My-Van Dam is a multidisciplinary artist based in Tiohtiá: ke / Mooniyang / Montréal. She graduated from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in visual and media arts and is a member of the CODE BLANC collective alongside artist Stanley Février and Maryam Izadifard. Her artistic practice focuses on the transmission of intergenerational trauma and its multiple physical and psychological impacts. She also explores body memory and the healing processes that foster personal and collective emancipation from oppressive systems. Her current research is rooted in the exploration of somatic theories and practices to propose a vision of care that is interdependent and collaborative.

 

Dam has exhibited her work at the at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) (2022), at the Museum MAADI (2022), the POST-INVISIBLE biennial, the Rad Hourani Foundation (2021), the Montreal Place-des-arts (2021), Projet Casa gallery (2022), at the Art Souterrain festival (2022), La Centrale gallery (2024), Montréal, arts interculturels gallery (MAI) (2024) and the PHI foundation (2024). She was the recipient of a residency at the SBC galerie d'art contemporain (2023). Dam was nominated for the Plein Sud award (2023) and her work is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Montreal art council.

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Contact : studio@myvandam.com