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
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*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.
Beach house
2024
This is a design for a house on a tropical island. It was to be built on a 26’-high plateau clearing in a forest on a beachfront site. The land featured coconut palms, banana trees, papaya, avocado, and lots of shrubs. The house was to be made of timber and natural fibre blocks finished in white concrete, and was to have floors and elements of limestone, largely reused from excavation of the volcanic terrain. The project was cancelled, and the design and these drawings stand unfinished.