Prix Yan Giguère 2026 — David Geadah

The Atelier committee is proud to award the Yan Giguère Prize to David Geadah!

David will receive a one-year residency at Atelier CLARK, along with technical and material support. His residency will also include a public event to be announced in the spring of 2027.

David Geadah is an artist and apprentice cabinetmaker based in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal, QC). His work draws inspiration from discarded wooden objects, which he reworks into contemporary furniture. After studying sociology, he apprenticed as a carpenter-joiner, then pursued public training in cabinetmaking at the École d’ébénisterie d’art de Montréal. His practice has also been shaped by workshop experience, in both private ventures and local community organizations, including La Remise and Atelier Bon Train. He is currently completing a qualifying year at the École de design de l’UQAM, in preparation for a master’s degree in environmental design. His residency at Clark will allow him to explore an expanded visual language of wood and to research the technical, social, and symbolic forms of circularity that this material can offer.

For the third consecutive year, the Yan Giguère Prize aims to support artists and craftspeople working with wood, to recognize excellence in the use of this material, to foster the building of a community of wood artists and artisans in Montréal, and to contribute to the visibility of Atelier CLARK.

Through this prize, CLARK aims to:

• Provide a professional creative context within a community with a high level of expertise in artistic and/or craft-based woodworking;

• Foster the creation of networks among wood artists and/or artisans in Montréal;

• Support and promote the practices of wood-based artists and/or craftspeople.

Atelier CLARK’s mission is to support and encourage Montréal-based artists, craftspeople, and visual arts students by providing affordable access to a woodworking and carpentry studio. The Atelier team oversees the development of artistic projects, fulfills commissioned work—such as exhibition furniture, false frames, and transport crates—offers consulting services, and provides materials at competitive prices. These services are also available to institutions, organizations, and cultural workers within the Montréal community.