-Residence. Turku, Finland.

Hafnarfjörður Centre of Culture and Fine Art Artist-in-Residence. Hafnarborg, Iceland.

2017 Tartu Artist-in-Residence. Tartu, Estonia.

Swatch Art Peace Hotel Artist Residency. Shanghai, China.

Prám Studio International Residency Program. Prague, Czech Republic.

2012 EcoTone Art-Science Symposium and Residency. Porcupine Hills, AB.

2009 Analogous Fields: Art and Science. The Banff Centre.

2007 Church Basement Residency. Saskatoon, SK.

Gushul Studio. Crowsnest Pass, AB.

2004 Thinking Inside the Box. Paved Art+New Media. Saskatoon, SK.

2004 Sculpture: The Electronic Other. Atelier 53. Basse-Normandy, France.

Professional Training

2024 Wood Origami Workshop. ISCTE University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.

2022 Masters in Parametric Design and Digital Fabrication. Controlmad Advanced Design Center, Madrid, Spain.

2016 Design+Optimization+Fabrication Training. RhinoFab Studio, McNeel Miami, Florida.

Architecture and Surfaces-In-Play Conference and Summer School. ISCTE University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.

2015 Rhino Days Conference and Workshops. Savannah College of Art and Design. Savannah, Georgia.

2014 Parametric Drawing Tex-Fab Workshop. University of Texas School of Architecture. Austin, Texas.

2013 Making Interactive Prototypes Workshop. Mode Lab and LIFT architects, New York City, NY.

2003 Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture and Media Art). NSCAD, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Published Writing/Essays

2009 “Instruments of Removal”. BoulderPavement, The Banff Centre. Co-written with John Granzow.

2008 “(Im)permeable: Sound and the Flaneur in Annie Martin’s Audio Installation”. The New Gallery Press.

2005 “Still: A Sound Installation by Robyn Moody”. The New Gallery Press.

Selection of Awards

2024 Canada Council for the Arts – Arts Abroad Grant

2022 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project Grant

2018 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project Grant

2017 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts and New Media Individual Project Grant

2015 University of Lethbridge Research Fund; University of Lethbridge Agility Project Research Lab Funding; Musagetes Disruptive Imaginings Funding

2014 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Research and Production Grant

2013 Truck Gallery Commission; Mentors in Creative Research (University of Lethbridge SSHRC)

2012 Canada Council ACDI Production Grant; Alberta Foundation for the Arts Research and Production Grant

2011 Calgary Science Centre Public Art Commission Short List; Sobey Art Award Prairie and North Short List; Alberta Foundation for the Arts Cultural Relations Grant

2010 Southern Alberta Art Gallery and City of Lethbridge Public Art Commission

2009 Canada Council Alberta Creative Development Initiative Production Grant

2008 Canada Council Grant to Professionals in the Visual Arts

2006 Harbourfront Centre Fresh Ground Commissioning Award (with Crystal Mowry and Panya Clarke-Espinal)

2004 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Visual Arts Grant

Professional Teaching Experience

2016-present Associate Professor, University of Lethbridge

2011-2016 Assistant Professor, University of Lethbridge

2004-2011 Lecturer, University of Lethbridge.

2001-2003 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD).

Courses Taught

Introduction to Visual Culture (NSCAD)
Introduction to Studio Practice (NSCAD)
Intermediate Sculpture (NSCAD)
Introductory Studio in Media Arts (NSCAD)
*Advanced Studio Seminar: Artifictions (NSCAD)
Foundation Studio (Drawing and Image) (University of Lethbridge)
Foundation Studio (Object and Space) (University of Lethbridge)
New Media Technology (University of Lethbridge)
Media Arts I – Digital Studio (University of Lethbridge)
Media Arts II – Video Sketchbook (University of Lethbridge)
*Media Arts III – Digital Sites (University of Lethbridge)
Sculpture/Spatial Practice I (University of Lethbridge)
Sculpture/Spatial Practice II (University of Lethbridge)
Sculpture/Spatial Practice III (University of Lethbridge)
*Creative Electronics for Beginners (University of Lethbridge)
*Digital Fabrication (University of Lethbridge)
*Data Visualization/Physicalization (University of Lethbridge)
Advanced/Senior Studio (University of Lethbridge)
Undergraduate Honours Thesis (University of Lethbridge)
*Theory in Art Studio Graduate Seminar (University of Lethbridge)

* Indicates courses developed and introduced for the first time within the associated institution.

Adjudication and Art-related Community Volunteer Work

Founding Member, Board Member, and Volunteer for Trap\Door Artist-run Centre
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery Acquisition Committee
Platform Centre for Photographic & Digital Arts Micro-grants Jury
Selection Committee University of Lethbridge Campus Utility Box Project
Canada-Wide Science Fair Jury
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Expert Panel