SOMETHING SOMEWHERE - Raymond Boisjoly
JUNE 30 to AUGUST 4, 2013
Curated by Jenn Jackson
OPENING RECEPTION: JUNE 30 at 1PM
Exhibited in the front window of Baba's House, a transitory gallery space in Creighton, Saskatchewan, Raymond Boisjoly's Something Somewhere continues
the Vancouver artist's practice of transforming the meaning and significance of language through graphic presentation. Viewable from the driveway and street, the window acts as a temporary public artwork,
on display June 30 through August 4. Please join us for an opening reception on Sunday, June 30 at 1PM, with a guided tour by guest curator Jenn Jackson.
Raymond Boisjoly is an aboriginal artist of Haida and Québécois descent based in Vancouver, BC.
His practice engages the representation of Aboriginality through vernacular materials, photography and especially
text-based work combining contemporary craft, pop references and street art with various cultural signifiers of traditional
Northwest Coast imagery. He received his BFA from Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver in 2006 and his MFA from
University of British Columbia, Vancouver in 2008. Selected group exhibitions include Beat Nation, Vancouver Art Gallery; Power Plant, Toronto (2012);
Tools for Conviviality, Power Plant, Toronto (2012); Phantasmagoria, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver (2012); Devouring Time,
Western Bridge, Seattle (2012); Raymond Boisjoly, Jordy Hamilton, Laura Piasta: Studies in Decay, Or Gallery, Vancouver (2012); House Systems: Fort Club,
The Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University, Seattle (2010); How Soon Is Now, Vancouver Art Gallery (2009).
Jenn Jackson is a writer and curator who lives and works between Vancouver, B.C. and Banff, Alberta where she works at the Walter Phillips
Gallery at The Banff Centre. She is also the current arts editor for Color magazine. She holds a BFA in Critical and Cultural Practices
from Emily Carr University, Vancouver, and studied General Fine Arts at The Cooper Union in New York, N.Y.