Burrard Marina Field House Studio Residency

Following on from As It Comes — two new commissions presented at the Contemporary Art Gallery and Yaletown­ Roundhouse Station at the beginning of this year — we continue to work with Boisjoly as our inaugural artist-in-residence. The artist is working at the Burrard Marina Field House, a studio and place for community engagement, offered in conjunction with the City of Vancouver Fieldhouse Studio Residency Program.

Biography

Raymond Boisjoly (born 1981) is an artist of Haida and Québécois descent from Chilliwack, BC, currently based in Vancouver. Recent solo exhibitions include The Writing Lesson at Republic Gallery, Vancouver (2011); The Ever-Changing Light, Access Gallery, Vancouver (2010) and Exercises in Seeing, Queen’s Nail Project, San Francisco (2009). Boisjoly has participated in numerous group exhibitions and projects including To-From BC Electric Railway 100 Years, Centre A, Vancouver (2012); Beat Nation, Vancouver Art Gallery (2012); Phantasmagoria, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver (2012); Tools for Conviviality, The Power Plant, Toronto (2012); Studies in Decay, Or Gallery, Vancouver (2011); All Things Equal, Hedreen Gallery, Seattle (2011); and How Soon Is Now, Vancouver Art Gallery (2009). Boisjoly was awarded a Fleck Fellowship from the Banff Centre in 2010. He is represented by Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver.

Burrard Marina Field House

The Burrard Marina Field House Studio is an off-site artist residency space and community hub organized by the Contemporary Art Gallery. This program moves beyond conventional exhibition making, echoing the founding origins of the gallery where artists were offered support toward the production of new work, while reaching out to communities and offering new ways for individuals to encounter and connect with art and artists. Running parallel to the residency program were an ongoing series of public events for all ages.