On a tacky door – the traces of generations,
on a sea shell – coition and love,
in rubbish – an unknown flower,
in a broken roof – the sky,
in a falling drop – the aspiration for continuity,
in serenity – movement, in movement – routine,
in routine – the incredible.
Alexander Altshuler, poet – poem on the works of Lilia Chak
Prompt Magazine Book#15 | Subjectile, article, page 65. Prompt Magazine®. Padua, Italy.
BA(I)BYLON 
METHUSHELAH 
THE LAST POET 
LULLABY FOR CORALS 
Shakespe(AI)re 
PIYYUT CODING 
IDENTITY CARD 
CROSSES 
AFARSIMON 
ROCOCO 
DEAD SEA 
TO EACH OLIVE… 
…ON THE PUSSY RIOT CASE 
COPY. REPEAT. DISAPPEAR. 
ANCIENT FUTURE FOREST 
THE LAST PHISOLOPHY 
CHROMOSOMES 
THE METHUSHELAH SHADOW 
PROPAGANDA 
FLORENTIN 
ANCIENT FUTURE LANDSCAPE 
KAPPAROT 
FERROR 
IRON LINES TO EACH OLIVE… 
ANCIENT FUTURE INCENSE 
SEAWEED IN THE DESERT 
TT (TESTCILES–TRUFFLES) LULLABY FOR CORALS METHUSHELAH THE METHUSHELAH SHADOW AFARSIMON ANCIENT FUTURE FOREST ANCIENT FUTURE LANDSCAPE BA(I)BYLON DEAD SEA …ON THE PUSSY RIOT CASE CROSSES IDENTITY CARD 
ISRAEL PORTRAIT COPY. REPEAT. DISAPPEAR. THE LAST PHISOLOPHY 
SHADOWS THE LAST POET CHROMOSOMES FLORENTIN KAPPAROT FERROR PROPAGANDA 
PIYYUT CODING IRON LINES 
STOCK ART ROCOCO 
BOOKS
Lilia Chak (b. St. Petersburg, 1966) is an Israeli artist, designer, and science-art researcher based in Jerusalem since 1990. Her interdisciplinary practice spans New Media, Science-art, Bio-art, Dendro-art, AI-generated art, video, photography, installation, and performance.
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. She is the author of Contemporary Practices in Bio-art: When a Tree Becomes an Artwork (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023), which investigates the relationship between artists and plants, the recreation of vanished botanical species, and the role of biological technologies as artistic media. She was the first to introduce the term Dendro-art into international discourse as a new subdivision of Bio-art.
Chak is a researcher in the Sorbonne project EDEN, which aims to conceptualize a contemporary Garden of Eden by integrating innovative technologies into art and proposing new ecological strategies. Her work has been exhibited in over 30 venues internationally, including Ars Electronica (Linz), BOZAR (Brussels), Shenzhen Art Museum, CICA Museum (South Korea), Negev Museum of Art (Beer-Sheva), Museo Orto Botanico (Rome), and Matsudo International Science Art Festival (Tokyo). In 2024, her work was presented at the 10th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art.
Her work has been recognized with several awards: Prix Tartuffe nomination (2009), first prize at Cellcom Company art competition from 18,000 entries (2010), and in 2025, awards from WMF PROMPT Magazine (Bologna), AIIF of Chung-Ang University (Seoul), and Project 59 Inc. (New York) for her AI video art projects.
Chak coordinates the Leonardo/ISAST LASER Talks in Jerusalem through the non-profit INEMEA, fostering dialogue between local and international art-science communities. Since 2021, she has taught "Art, Biology and Ecology" at Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art (Tel Aviv).
Lilia Chak
chak@gala-studio.com