Raymonde April

Raymonde April was born in Moncton and grew up in Rivière-du-Loup. She lives and works in Montreal, where she has taught photography at Concordia University. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions in Canada and abroad at venues including the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery (Montreal), the Musée d’art de Joliette, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, and the Centro Nacional de las Artes in Mexico City. Her recent solo shows include Raymonde April: La maison où j’ai grandi at the Musée du Bas Saint-Laurent (Rivière-du-Loup, 2013) and Équivalences, part of the FOCUS Photography Festival in Mumbai (2013). Her work can be found in numerous public and private collections. She was the recipient of the Prix du Québec Paul-Emile Borduas in 2003 and in 2010 was named Officer of the Order of Canada.

«Raymonde April thanks the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), the Fonds Québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FRQSC) and Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. Thanks to Eve Lemesle (What about art?) for her hospitality in Mumbai. The artist would also like to underline the precious collaboration of Andreas Rutkauskas, Jinyoung Kim, Bogdan Stoica and Martin Schop, and acknowledge the members the Outre-vie / Afterlife research group: Jessica Auer, Velibor Bozovic, Gwynne Fulton, Katie Jung, Jinyoung Kim, Celia Perrin-Sidarous, Marie-Christine Simard, Bogdan Stoica, Andrea Szilasi and Chih-Chien Wang.