Charles Hackbarth
Charles Hackbarth is a Toronto-based artist, writer, podcaster, meditation teacher, and creator of experimental sounds. In 1976, at the age of fourteen, Hackbarth began an intensive study of visual art that lasted eight years. His first exhibition, Peek-a-boo, featured large figurative paintings and was presented at the Ottawa School of Art gallery in the summer of 1985. From 1986 to 1991, Hackbarth exhibited a number of mixed media installations based around drawings and paintings but also including sculpture, found objects, sound, and fragrances. From 1986 to 1989, Hackbarth pursued independent studies at OCAD in performance art, electronics, plastics, and new media. Throughout the 1990s he continued to produce work but didn’t exhibit again until 1998. Since then, he has shown at various galleries in Toronto including Gallery 1313 and Loop Gallery.
More Recently he has shown work at The Drey, and Gagne Projects Gallery.
Over the years, Hackbarth has studied Buddhism, meditation, psychotherapy, philosophy, and esoteric forms of healing. He also creates soundworks under the moniker Bonecreak Ulysses and releases recordings on his label Hypnogogic Sound Lab. Charles also collaborates with a number of groups including The Bigfoot Brothers, Sasquatch Picnic, and Sasquatch Trio.
https://thebodyinquestion.bandcamp.com/
Charles is also a Personal Transformation Coach and Expressive Arts Facilitator. He hosts weekly guided meditation sessions for artists.
Most of the works on this website are for sale. Please email me if you're interested in purchasing a piece. [email protected].
More Recently he has shown work at The Drey, and Gagne Projects Gallery.
Over the years, Hackbarth has studied Buddhism, meditation, psychotherapy, philosophy, and esoteric forms of healing. He also creates soundworks under the moniker Bonecreak Ulysses and releases recordings on his label Hypnogogic Sound Lab. Charles also collaborates with a number of groups including The Bigfoot Brothers, Sasquatch Picnic, and Sasquatch Trio.
https://thebodyinquestion.bandcamp.com/
Charles is also a Personal Transformation Coach and Expressive Arts Facilitator. He hosts weekly guided meditation sessions for artists.
Most of the works on this website are for sale. Please email me if you're interested in purchasing a piece. [email protected].
Current work (April and May 2012)
Everything AND Nothing
This is the first in a series of large scale drawings. This one is 60 inches by 76 inches. Mostly charcoal on paper, with acrylic paint, mask, paper cut outs, ink, pencil. $4000
Everything AND Nothing More. 76 inches by 96 inches, charcoal, ink, pastels and acrylic on paper.
$5200
$5200
Everything AND Nothing Else, 60 inches by 76 inches, charcoal, ink, pastels on paper. $4000
The show is now installed at loop Gallery!
The Everything AND Nothing show installed at loop. The show opened Saturday, November 24th and ran to Sunday, December 16th. On December 2nd, my band The Body In Question will be played a couple of sets of ambient, experimental electronic music. On Sunday, December 9th, there was an artist's "ramble". In other words, Barb Rehus, the other artist showing at the same time, and I wandered around the gallery with a small group and talked about our work. We rambled while we rambled.
Bonecreak Ulysses
www.bonecreakulysses.weebly.com check it out if you dare.
