Samuel Roy-Bois

Originally from Quebéc City, Samuel Roy-Bois is currently residing in Vancouver. His solo exhibitions include Divertissements, Point éphémère, Paris (2007); Improbable and ridiculous, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal (2006); Faire l’indépendence, Quartier éphémère, Montréal (2005); Fractures mortelles, Galerie de l’École des arts visuels, Université Laval, Quebec (2004); and Jài entendu un bruit, je me suis sauvé, Or Gallery, Vancouver, 2003. His bibliography includes Burrow, exhibition catalogue, Oakville Galleries (2007); “Light magic: the measured structures and time-based illuminations of Samuel Roy-Bois,” C Magazine (Summer 2008); “Samuel Roy-Bois,” Modern Painters, New York, (September 2006); “Le dehors de l’architecture: sur quelques installations de Samuel Roy-Bois,” Spirale Magazine, Montréal (Fall 2006); and “Samuel Roy-Bois: Improbable and ridiculous,” DAMn, Bruxelles (July/August 2006).  Roy-Bois is respesented by Republic Gallery, Vancouver and Diaz Contemporary, Toronto.

Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait, 2008
installation view, photo: Scott Massey
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait, 2008installation view, photo: Scott Massey
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait, 2008installation view, photo: Scott Massey
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait, 2008installation view, photo: Scott Massey
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait, 2008installation view, photo: Scott Massey
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait, 2008installation view, photo: Scott Massey
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait, 2008installation view, photo: Scott Massey
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait, 2008installation view, photo: Scott Massey