My-Van Dam

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 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2022), the MAADI Museum (2022), the Rad Hourani Foundation (2021), Place des Arts in Montreal (2021), Projet Casa Gallery (2022), the Art Souterrain Festival (2022), the POST-INVISIBLE Biennial (2024), and La Centrale Gallery (2024). In 2024, she presented two major solo exhibitions at Montréal, arts interculturels (MAI) and the PHI Foundation. She also held a residency at SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art (2023). Her work is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts de Montréal. In 2026, Dam will present two solo exhibitions at Galerie Diagonale and Artspace (ON), and will take part in two group shows at the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent and the Musée régional de Rimouski.