2021 VIVA Award – Samuel Roy-Bois

Samuel Roy-Bois

I heard a noise, I ran away, drywall, wood, paint, electric lighting, 2003

The Brittle Edges of Coherence, wood, paint, acrylic glass, lighting system and car, 2004

Shallow Island (detail), wood, paint, glue, nails and objects, 2005

Shallow Island, wood, paint, glue, nails and objects, 2005

Ghetto, wood, fibreglass, clear acrylic, drywall, paint and lighting system, 2006

Satellites, wood, fibreglass, clear acrylic, paint, lighting system and electric rotators, 2006

Golden Slumbers (Polarizer), boat, lights, 2009

Ugly Today, Beautiful Tomorrow, drywall, soundproofing material, musical instruments, microphones and speakers, 2009

La fuite, wood, reclaimed carpet, objects and drywall, 2010

Nothing Blank Forever, plexiglass, wood, paint, lighting system and objects, video, 2011-2012

Nothing Blank Forever, plexiglass, wood, paint, lighting system and objects, video, 2011-2012

Not a New World, Just an Old Trick, plywood, paint, acrylic glass, lighting system and car, 2013-2015

La pyramide, wood, paint, artworks from 175 artists, 2015

The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (5 brooms), chromogenic print, 2016

Steam Donkey, yellow cedar logs, lumber, paint and objects, 2016

Relatively Speaking, wood, paint, glue, nails and object, 2017

Untitled (mattress), telescopic post, objects, 2019

Sovereign (ladder and mattress), chromogenic print, 2019

Presences, exhibition view, Kamloops Art Gallery, 2019

Presences, exhibition view, Kamloops Art Gallery, 2019