Immony Mèn is an artist, educator, and community-based researcher. He is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Design at OCAD University. As an artist, he has exhibited nationally and internationally and has been awarded municipal, provincial, and federal arts council grants to support his work. His research focuses on developing a theoretical framework for understanding (specifically Khmer/Cambodian) diasporic experience through media praxis, critical race theory, and various forms of community engagement. Men’s practice takes the form of research-creation projects such as interactive installations, interdisciplinary performances, social artworks, and participatory community projects. Works include Receipts, Post-Colonial Hot Ones, Traversal Residency, Passing through the Heart, Shadows!, Cite, Chthulucene, Powers of Kin, Everything in Place, and Taking Care of Business.
e-mail: Immony Men
Solo Exhibitions 2020: “Passing through the Heart” (with Patricio Davila) Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo ON 2015: “Koas Kjol” Centre3, Hamilton ON 2012: “Effections: ‘We need to talk.’” A Space, Toronto ON 2012: “Effections: ‘We need to talk.’” Arnica, Kamloops BC 2012: “Taking Care of Business” Gallery 44, Toronto ON 2012: “Taking Care of Business.” Gallery 101, Ottawa ON 2011: “Effections: “We need to talk.” Harcourt House, Edmonton AB 2011: “Taking Care of Business.” Grunt Gallery, Vancouver BC 2011: “Taking Care of Business.” Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton NB 2010: “Last Night at the Chestnut.” Connexion Gallery, Fredericton NB 2010: “Can you hear the city whispering?” AceArt Inc., Winnipeg MB 2009: “Effections: ‘We need to talk.’” Videographe, Montreal QC 2009: “Effections: ‘We need to talk.’” Connexion Gallery, Fredericton NB 2008: “Taking Care of Business.” Artspace Artist Run Center, Peterborough ON 2008: “Taking Care of Business.” 809 Gallery, Calgary AB 2008: “Taking Care of Business.” Khyber Center of the Arts, Halifax NS 2007: “Taking Care of Business.” Eastern Edge, St. John’s NFLD 2006: “Taking Care of Business.” Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal Quebec
Group Show 2020: Receipts. Public Video Installation. Bentway. Toronto, ON 2020: Nuit Live. Online Archive Activation. Nuit Blanche. Toronto, ON 2018: Cite Festival. Skateable Art Installation. Bentway. Toronto, ON 2018: Cite Installation. Skateable Art Installation. Small Arms Society. Mississauga, ON 2017: “Shadows” Bentway Conservatory, Toronto ON2017: “Everything in Place” Reel Asian Film Festival, Toronto ON 2017: “The Living Room” Family Camera, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto ON 2016: “in/Future” Art Spin – Ontario Place, Toronto ON 2015: “Chthulucene” Nuit Blanche – OCADU, Toronto ON 2013: “Protocols” Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, Quebec QC 2013: “Roots and Branches.” Art Gallery of Mississauga, Toronto ON 2012: “Genius Loci” Contemporary artists re-imagine and respond to iconic visual art depictions of the Canadian Landscape. Art Gallery of Mississauga, Toronto ON 2010: “I Get More Frightened When I See How Scared You Are” MFA Graduate Exhibition Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor ON 2009: “Broken Telephone” MFA Graduate Exhibition Artcite, Windsor ON
Grants and Achievements 2021: CFI JELF Using hybrid images to address the impact of shadow pandemics 2021: SSHRC IDG Ancestral New Futures 2021: SSHRC IDG Re-imagining Diasporic Experience through Digital Storytelling 2020: SSHRC Connections Pivot Dismantling/Reassembling 2020: SSHRC Partnership Engage with the Images Festival: Vice-Versa Residency 2020: Toronto Arts Council Year of Public Art with the Toronto Skateboard Committee 2020: CFI JELF Digital Non-Fiction Research Cluster 2019: SSHRC Partnership Engage with Trinity Square Video: Traversal Residency 2019: Borden, Ladner & Gervais Faculty Equity Award. OCAD University 2018: SSHRC Insight Development Community-based visualization in Skatepark Planning 2018: Toronto Community Projects Grant 2018: Graduate Teaching Award. OCAD University 2017: Gradlinks Program- OCAD University 2017: Partner in Art Exhibition Assistance. Shadows! 2016 Internal Seed Grant Program with Emma Westecott – OCAD University 2016 Project Grants for Visual Artists- Canada Council 2016 Visual Artists: Emerging – Ontario Arts Council 2015 Skate MakerSpace – Mississauga Community Foundation Grant 2015 Exhibition Assistance – Ontario Art Council 2014 Best exhibition in museum, university galleries or foundation – Gala des Arts Visuels 2014 Visual and Media Arts Grant – Toronto Arts Council 2012 Exhibition Assistance – Ontario Art Council 2011 Visual Arts Travel Grant – Conseil des Arts et des Letters du Quebec 2011 Visual Arts Travel Grant – Conseil des Arts et des Letters du Quebec 2009 Vivacite Montreal – Conseil des Arts et des Letters du Quebec 2009 Third Place National Winner – 3M Post-it Video Contest 2008 Fine Arts Travel Grant – Concordia University 2007 Fine Arts Travel Grant – Concordia University
About
Immony Mèn is an artist, educator, and community-based researcher. He is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Design at OCAD University. As an artist, he has exhibited nationally and internationally and has been awarded municipal, provincial, and federal arts council grants to support his work. His research focuses on developing a theoretical framework for understanding (specifically Khmer/Cambodian) diasporic experience through media praxis, critical race theory, and various forms of community engagement. Men’s practice takes the form of research-creation projects such as interactive installations, interdisciplinary performances, social artworks, and participatory community projects. Works include Receipts, Post-Colonial Hot Ones, Traversal Residency, Passing through the Heart, Shadows!, Cite, Chthulucene, Powers of Kin, Everything in Place, and Taking Care of Business.
