Jarrod Barker is a multidisciplinary Canadian artist whose practice spans interactive media, sound art, painting, and mixed‑medium experimentation. Active since the late 1990s, his work blends technology, narrative, and sensory design, drawing on a background that includes digital production, field recording, and immersive audio composition.

Barker’s sound-based works include Audiocosm, a full‑length audio collage recorded aboard the vessel Rorke’s Drift and later added to the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Banff Centre for the Arts. His electronic EP Supernatural continued his exploration of atmospheric, science‑fiction‑inflected soundscapes. As a performer, he has contributed percussion and live sound reinforcement to community arts events in Hamilton and beyond as well as teaching rhythm and drumming for students of Fred Eaglesmith.

His visual and interactive works have appeared in physical exhibitions such as the Salon of Inclusiveness (HAVN Hamilton / Black Cat Artspace Toronto), and in digital exhibitions such as Casa del Arte (Spain) and he has contributed to regional arts development through roles including Board Director at the Brantford Arts Block and as an artist advisory Board Member for Norfolk County. Barker’s creative practice is complemented by nearly two decades of independent media production under Mith Media and ongoing cultural publishing through The Silo.

He lives and works in Ontario, where he continues to develop new hybrid art forms rooted in curiosity, experimentation, and the interplay between the natural and the technological.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

My practice explores how technology, environment, and human perception shape one another. Working across sound art, interactive media, and mixed‑medium visual work, I transform field recordings, found signals, and environmental textures into layered sensory experiences. Projects such as Audiocosm reflect my interest in reshaping everyday or overlooked sources into immersive narratives, while my visual and interactive pieces investigate the hidden structures—natural, technological, and emotional—that underlie place and memory. Based in Ontario, I continue to develop hybrid forms that invite viewers and listeners to slow down, tune in, and engage with the subtle systems that shape our world.