LEANDER KALIL


Matthew Leander Kalil is an interdisciplinary artist whose work moves through text, sound, figure, space, and image. 

He studied Philosophy (BA) at The New School and Architecture (M.Arch) at The University of Toronto.

Leander’s work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.

He has worked at Office of Adrian Phiffer, is a researcher and editor at the Canadian Centre for Architecture.

He lives in Montréal.



m.leanderkalil@gmail.com

+1 416 910 9378









10. Beach House


2024

architecture

09. Reclined female


Clay figure.
2024

sculpture

08. Two male torsos


Clay figures.
2024

sculpture



07. Counter 1


A surface for a kitchen.
2024

design
furniture


06. Playing with Openings


An exploration of the phenomenon of “composition”.
2024

essay




05. Two Crowns


These crowns are made of aluminium, hand cut and sanded.
2023

sculpture
design


04. Several Figures


A bath scene.

2022

sculpture



03. Chambre Pieces


The photograph to the left, taken at Villa D’Este in Tivoli, is one of the forty 35mm prints treated with analog tricks in Chambre Pieces, a short film taking its viewers on a tour of a mysterious complex. 
2020

short film
photography



02. Chamber Music


This three-act short opera follows the intertwining lives of a dying matron of a sanitorium, her foundling son, a dejected king, and his puckish augur.
2019

opera
architecture








01. Civilisation Cycle


A series of prints; figures at play among walls, stairs, portals, and plants.
2015-present

linocut
painting