Amber Goodwyn

Amber Goodwyn is a settler, artist, and festival organizer based in Treaty 4 territory. Her creative work includes music, writing, and filmmaking practices.

WRITING (selected)

Poem: Toboggan Hill – Briarpatch Magazine (March/April 2023)

Blog: My Abiding Loves (album reviews, on-going series)

DISCOGRAPHY (selected)

Cobra & Vulture – Vesuvius at Home (Lava Cheetah) – March 2022

Natural Sympathies – At the Limits of Earth (Lava Cheetah) – February 2022

Natural Sympathies – Porous (Grey Records) – November 2019

Natural Sympathies – Strange Heavens EP (Prairie Shag Records) – June 2017

FILM & VIDEO (selected)

Porous (Producer, HD, 27:36, 2019) – Splice article | YouTube | WINNER – The Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award for Performing Arts & Entertainment 2021

Wives’ Tale (Director, Super 8, 3:00, 2013)

• The 8 Fest. Toronto, ON, 2014
• 2014 Antimatter [Media Art]. Victoria, BC, 2014
• Unscene: film and video from Saskatchewan. Presented by the Regional Support Network and curated by Amber Christensen – Videofag, Toronto, ON, 2014
• Tiny Magic: film and video from ten Saskatchewan artists. Curated by Amber Christensen. Saskatchewan Filmpool Cooperative, Regina, SK 2014
• One-Take Super 8 Event. RPL Film Theatre, Regina, SK 2013

INTERDISCIPLINARY (selected)

Weather (White Noise Palace) – performance installation created with the support of the Holophon’s Mentorship Program. Presented at the Cathedral Village Arts Festival (2015)

Mare Internum – A live audio art durational performance inviting passerby to listen to the sound of the ‘internal ocean’ through a large sea shell, amplifying the sound of Goodwyn’s own body, and that of her baby’s heartbeat. Created in collaboration with Ian Campbell and supported by Holophon. Costuming by Lisa Wicklund from Seed and Amber Goodwyn. Presented at the Cathedral Village Arts Festival, CVAF Holophon Audio Arts concert + CVAF street fair, Regina, SK. (2014)

AWARDS & FUNDING (selected)

2021 Best Web Series, Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards

2021 The Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award for Performing Arts & Entertainment

2020 Arts and Culture Nominee, YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

2019 Independent Artist Grant, Media Arts, Saskatchewan Arts Board

2018 Electronic Music Artist of the Year, Saskatchewan Music Awards

2018 Arts and Culture Nominee, YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

2017 Independent Artist Grant, Music, Saskatchewan Arts Board