Raymond Boisjoly
The work of Raymond Boisjoly (b. 1981, Langley, Canada; lives/works: Vancouver) is derived from his training in photography and engages diverse forms of production including writing and craft-based approaches. He uses various machines and equipment related to output and construction to capture technological processes interwoven with subject matter centered on cultural propriety, humour, and poetic-prophetic texts of mysterious origins.
Raymond Boisjoly’s solo exhibitions include MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge (2022); Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2022); Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver (2021); The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (2020); VOX, Montreal (2016); Carleton University, Ottawa (2015); Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts, Winnipeg (2014); Simon Fraser University Gallery, Vancouver (2013). Recent group exhibitions include the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2023); Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2022); Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (2021); Honolulu Biennial (2020); Daegu Photo Biennale, South Korea (2018); Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (2017); Triangle France, Marseille (2015); SITElines, Santa Fe (2014); Camera Austria, Vienna (2014); La Biennale de Montréal (2014); The Power Plant, Toronto (2012); and the Vancouver Art Gallery (2025, 2018, 2016, and 2012).
Boisjoly is Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University. He received a BFA from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (2006) and an MFA from the University of British Columbia (2008). He was a recipient of the VIVA Award (2016), presented by the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts, Vancouver.