Alek Green
B. 1997, Victoria, B.C.
EDUCATION
2026 MFA, (Sound Art) - Columbia University, New York City, NY
2024 School for Poetic Computation - New York City, NY
2023 BFA, (Major in Expanded Media, Minor in Art History) - NSCAD, Halifax, NS
2019 Diploma in Visual Arts- Camosun College, Victoria, BC
2015 Dogwood Diploma - Parkland High School Sidney, BC
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2026 Banff Centre for the Arts Scholarship
2025 Peaked Hill Trust Scholarship
Lead Teaching Fellowship, Columbia University
Interdisciplinary Arts Council Fellowship, Columbia University
2024 Creative Music Workshop - Core Program Award
2023 Arthur Lismer Award for Academic Excellence
NSCAD Travel Bursary
2021 John Thetan-Caines Floyd Scholarship
2019 Jessie A. Forsyth Memorial Award of Excellence
2015 Dogwood District/Authority Award
RESIDENCIES AND REPRESENTATION
2026
Banff Centre for the Arts Residency, Banff, AB
2025
Peaked Hill Trust Arts and Science Residency, Cape Cod, MA
KHYBER Kream Summer Resident, NS
2024
CFAT Sound Art Residency, NS
MORESO Collective, NS
2023-2024
Creative Music Workshop x EVERYSEEKER Emergent Artist Residency, NS
2023
Handmade Film Collective Mentorship Program, NS
Lunenburg Documentary Festival “The Launch” Pitch Contest and Mentorship Program, NS
2021-2023
Representation through Sweetpea Gallery, BC
2019-2021
Better Together Collective, BC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Hearing, Tracing Halifax KHYBER, Halifax, NS.
2024
Sound Reservoir - Permanent online community art installation www.soundreservoir.org
(culmination of work with the CFAT sound art residency)
Scores - Permanent free online graphic score hosting space https://scores.hotglue.me/?scores
(culmination of work through EVERYSEEKER residency)
2023
O - Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, PERFORMANCES AND FESTIVALS
2026
Hátíðni Arts Festival - Borðni, Iceland, Curated by Hátíðni Collective
Heat Index - ArtCake NYC, Curated by Kayla Edmonston and Andres Priest-Lopez
There Will Be a Screening - Emily Harvey Foundation, Midtown NYC, Curated by Umarell
Columbia MFA Thesis Show - Wallach Art Gallery, Harlem NYC Curated by Amal Issa
Moving Through, Sinkhole Gallery - Ridgewood NYC Curated by Alek Green
2025
Close to 60 ArtCake NYC - curated by Umarell
Horse Show Clinton Hill - Brooklyn, curated by Fiona Jacobson-Yang and Lola Simon
Pathways catalogue exhibition at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive, curated by L. Coates
Fault Lines, THEBLANC - Midtown, NYC, curated by Jenée Strand
Signal Whispers, Tramps - Chelsea, NYC, curated by Lizzi Bougatsos
First Year MFA Group Show - Wallach Art Gallery, Harlem, NYC curated by Amy Sadao
Pathways - Halifax NS curated by Nick Chapman
2024
Bleep in the Dark - Halifax, NS
EVERYSEEKER - Halifax NS
Horses Running Through the Field, a Special Characters Group Show - Hermes Gallery, Halifax, NS
2023
Body/Language - Offsite, Halifax NS
Bleep in the Dark - Radstorm, Halifax, NS (Curated by Bleep in the Dark collective)
LA Art Book Festival- Los Angeles, California, as a member of Special Characters Press
In Defense of Bogus - Halifax NS (Curated by Galerie Cecile)
Traverse Vidéo Film Festival - Toulouse, France
Pages Turning - Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax NS (Curated by Neil Kehler)
Mycelia - Anna Leonowens Gallery, (Curated by Keely Hopkins)
Sculpture Showcase - Los Angeles, USA (Curated by L. Coates)
Let it Out - Khyber, Halifax NS, as part of Fervor Collective
JazzFest Halifax
2022
HEXENNACHT - Online + Live at the Carlton Project, Victoria BC
Hex App, produced by the Oddfellows society, housing site and city-specific field recordings from artists across the globe on an interactive map, available on Google Play and Apple.
2021
NOISER Moron Industries - Lot 8 Victoria BC
Music Waste - Online. (Curated by CiTR + Discorder Mag.)
HEXENNACHT - Online. (Curated by The Oddfellows Club of Victoria)
Video Mix Tape II - Ministry of Casual Living (FILM + SOUND collective) Victoria BC + Online
2020
BETTER TOGETHER URL - Online (Curated by Jackson Love)
Eventide Online, in assn. With Girls Rock Camp Victoria (Curated by CFUV)
Video Mix Tapes - Ministry of Casual Living (FILM + SOUND collective) , Victoria BC
2019
BETTER TOGETHER - Outer Heaven, Victoria BC Canada
VERBODEN - Rickshaw Theater and The Astoria, Vancouver BC, Canada (Curated by Robert Katerwol)
International Women’s day: Reworked - Roxy Theater Victoria, BC (Curated by Ciel Bohme)
Lucid - Uptown, Victoria BC (JURIED)
ZINE DAZE - Victoria Public Library, Victoria, BC (Curated by Gart Darley)
Eventide - Victoria BC (Curated by CFUV)
Music Waste - Vancouver BC (Curated by CiTR + Discorder Mag.)
