Lilia Chak

Lilia Chak (b. 1966, St. Petersburg) is an Israeli artist, designer, and science-art researcher based in Jerusalem. Her interdisciplinary practice spans new media, Bio-art, Dendro-art, AI-generated art, video, photography, and installation. She holds a PhD from the Art & Science Department at Sorbonne University (2022) and is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Bar-Ilan University, researching AI-driven directions in Bio-art. Chak is the author of Contemporary Practices in Bio-art: When a Tree Becomes an Artwork (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023) and introduced the term “Dendro-art” into international discourse. Her work has been shown internationally in venues including Ars Electronica, BOZAR, Shenzhen Art Museum, CICA Museum, Negev Museum of Art, Museo Orto Botanico Rome, and Matsudo International Science Art Festival. She has received multiple awards, including recognitions from WMF PROMPT Magazine, Chung-Ang University’s AIIF, and Project 59 Inc. Chak coordinates Leonardo/ISAST LASER Talks in Jerusalem and teaches “Art, Biology and Ecology” at Shenkar College.

Lilia Chak graduated from the Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry, 1988, Russia (MA). In 2022, Chak received her PhD from the Art & Science Department at Sorbonne University (Paris). Since 2024, she has been a Postdoctoral Fellow at Bar-Ilan University, researching development perspectives of AI-based Bio-art.