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, and is a researcher and editor at the Canadian Centre for Architecture.
He lives in Montréal.
m.leanderkalil@gmail.com
+1 416 910 9378
News:
*An essay written by Leander Kalil and Francesco Garutti has been published in the book Curatorial Design, A Place Between (Lenz Press).
https://www.lenz.press/products/curatorial-design
*Short film project Water Tricks has received funding from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Production is planned for July 2025.
10. Beach House
2024
architecture
architecture
09. Reclined female
Clay figure.
2024
sculpture
sculpture
08. Two male torsos
Clay figures.
2024
sculpture
sculpture
07. Counter 1
A surface for a kitchen.
2024
design
furniture
design
furniture
06. Playing with Openings
An exploration of the phenomenon of “composition”.
2024
essay
essay
04. Several Figures
A bath scene.
2022
sculpture
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
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
opera
architecture
01. Civilisation Cycle
A series of prints; figures at play among walls, stairs, portals, and plants.
2015-present
linocut
painting
linocut
painting