e-mail: Immony Men
Solo Exhibitions
2020: “Passing through the Heart” (with Patricio Davila) Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo ON
2015: “Koas Kjol” Centre3, Hamilton ON
2012: “Effections: ‘We need to talk.’” A Space, Toronto ON
2012: “Effections: ‘We need to talk.’” Arnica, Kamloops BC
2012: “Taking Care of Business” Gallery 44, Toronto ON
2012: “Taking Care of Business.” Gallery 101, Ottawa ON
2011: “Effections: “We need to talk.” Harcourt House, Edmonton AB
2011: “Taking Care of Business.” Grunt Gallery, Vancouver BC
2011: “Taking Care of Business.” Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton NB
2010: “Last Night at the Chestnut.” Connexion Gallery, Fredericton NB
2010: “Can you hear the city whispering?” AceArt Inc., Winnipeg MB
2009: “Effections: ‘We need to talk.’” Videographe, Montreal QC
2009: “Effections: ‘We need to talk.’” Connexion Gallery, Fredericton NB
2008: “Taking Care of Business.” Artspace Artist Run Center, Peterborough ON
2008: “Taking Care of Business.” 809 Gallery, Calgary AB
2008: “Taking Care of Business.” Khyber Center of the Arts, Halifax NS
2007: “Taking Care of Business.” Eastern Edge, St. John’s NFLD
2006: “Taking Care of Business.” Warren G. Flowers Gallery, Montreal Quebec
Group Show
2020: Receipts. Public Video Installation. Bentway. Toronto, ON
2020: Nuit Live. Online Archive Activation. Nuit Blanche. Toronto, ON
2018: Cite Festival. Skateable Art Installation. Bentway. Toronto, ON
2018: Cite Installation. Skateable Art Installation. Small Arms Society. Mississauga, ON
2017: “Shadows” Bentway Conservatory, Toronto ON2017: “Everything in Place” Reel Asian Film Festival, Toronto ON
2017: “The Living Room” Family Camera, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto ON
2016: “in/Future” Art Spin – Ontario Place, Toronto ON
2015: “Chthulucene” Nuit Blanche – OCADU, Toronto ON
2013: “Protocols” Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, Quebec QC
2013: “Roots and Branches.” Art Gallery of Mississauga, Toronto ON
2012: “Genius Loci” Contemporary artists re-imagine and respond to iconic visual art depictions of the Canadian Landscape. Art Gallery of Mississauga, Toronto ON
2010: “I Get More Frightened When I See How Scared You Are” MFA Graduate Exhibition
Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor ON
2009: “Broken Telephone” MFA Graduate Exhibition Artcite, Windsor ON
Grants and Achievements
2021: CFI JELF Using hybrid images to address the impact of shadow pandemics
2021: SSHRC IDG Ancestral New Futures
2021: SSHRC IDG Re-imagining Diasporic Experience through Digital Storytelling
2020: SSHRC Connections Pivot Dismantling/Reassembling
2020: SSHRC Partnership Engage with the Images Festival: Vice-Versa Residency
2020: Toronto Arts Council Year of Public Art with the Toronto Skateboard Committee
2020: CFI JELF Digital Non-Fiction Research Cluster
2019: SSHRC Partnership Engage with Trinity Square Video: Traversal Residency
2019: Borden, Ladner & Gervais Faculty Equity Award. OCAD University
2018: SSHRC Insight Development Community-based visualization in Skatepark Planning
2018: Toronto Community Projects Grant
2018: Graduate Teaching Award. OCAD University
2017: Gradlinks Program- OCAD University
2017: Partner in Art Exhibition Assistance. Shadows!
2016 Internal Seed Grant Program with Emma Westecott – OCAD University
2016 Project Grants for Visual Artists- Canada Council
2016 Visual Artists: Emerging – Ontario Arts Council
2015 Skate MakerSpace – Mississauga Community Foundation Grant
2015 Exhibition Assistance – Ontario Art Council
2014 Best exhibition in museum, university galleries or foundation – Gala des Arts Visuels
2014 Visual and Media Arts Grant – Toronto Arts Council
2012 Exhibition Assistance – Ontario Art Council
2011 Visual Arts Travel Grant – Conseil des Arts et des Letters du Quebec
2011 Visual Arts Travel Grant – Conseil des Arts et des Letters du Quebec
2009 Vivacite Montreal – Conseil des Arts et des Letters du Quebec
2009 Third Place National Winner – 3M Post-it Video Contest
2008 Fine Arts Travel Grant – Concordia University
2007 Fine Arts Travel Grant – Concordia University