Throughout the summer and fall seasons, the MAC invites you to take part in a series of intimate gatherings with the artists of the first cohort of the Habiter le MAC program. These exchanges will offer the public an in-depth look at their respective practices.
We invite you to reserve your place to meet artist Miri Chek on November 11. This activity will be conducted in English with an interpretation in American Sign Language (ASL).
“Miri Chek is a visual artist and filmmaker whose practice transcends borders. Born in Armenia and having grown up in Jerusalem, she now works between Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang (Montréal) and Yerevan. Her work has been presented worldwide, at film festivals such as Tribeca (New York City), the IDFA (Amsterdam) and the New Images Festival (Paris), as well as in museums such as the Centre Pompidou and the Biosphère in Montréal. Her video performance “Being With” was showcased at the Phi Center during the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019.
The artist has received funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts du Québec (CALQ), the Conseil des arts de Montréal (CAM), and the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQSC). She has also collaborated with the National Film Board of Canada alongside Edith Jorisch on Plastisapiens and received support from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for the production of her documentary Fresh Air Exhaustion in 2025.”
This biographical notes is in quotation marks, as it is signed by the artist.
Credit: Katya Konioukhova