Nancy Tobin

Biography

Nancy Tobin is a meditator, sound artist and designer based in Montreal, Canada. Since 2000, her research in sound art is primarily concerned with non-traditional means to create music. She has received numerous grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) for the development of research and creation projects. Tobin performed her work at several festivals and galleries, including: MUTEK Montreal, NAISA (Toronto), TONE DEAF (Kingston), Avatar (Québec), OBORO, Fonderie Darling, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC).

As a designer in theatre and contemporary dance she has developed a specialization in vocal amplification for theatre and incorporates unusual audio speakers to transform the aural qualities of her compositions. Tobin’s designs for directors and choreographers were presented at Festival TransAmériques, World Stage Festival, Festival d’Avignon, Edinburgh International Festival, Berliner Festwochen and Music Biennale Zagreb. In 2021, she was awarded the Jovette- Marchessault Prize and in 2015, was finalist for the Siminovitch Prize.

Currently, she is a PhD candidate at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Art Faculty research and creation program. Her project is primarily concerned with the egoless creative process, presence, somatic silence and attention.