RAYMONDE APRIL Quebec, b. 1953
Overview
“Space with a center that allowed me to rest between walls. I loved sitting in my studio listening to birds, trains, trucks and the silence too. I loved going for walks in the neighbourhood, taking pictures of spice boys, construction, activities, everything. I loved having tea with my studio neighbours. I also did some work! I put up images on the wall and saw how long they would stay – then replaced the fallen ones with new ones. This is not finished! Just now, I am bringing all these images back home and will process them in the Montreal winter. Who knows what will come out of it?”
Raymonde teaches photography at Concordia University since 1985. Her work has been exhibited in Canada and internationally in various solo shows, such as: Tout embrasser (2001), Leonard &Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University, Les Fleuves invisibles (1997), Musée d’art de Joliette; Jour de verre et autres fictions (1992), Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa; and Voyage dans le monde des choses (1986), Musée d’art contemporain de Montrél. In 2003, she was awarded the prestigious Prix Paul-ÉmileBorduas. In 2005, she received the Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Art Photography from the Ontario Arts Foundation.