Matthew Leander Kalil is an interdisciplinary artist who works with text, sound, figure, space, and image. These different aspects constellate in projects for screen and stage. His work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and PRIM Centre.
He studied Philosophy (BA) at The New School and Architecture (M.Arch) at The University of Toronto.
He was a desginer at Office of Adrian Phiffer and is currently a Researcher at the Canadian Centre for Architecture.
He lives in Montréal.
All works, images, text, and any other material appearing on this website, unless otherwise stated, are
© Matthew Leander Kalil
Florentine. In Progress.
After recalling a strange medieval dream, an insomniac realizes he must have finally gotten some sleep.
8 and 9 August 2026, Théâtre VME, Montréal.
Drawing by M. Leander Kalil
2026
short semi-opera
live production
short semi-opera
live production
Water Tricks. In Progress.
An exiled princess goes blind.
2026
film
film
Release of a Bodily Fluid
An essay on jokes and laughter,
published in Dispatches 06.
2026
essay
essay
Four Rooms
Prints for an installation.
2025
linocut
linocut
Beach House
2024
architecture
architecture
Reclined female
Clay figure.
2024
sculpture
sculpture
Two male torsos
Clay figures.
2024
sculpture
sculpture
Counter 1
A surface for a kitchen.
2024
design
furniture
design
furniture
Playing with Openings
An exploration of the phenomenon of “composition”.
2024
essay
essay
Several Figures
A bath scene.
2022
sculpture
sculpture
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
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
Civilisation Cycle
A series of prints; figures at play among walls, stairs, portals, and plants.
2015
linocut
painting
linocut
painting