Raymond Boisjoly was born on 1981 and is an Aboriginal artist of Haida and Quebecois origin based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
10 Facts About Raymond Boisjoly
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Raymond Boisjoly's practice combines technological processes together with discourse focused on cultural propriety, satire, and poetic texts of mystifying origins.
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Raymond Boisjoly's artwork leads the viewer to consider or even focus our thinking on how we perceive and accept culture into our lives.
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Raymond Boisjoly is an assistant professor at the school for the contemporary arts at Simon Fraser University.
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Raymond Boisjoly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design and he completed a Master of Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia.
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Raymond Boisjoly was invited to visit on a self-directed fellowship by curator Kitty Scott at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Alberta.
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Scott gave him some very important advice and questions during a studio visit, which led Raymond Boisjoly to create the iconic work named Makeshift at an early stage in his career.
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Raymond Boisjoly is currently exhibiting his art at Catriona Jeffries in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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In 2016, Raymond Boisjoly received the VIVA Award from Vancouver Art Gallery.
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In 2015 and 2017, Raymond Boisjoly was a finalist for the Sobey Art Award, Canada's largest prize for young Canadian artists.