Raymond Boisjoly

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Education:

MFA 2008 Studio Art The University of British Columbia

BFA 2006 Photography Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design

Solo Exhibitions:

May 2012 - The Work That Work Leaves Undone, Forest City Gallery, London, ON

Jan 2012 - The Spirit of Inconstancy, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA

Sep 2011 - The Writing Lesson, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Jul 2011 - Indirect Angles of Encounter with Textual Events, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, OR

Apr 2010 - The Ever-Changing Light, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Mar 2010 - Impossible But True, Lucky s Gallery, Vancouver, BC (w/Ryan Peter)

Dec 2009 - THIS IS THE FUTURE, the Rest is History, TARL House, Seattle, WA (w/ Ryan Peter)

Dec 2008 - ABCDEEFHKORTTTUU!, Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, BC (w/ Ryan Peter)

Selected Group Exhibitions:

Jun 2012 - Tools for Conviviality, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, ON

Jun 2012 - Cut and Paste, Equinox Project Space, Vancouver, BC

May 2012 - Phantasmagoria, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, BC

Feb 2012 - Beat Nation, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Feb 2012 - Devouring Time, Western Bridge, Seattle, WA

Jan 2012 - Never-Dying Worm, AHVA Library Gallery at UBC, Vancouver, BC

Oct 2011 - Raymond Boisjoly, Jordy Hamilton, Laura Piasta: Studies in Decay, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Oct 2011 - All Things Equal, The Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University, Seattle, WA

Oct 2011 - Scotiabank Nuit Blanche: Zone C, Toronto, ON

Sep 2011 - re-Live, part of Live Biennale 2011 at VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC

Oct 2010 - House Systems: Fort Club, The Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University, Seattle, WA

May 2010 - Signal & Noise Media Art Festival, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC

Dec 2009 - Exercises In Seeing, Queens Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA (w/ Ryan Peter)

Apr 2009 - The Secret of the Ninth Planet, Photo Epicenter, San Francisco, CA

Apr 2009 - Transcontinental Divide, Helen Pitt Gallery ARC/Gallery 101, Vancouver, BC/Ottawa, ON

Feb 2009 - How Soon Is Now, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Jan 2009 - Would You Like To Start Again At The Beginning?, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA

Dec 2008 - LOCAL, The Apt. at The Fillip Review Office, Vancouver, BC

Sep 2008 - The Sooner The Better Late Than Never, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

May 2008 - Being There and Elsewhere, Organ Gallery, Chongqing, China

Jun 2007 - Between You and the Thing Itself, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Jan 2007 - Oh, What A Blow That Phantom Gave Me!, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver, BC

Public Art Projects:

Apr 2011 - Contributor to Digital Natives, organized by Other Sights, Vancouver, BC

Jan-Jun 2011 - Contingent Matters, Aperture Public Art Project, The Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC

Apr 2010-Mar 2011 - All That Was, Access Public Art, Access Gallery ARC, Vancouver, BC

Artist Talks/Presentations:

Jun 2012 Panel participant, Hidden Knowledge, Artspeak, Vancouver, BC

May 2012 - Artist Talk, Forest City Gallery, London, ON

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Apr 2012 - Beat Nation: Show and Tell, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Mar 2012 - Artist talk, Simon Fraser University School for the Contemporary Arts, Vancouver, BC

Jan 2012 - Artist talk, The University of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC

Dec 2011 - Speaker at QR_U (an open school), Emily Carr University

Oct 2011 - Speaker for Emily Carr University/North Island College Lecture Series

Jun 2011 - Artists Talk, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC

Jun 2010 - Panel discussion, The Queen s English, VIVO Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC

Dec 2009 - Artist talk at the Western Bridge, Seattle, WA

Mar 2008 - Artist talk at Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC

Residencies:

Aug 2012 - Participant in The Retreat: A Position of dOCUMENTA (13), The Banff Centre, Banff, AB

Apr 2012 - Artist participant in Immersion Emergencies and Possible Worlds, Niagara, ON

May 2011 - Participant in La Commune. The Asylum. Die B hne., The Banff Centre, Banff, AB

Mar 2010 - Self-directed residency, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB

Publications/Artist Projects:

2012 - The Writing Lesson. The Capilano Review. Winter 2012.

2010 - "The story is in its telling." Pyramid Power. Volume 1: Issue 7. Spring 2010, 01-04.

2009 - Possibly Possibly: Notes On Paper. Interrobang (exh. cat.). Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 2009.

2007 - Manipulated Images from Hubblesite.org. Pyramid Power. Volume 1: Issue 2. Spring 2007, 18-20.

2006 - Uncredited translation of Au Lecteur from Les fleurs du mal (Charles Baudelaire) as To The Reader. Woo

Magazine. Vol. 4, Issue 3, 44-45.

2006 - Interview, Co-workers: Raymond w/ Nicola. Woo Magazine. Vol. 4, Issue 2, 31-32.

2005 - Interview, Office Hours: Raymond Boisjoly & Arni Haraldsson. Woo Magazine. Vol. 4, Issue 1, 7-8.1, 7-8.

Bibliography:

Peck, Aaron. AARON PECK in Vancouver. Akimbo.ca. 12 June 2012.

Thorkelson, Erika. Exploring Vancouver s photographic future, digital and otherwise. Vancouver Sun. 12 June 2012.

Graves, Jen. A Totem Pole Made of Christmas Lights. The Stranger. 10 January 2012.

McLaughlin, Bryne, Studies in Decay: Where Endings are Beginnings. Canadian Art (online). 1 December 2011.

Laurence, Robin. Studies in Decay negotiates a new approach to realism. The Georgia Straight. 29 November 2011.

Gray, Jonah. Raymond Boisjoly, Jordy Hamilton, Laura Piasta: Studies in Decay. Raymond Boisjoly, Jordy Hamilton,

Laura Piasta: Studies in Decay (exh. cat.). Or Gallery, 2011.

Graves, Jen. Low Definition. The Stranger. 11 October 2011.

Laurence, Robin. Raymond Boisjoly and Rebecca Chaperon: Artists draw inspiration from black metal and fairy tales. The

Georgia Straight. 15 September 2011.

Powers, Jessica. The Recognitions: Raymond Boisjoly. Artslant.com. 12 July 2011.

Peck, Aaron. Vancouver. Akimbo.ca. 6 May 2010.

Laurence, Robin. Diverse shows span bridges, faxes, and TV static. The Georgia Straight. 4 March 2010.

Fitzpatrick, Chris. I ll Find It If You Stop Talking. ArtSlant.com. 28 December 2009.

Graves, Jen. TARL Is The Future. The Stranger. 22 December 2009.

Rhodes, Richard. Year in Review: The Top 10 Exhibitions of 2009. Canadian Art (online). 17 December 2009.

Ritter, Kathleen. Raymond Boisjoly. How Soon Is Now (exh. cat.). Vancouver Art Gallery, 2009.

Kajander, Paul. Words From Vancouver. Divide Division: Transcontinental Divide/Division Transcontinentale (exh. cat.).

Helen Pitt Gallery ARC/Gallery 101, 2009.

Graves, Jen. The Vancouver Problem. The Stranger. 7 April 2009.

Laurence, Robin. How Soon Is Now a thrilling mix that spans manga ceramics, tattooed pigs. The Georgia Straight. 12

February 2009.

Graves, Jen. Yes I Would. The Stranger. 6 February 2009.

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Hackett, Regina. Fabulous works by B.C. artists require a Seattle response. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 15 January

2009.

Pothast, Emily. Would You Like To Start Again At The Beginning? Scrawl No. 1. Crawl Space Gallery, 2009.

Boldt, Lindsey. Would you like to start again at the beginning? The Sooner The Better Late Than Never (exh. cat.). Morris

and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 2008.

Awards:

2011 - BC Arts Council Professional Development Assistance Grant

2011 - Canada Council Research/Creation Project Grant

2010 - Paul D. Fleck Fellowship, The Banff Centre

2010 - BC Arts Council Project Assistance for Visual Artists Grant

2009 - First Peoples Heritage, Language and Culture Council Aboriginal Arts Development Award

2006 - YVR Art Foundation Scholarship

2005 - National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation Scholarship

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