CV

Madelyn Byrd / Slowfoam
they/them ~ b.1992
madelynbyrd.com
Education
Goldsmiths, University of London, MSc. Neuroaesthetics, 2022 - 2023
Evergreen State College, B.A. Psychology & Interdisciplinary Art, 2020 - 2022
Creative Academy of Seattle Central, A.A. Graphic/UX Design, 2017-2018
Affiliations
Mold Collective - Berlin, DE - Founding Member
Internet Public Radio - Guadalajara, MX - Resident
Lillerne Tapes - Chicago, IL - Represented Artist
Theory Therapy - Sydney, AU - Represented Artist
secondnature - Seattle, WA - Represented Artist
Of Paradise Records - Berlin, DE - Represented Artist
TUF - Seattle, WA - Member
Jungle Gym Records - Los Angeles, CA - Represented Artist
Love Temple Collective - Seattle, WA - Founding Member
Grants & Residencies
AADK, Artist in Residence, Blanca, Spain, March 2021
CAMP w/ Julia Holter, Artist in Residence, Remote, June 2020
Kickstarter, Recording Grant, March 2020
CAMP AIR Grant, January 2020
REWA Creative Publishing Grant, January 2016
Albums & Releases
Transcorporeal Portal (Forthcoming EP) 2023/2024
Worlding with Earth (Forthcoming EP, Mappa) 2023
...it wasn’t really me (VA Compilation, Kneckelhuis) December 2022
Kindly (EP, Lillerne Tapes) November 2022
Synthesis <2 (VA Compilation, Ambient Flux) January 2022
Out of Season (VA Compilation, Theory Therapy) August 2021
Bouquet (VA Compilation, Cry Like Donna) May 2021
~.~*~.~ (Spring) (EP, Self-Released) March 2021
secondnature & friends (VA, secondnature) February 2021
Vol. 3 (VA Compilation, Of Paradise Records) June 2020
Inflorescence (EP, Self-Released) May 2020
Scenes From A Dream (EP, Jungle Gym Records) November 2019
Important Bodies (EP, Co-Released w/ Painter) December 2018
Lust + Boredom (EP, Jungle Gym Records) November 2018
Selected Commissions
i quit smoking, music video for Frances Chang, June 2022
NEONYT at Frankfurt Fashion Week, runway score, June 2022
202030 Berlin Fashion Summit, sound installation, March 2022
NEONYT at Frankfurt Fashion Week, sound installation, January 2022
Transitions ~ La lenteur by Solène Milcent, sound composition, June 2020
Body x(n) by Imogen Mansfield, sound design & composition, January 2020
Selected Projects
In an Invisible Feeling - Shoreditch Arts Club, London, GB, 2023
Gravity Pleasure - Kwia, Berlin, DE, February 2023
How Do You Talk Across Distance? - Cross Attic, Prague, CZ, October 2021
Sky, AI - Plan Expositivo (Group Show) - Artist - Blanca, Spain, March 2021
Output Ritual - Künstler Künstlerin, Berlin, DE, February 2021
Output Ritual 24 hr. residency- Kottbusser Damm 68, Berlin, DE, December 2020
The Window - curated by Shaghayegh Cyrous, San Francisco, USA, July 2020
What Shape is the Future? - Sprawl Mag, Tucson, AZ, April 2020
I’m Worried About The Future - January 2020
Spring Prefunk w/ Flora FM & Nice Touch - Love Temple, Seattle, WA, May 2019
Slowfoam Live Visuals - 2018 - 2019
To Know Your Tone - Hoop official music video - Seattle, WA, May 2018
Cantelope - Artist - Air Resort, Seattle, WA, August 2017
Folding Reverberation - Generations, Seattle, WA, January 2016
Beam Zine (print of 500) - Seattle, WA, January 2016
shhh (solo show) - Firecreek, Flagstaff, AZ, July 2015
MOCAF (group show) - Flagstaff, AZ, June 2015
IDIO Magazine (print of 200) - Flagstaff, AZ 2015
Selected Performances
Eamon Evri, JQ, Cloak of Kings, Slowfoam, Iklectic, London, GB, March 2023
Index Records @ Shoreditch Arts Club, London, GB, March 2023
Slowfoam on Hör, Hör Radio, Berlin, DE, February 2023
Gravity Pleasure: Earth Bonding Night, Kwia, Berlin, DE, February 2023
Nueen, Nexcyia, Slowfoam, Soup Kitchen, Manchester, GB, November 2022
Nueen, Nexcyia, Slowfoam, pipe factory, Glasgow, GB, November 2022
Patricia Wolf, Crysanth, Katharina Schmidt, Slowfoam, DJ Bricks, kwia, Berlin, DE, November 2022
Nick Malkin, Perila, TIBSLC, Slowfoam, Diane Barbé, kwia, Berlin, DE, September 2022
Pablo Diserens Album Release, kwia, Berlin, DE, July 2022
Weich, kwia, Berlin, DE, March 2022
Sentient Lands | Instants for Sonic Ecologies, Arkaoda, Berlin, DE, February 2022
Rausch Drone Sleepover, Backsteinboot, Berlin, DE, February 2022
False Prophet Presents: HTRK, Kremwerk, Seattle, WA, October 2019
TUF Fundraiser, Timbre Room, Seattle, WA, July 2019
AP Presents: Kedr Livanskiy, Timbre Room, Seattle, WA, June 2019
Magda & The Aliens, Love Temple, Seattle, WA, June 2019
Versing “10000” Album Release, Chop Suey, Seattle, WA, May 2019
Headspace, Los Angeles, CA, December 2018
PAM, Los Angeles, CA, December 2018
Slowfoam Lust + Boredom Album Release, Timbre Room, Seattle, WA, November 2018
TUF x TR Presents: Carla dal Forno, Seattle, WA, May 2018
Chastity Belt & Hoop (w/ Hoop), Woodland Theater, Seattle, WA, February 2018
Selected Radio Shows & Mixes