Diyar Mayil

Diyar Mayil is an artist whose media are sculpture, installation, and performance. She often works with the familiar to address issues of comfort, discomfort, and the blurring of public and private contexts. She was the recipient of the Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art (2022) and the Liz Crockford Award (2023). Her work has been supported by Canada Council for the Arts, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and her work has recently been shown at Whitney ISP, Articule, Circa Art Actuel, and Centre CLARK. Upcoming commitments include a group exhibition at Oakville Galleries and residencies at Hospitalfield and Edinburgh Sculpture Centre. Her work has been written about in Cmag, Espace, Public Parking, Zero-Deux, La Presse, and Vie des Arts. She holds a BFA and an MFA from Concordia University. Originally from Istanbul, she now lives and works in Tiohtiá:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal.