Caleb Sandblom: Systems of Perception

Opening reception on Friday Oct 16 1-3 pm (artist talk 1:30 – 2:30 pm), Show: October 16 to December 1, 2026

Caleb Sandblom explores the intersection of human identity and technology, viewing the self as a “networked cyborg” shaped by its tools. His practice blends drawing and painting with digital processes: collaging, scanning, and plotting, to challenge the boundary between machine and hand. Sandblom’s work invites viewers to rethink how technology patterns our perception.

Caleb Saraby Sandblom (b. 2001, Toronto) is a Canadian multimedia artist whose work explores the relationship between human thought, technology, memory and the ways we interpret information. He is currently completing his Master of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto.

For his exhibition, Sandblom began with a collection of old photographic negatives. After digitizing them, he transformed the photographs into black-and-white paintings, reducing each image to black or white.

Using the pixels that make up the images, he created printed sequences of the words “OFF” and “ON,” representing the black and white areas of each picture. These sequences were then read aloud, recorded and transformed into a waveform and soundscape. The forgotten

photographs became paintings, printed words, spoken language, sound, and waves. At each stage, the original images were transformed into something new, gradually moving further away from their recognizable beginnings.

Sandblom invites us to consider what is preserved, what is lost and what new meanings emerge along the way.

Photos of the Exhibition

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Artist Talk

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Photos of Opening Reception

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