My-Van Dam is a multidisciplinary artist based in Tiohtiá: ke / Mooniyang / Montreal. She holds a BFA from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). 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 Rimouski Museum, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) (2022), at the MAADI Museum (2022), the POST-INVISIBLE biennial, the Rad Hourani Foundation (2021), Montreal Place-des-arts (2021), Projet Casa gallery (2022), the Art Souterrain festival (2022) and La Centrale gallery (2024). Recently, she presented solo shows at Diagonale gallery (2026), the PHI Foundation (2025) and the Montréal, arts interculturels gallery (MAI) (2024). She was the recipient of a residency at the SBC galerie d'art contemporain (2023) and at Pocoapoco center in Mexico (2026). Her work is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Montreal art council.

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Contact : studio@myvandam.com