Beneath the triviality of the everyday, Ianick Raymond questions the human environement by examining modes of transportation, encounters, exchanges and communications. The work of the artist explores the primary meaning of signs and icons. Thus, as spectators, we bare witness to the subjective configuration of the components in the painting (road markers, bullets, street lights, checkerboards). The recent series consistes of drawings (ink on paper) and paintings (acrylic on canvas) – which also include diptychs and triptychs – ending with the presentation of an intriguing box-home which can be handled and discovered by the viewer. This box-home, entitled État des lieux (The state of place), is made up of screen-prints on wood, a poetic offering that refers back to its own form.

Born in the Laurentian region, Ianick Raymond lives and works in Montreal. He completed his degree in visual arts at UQÀM in 2007. In 2005-2006, he did a residency at the École supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Marseille, France. In 2007, he received the Robert-Wolfe excellency award from UQÀM for the exhibition Printemps Plein Temps. In 2009, he honoured with the title of most promising up-and-coming artist by the Musée d’art contemporain des Laurentides. His works are part of numerous private and public collections (Collection Loto-Québec, Progressive Insurance).