2026 Festival
Professional Event
Artist and curator presentations

International Digital Art Market 2026

Composite#39 during ELEKTRA Festival 2024 © Yasuko Tadokoro
When
18 → 19 june 2026
Thursday from 10 am to 5 pm
Friday from 10 am to 3:30 pm
Location
NAD School
1501 Rue de Bleury 7e étage, Montréal, QC H3A 0H3
Access
Free with booking

20 artists and 20 curators from Quebec and around the world are presenting innovative projects drawing on the latest global trends in digital art.

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The International Digital Art Market (MIAN) returns for two days of presentations. It’s the perfect opportunity to connect with industry professionals, discover new projects, and tour the NAD studio. On Thursday, the presentations will be followed by a networking cocktail from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The presentations will be held in English.

These free presentations are part of a larger program dedicated to professionals. This track is fully accessible with the purchase of a VIP pass, which also grants access to exclusive activities alongside an international delegation of about twenty professionals. In addition to full access to the festival's artistic programming, the pass includes studio visits and meetings with teams from various cultural venues. Book your pass by Wednesday, June 10!
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Thursday, June 18

9:30 am - 10:00 am: Welcome coffee

10:00 am - 10:50 am: Curator presentations

  • Welcome speech by Liane Décary-Chen and Alain Thibault
  • Presentation Biennale ELEKTRA by Ida Toft & Lynn Hughes
  • Clément Thibault: Le Cube Garges
  • Miriam Arbus: Sky fine foods
  • Diego Jarak: The ZERO1 Festival
  • Li Shumeng: Independent

11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Artist presentations

  • Victor Drouin-Trempe & Jean-Philippe Coté: On|Record
  • Vivian Li: New album coming out: Sonic memories of fleeting times
  • Dominique Paul: Parle-moi (Talk-to-Me)
  • Simon Hudson: BOTTO
  • AENL : data.deluge

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch break (included for VIP pass holders only)

1:30 pm - 2:20 pm: Curator presentations

  • Nine Choi: WESA: We Are Sound Artists Festival
  • Yuelai Ruan: The City Digital Skin Art (CDSA)
  • Laura C. Schmidt: ZKM | Center for Art and Media
  • Majken Overgaard: Independent curator
  • Heeyoung Kim: Unfold X

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Artist presentations

  • Jonathan Chomko: www.grindruberairbnb.exposed
  • Riven Chen: Traveling Through a Peach Garden
  • Vanny: Orange Pekoe
  • Raphaëll Maïwen:  Circle The Drain
  • Matthew Biederman: SITUATIONAL COMPLIANCE
  • Marie LeBlanc Flanagan DO-EMS: Ten collaborative game-poems for the dome

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Tour of NAD School and networking cocktail

Friday, June 19

9:30 am - 10:00 am: Welcome coffee

10:00 am - 10:30 am: Curator presentations

  • Hyemin PARK: Korean Cultural Centre
  • Tiffany Funk: VGA Gallery
  • Cease Wyss: IM4 Media Lab
  • Melaw Nahkek'o: Independent
  • Zuraida Buter: A MAZE./ Berlin

11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Artist Presentations

  • Samuel Arsenault-Brassard: Gloam / Entre chien et loup
  • nichola feldman-kiss: Siren lll 2019–2022
  • Chloë Cheuk: When the Earth Remembers
  • Pinyao Liu: SOMA
  • Eyez Li: TamagotchU

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch break (included for VIP passes only)

1:30 pm- 2:20 pm: Curator Presentations

  • Ida Toft & Lynn Hughes: F(R)ICTION - ELEKTRA Biennial 2026
  • David Dronet: ]interstice[ Festival
  • Olivier Montingelli: Chroniques
  • gaoyuan: DMSN Lab
  • Isabella Indolfi: Mesh_Center for Art, Research,Technology, and Science

2:30 pm- 3:30 pm: Artist Presentations

  • Navid Navab: Liveliness & Machines
  • Chun Hua Catherine Dong: For You I Will Be an Island  (2023-25)
  • Sarah Ève Tousignant & Mathieu  Arsenault: Construction/Conduction
  • Karoline Georges: Post-Brocart Bestiary
  • DGR and Matthew Biederman: AI-Scape

Venue

NAD School

1501 Rue de Bleury 7e étage, Montréal, QC H3A 0H3
International Digital Art Market 2026
18 → 19 june 2026
École NAD