Chloë Cheuk, winner of the 2026 Impressions Residency
Chloë Cheuk. Photo Nasha Chan
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Conseil des arts de Montréal are pleased to announce that Chloë Cheuk is the winner of the 2026 Impressions residency. Each year, this eight-week residency invites a visual artist from one of Montreal’s cultural communities to carry out a research-creation project at the Museum by bringing a unique and original perspective to its collection.
In her artistic practice, Chloë Cheuk explores the emotional tension and structural dynamics between humans, objects, and institutional systems using video as well as kinetic and conceptual installations. Her creative process is rooted in autobiography, observation, and iterative research-creation. Each work is conceived as an experiment rather than a form of representation, revealing both the potential and limitations of systems, materials, and human interaction.
During her MMFA residency, the Montreal-based Hong Kong artist Chloë Cheuk will explore the influence of institutional protocols on the public’s interactions, proximity, and desire within the Museum’s spaces. Rather than viewing the works in the MMFA’s collection as mere objects, she will approach the Museum as an environment that is experienced. Her research project will focus particularly on the ways in which desire, restraint, and proximity are negotiated when the public is not allowed to touch the works and, especially, how these factors shape the public’s embodied and affective experiences.
About Chloë Cheuk
Born in Hong Kong, Chloë Cheuk has lived in Montreal since 2015. After graduating from City University’s School of Creative Media in Hong Kong, Cheuk earned a Master in Fine Arts degree with a concentration in sculpture from Concordia University in 2019. In addition to obtaining an artist residency with the Fundaziun Nairs in Switzerland in 2018, she was a finalist in the 29th ifva Awards in the Media Art category in 2024. Her work has been shown both in Canada and abroad, including at ELLEPHANT gallery in Montreal, the Dienstgebäude Art Space Zurich, the Denny Dimin Gallery in New York and the Hong Kong Palace Museum.
About the Impressions Residency
Since its launch in 2013, this residency has been a springboard for several emerging artists, including Karen Tam, Naghmeh Sharifi, Pansee Atta, Ari Bayuaji, Jobena Petonoquot, Leila Zelli, Nayla Dabaji, Ahreum Lee, Anahita Norouzi, Jinjoo Yang, Santiago Tamayo Soler and Lynn Kodeih. Thanks to the support of the Conseil des arts de Montréal, Chloë Cheuk will receive a grant of $9,000, which will enable her to carry out research at the MMFA while also benefitting from the mentorship of an MMFA curator.
Public partner: Conseil des arts de Montreal