2018
Out of the Gray - Camosun College, Victoria BC
ZINE DAZE - Victoria Public Library, Victoria, BC (Curated by Gart Darley)
Does Anyone Shoot Film Anymore? - Gallery 49 Victoria, BC (JURIED)
OBSESSION - Musee de Wax, Victoria BC
YARDSALE II - Intrepid Theater, Victoria, BC (Curated by Gabby Twerdohlib)
JUXTAPOSITION II - The Avant-Garden, (Curated by Baby Lee-Young, Vancouver, BC)
JUXTAPOSITION I - The Avant-Garden, (Curated by Baby Lee-Young, Vancouver, BC)
Eventide - Victoria, BC (Curated by CiTR + Discorder Mag.)
2017
Otalith - Tofino, BC
Eventide - Victoria, BC (Curated by CiTR + Discorder Mag.)
COMMISSIONS
(Public)
2024
Poster for Siren Song
EVERYSEEKER shirt design
Poster for the Halifax Art Book Fair
Poster for Bleep in the Dark
2023
Poster design for NEXT.O shows
Poster for Modern Music
Poster for Noise + Body Language
Poster for Disco Bloodbath
2021
Habit Coffee logo and tshirt design
2020
Nature Walk album design
Nature Walk single design
Nature Walk promotional materials design
2019
Good Party festival poster and logo
Event poster design (VARIOUS)
PRESS, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND DISCOGRAPHY
2025
Invitations (Forthcoming publication on Sound Art)
PATHWAYS group show publication anthology, published by AC WORLDWIDE
2024
Ampelos - prosepoem published in print in Cephalophore #3, Capitol
Beneath the Parish, a Putrid River - prosepoem published in print in Cephalophore #3, Capitol
2023
Complete Book of Thrumantology - in collaboration with Andrew Hill, published through Special Characters Press.
Rencontres Internationales Traverse; Variabilitès en Échos - Catalogue (French only). Essay written by Simone Dompeyre
Untitled 1+2 - Collages distributed online by Ctrl+v in Summer 2023
Untitled 1+2 - Collages distributed by Eyelevel artist run center in association with NSCAD Printer Matter Department in Untitled
CAR RING - Poemstory 1/1 artist book made for Pages Turning
SACCULUS - Autotheory and poetry collection
OCTOBER - Poetry and photo/video collection
2022
Emotional Magazine 1- published through Sweetpea Gallery, February 2
2021
meadowrunning - redress released online June 6
Carol, Michelle, Paul - event released online September 27
2020
peacebird - redress released online April 27
queer, rave, space published through RadStorm, Halifax NS, November 21
2019
event01- event project works released online January 23
Above All Else - redress album released on cassette and online February 14
harmony in tunnel - event album released online and microcassette April 18
2018
form unbound - Event album released on micro cassette and online December 12
Bump Television Online television, broadcasted worldwide. September
Diamond 24 page zine, self published
Understanding Self 38 page zine, self published
High Road// Low Road 4 page zine, self published
2017
Miffed - Miffed Neighbors album released on cassette and online through Toska Tapes. March 11
INTERVIEWS, ARTIST TALKS, AND PRESS
2025
PATHWAYS group show publication, presented at the LA Contemporary Archives.
2024
Artist Talk at Centre for Art Tapes, in discussion of Sound Reservoir
2023
Anna LeonOwens Gallery, in-person discussion of O
Rencontres Internationales Traverse; Variabilitès en Échos - Catalogue (French only). Essay written by Simone Dompeyre
2022
Sweetpea Gallery Live Series - Online, March
2018
Where, What, Why Gabby Twerdohlib, Victoria, B.C. Luxury-ish Productions, May, Online article
Here Tell Joshua P., Victoria, B.C., Self Published, October, Print Magazine
Chaotic Music Meetings Myles Black, Vancouver B.C., CiTR/Discorder, December, Live radio show/ Podcast
Venus Wave Alba Patricia Victoria, B.C. CFUV, November, Live radio show/ Podcast
2017
Listen Local Max Monday, Victoria B.C. CFUV, October 2017, Live radio show/ Podcast
TEACHING, FACILITATION and WORKSHOPS
2025-2026
Lead Teaching Fellow at Columbia University
TA for Miya Masaoka's Graduate Studio Class at Columbia University
All My Ideas Came Together At the Bookbinding Workshop, Bookbinding workshop at Columbia University with Dana Buhl.
2025
SOUNDIAL guest teacher for Sound Objects + Environmental Improvisation
2019 - 2022
Sound Studies Reading and Discussion Group, with Alba Patricia. (research, syllabus design, facilitation)
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025-Present
Halifax Art Book Fair Board Member
EVERYSEEKER Board Member
2025-2026
Interdisciplinary Arts Council Board Member and Secretary at Columbia University
Lead technician for VALS at Columbia University
2024
AFCOOP Film 5 Trainee Program
Head technician for the Halifax Art Book Fair
2023-2024
Studio Assistant for Charles Bishop
In-house graphic designer for Canadian College of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine
WORK EXPERIENCE IN SOUND DEPARTMENT FOR FILM AND TV
2021 Morality Play Sound Trainee
2022 Glass Palace Sound Trainee
Contact Sound Trainee
i+i Score + Post Sound
2023 Perennials Score + Post Sound
Sparagmos Score + Post Sound
2024 Take Care Boom Operator + Utility Sound
Flimsy Boom Operator + Utility Sound
Gaslit Boom Operator + Utility Sound
Kitchen Sink Boom Operator + Utility Sound
Son of Man Boom Op + Location Sound Recordist + Post Sound
2025 Portrait Series 1: Province Town Boom Op + Location Sound Recordist + Post Sound
Burnt Toast Post Sound + Mixing + Sound Design
2026 Portrait Series 2: Banff Boom Op + Location Sound Recordist + Post Sound