A graduate of the Institut des arts appliqués de Montréal, Raymond Dupuis is a Maliseet Native American artist. Living in the city rather than on a reservation inspires his exploration of the notions of memory, identity and territory. He uses a variety of materials and techniques, as demonstrated in the exhibition Tipis de briques (“brick teepees”), presented at the Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in 2011. The work comprised an immense mural fresco illustrating different periods in the artist’s life through twenty-five collage paintings; separated by banners, these were displayed beneath wooden structures symbolizing teepees. In the series Machine à explorer les signes (“symbol-exploring machine”), he created assemblages of found objects. Whether fastened to the wall or released into space, these objects were covered in calligraphic Native American and pre-Columbian patterns, as well as Hopi pictograms, resulting in the improbable intermingling of various eras and cultures. In addition to roughly thirty solo exhibitions in Montreal and New York, he has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Quebec, across Canada and abroad.
SEE:
« Raymond Dupuis » de Michael Molter, ESPACE #26, p. 29.