Darsha Hewitt

Artist, Craftswoman, Researcher

Darsha Hewitt is a Canadian artist living in Germany where she in an assistant professor at Bauhaus University. She makes sound installations, videos, workshops and performances with handmade audio electronics. Her artwork grows out of a curiosity for the physics of electricity and an interest in demystifying the invisible systems embedded throughout domestic technology. Her studio practice draws on the techniques and processes of experimentation of early 20th century radio-craft culture. She has presented at Elektra Festival (CA), Modern Art Oxford (UK), WRO Media Art Biennale (PL), CTM Festival (DE) and LEAP Berlin. She was nominated for the Marler European Sound Art Award (DE) and awarded an International Production Stipend from The Edith-Russ-Haus (DE).