Clive Holden: New Media Artist

Clive Holden is a distinguished Canadian new media artist, filmmaker, and poet whose practice explores the boundaries between digital technology and traditional art forms. Born in Nanaimo and based in Toronto, Canada, Clive Holden has developed a unique "Cagean" approach to media sculptures, which function as live experiences that perform their own completion through custom randomization code and chance operations. This methodology ensures that each viewing of his work is a distinct event. His portfolio features significant projects such as UNSUNG (2024), a large-scale commission for the Centre culturel canadien in Paris during the Olympic Games, which utilized dynamic portraits of athletes. Other notable works include the award-winning film poem series Trains of Winnipeg and the community-based project UNAMERICAN UNFAMOUS. Clive Holden utilizes a wide array of materials, from hand-painted film and paper to complex software, resulting in a body of work that is deeply grounded in visual history while maintaining a contemporary sense of newness. His work has been exhibited at prestigious international venues, including transmediale in Berlin, the Anthology Film Archives in New York, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Through his innovative use of generative art and mixed media, Clive Holden continues to influence the landscape of contemporary Canadian art.