2021 – Samuel Roy-Bois

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