# Raymonde April

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{{Short description|Canadian photographer}}
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|name        = Raymonde April
|image       = Raymonde April.jpg
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|birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1953|06|23|df=y}}
|birth_place = [Moncton](/source/Moncton), New Brunswick, Canada
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|known_for   = [Contemporary artist](/source/Contemporary_artist) and photographer
|awards      = Officer of the [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada), [Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas](/source/Prix_Paul-%C3%89mile-Borduas) 
|occupation  = Photographer/ chair of studio arts at concordia university/ teacher
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'''Raymonde April''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|size=100%}} (born 23 June 1953) is a Canadian [contemporary artist](/source/contemporary_artist), photographer and academic. April lives in Montreal where she teaches photography at [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University). Her work has been shown regularly in museums and galleries in Canada and Europe. Her photographs have also been featured in various publications and awarded the Prix du Québec.<ref name=":0 " >{{Cite news|url=http://cppsonline.com/portfolios/rayonde-april/bio.php|title=Raymonde April|work=Canadian Photographic Portfolio Society|archive-date=22 February 2017|access-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222184207/http://cppsonline.com/portfolios/rayonde-april/bio.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Life and work ==

April was born in [Moncton](/source/Moncton), New Brunswick and raised in [Rivière-du-Loup](/source/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup) in Eastern Quebec. She studied at several universities, specifically for art. She attended the art college in Rivière-du-Loup and the École des arts visuels of the [Université Laval](/source/Universit%C3%A9_Laval), in Québec.<ref name=":0 " />

April is known for her photography and academics.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Zebrowski-rubin|first1=Stefan|title=Raymonde April times four, in Montreal|url=https://www.theartblog.org/2010/01/raymonde-april-times-four-in-montreal/|website=Artblog|date=25 January 2010 |accessdate=24 December 2015}}</ref> She has been a photographer since the 1970s. She attended and taught photography at Condordia University since 1985. She also helped open La Chambre Blanche, a facility for artists in Québec.<ref name=":0 " />

April explores narrative through her photography. Her extensive series depict everyday life, transforming the average experiences into tremendous images. They include typical photographic tropes, like portraits and landscapes.<ref name=":0 " /> Eduardo Ralickas argues April's work is articulated around a scene between near and far, appearance and disappearance, making distance a key factor in mapping the territory of the symbolic and the imaginary.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ralickas|first1=Eduardo|title=he Many Equivalences of Raymonde April|journal=[Canadian Art](/source/Canadian_Art_(magazine))|date=4 February 2010|issn=0825-3854}}</ref> Her work is in the permanent collection of the [National Gallery of Canada](/source/National_Gallery_of_Canada)<ref>{{cite web |title=Raymonde April |url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/raymonde-april |website=www.gallery.ca |publisher=National Gallery of Canada |access-date=7 November 2022}}</ref> and in many other collections.<ref name="vox " />

== Exhibitions ==
In 1991, she had a solo show ''Raymonde April: embrace everything'' (presented as part of the Mois de la Photo à Montréal), at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University). She had solo exhibitions as well at the [Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_d'art_contemporain_de_Montr%C3%A9al) (1986), and the Musée d'art de Joliette (1997).<ref name="vox " >{{cite web |title=Raymonde April c.v. |url=https://www.centrevox.ca/fd/cv/april_r.html |website=www.centrevox.ca |publisher=VOX |access-date=7 November 2022}}</ref> She showed again at the Mois de la Photo à Montréal in 2011, this time her self-portraits.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raymonde April |url=https://moisdelaphoto.com/en/artistes/raymonde-april/ |website=moisdelaphoto.com |publisher=Mois de la photo |access-date=7 November 2022}}</ref> In 2022, ''Traversée'' (151 photographs by April), was shown at 1700 La Poste art center, Montreal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clement |first1=Eric |title=Between life and art |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/arts-visuels/2022-10-08/raymonde-april-au-1700-la-poste/entre-la-vie-et-l-art.php |access-date=7 November 2022 |publisher=La Press |date=Oct 8, 2022}}</ref>

== Awards ==
*2003: [Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas](/source/Prix_Paul-%C3%89mile-Borduas) award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/desclaureat.php?noLaureat=289|title=Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas citation|language=French|work=Prix du Quebec|date=17 November 2003 }}</ref>
*2005: Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Art Photography from the [Ontario Arts Foundation](/source/Ontario_Arts_Foundation).<ref>{{cite web|title=Faculty Biography|url=https://www.concordia.ca/finearts/studio-arts/faculty.html?fpid=raymonde-april#IDX_BIOGRAPHY|website=Department of Studio Arts|publisher=[Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University)|accessdate=24 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ontario Arts Foundation – Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Awards|url=http://www.ontarioartsfoundation.on.ca/pages/paul-de-hueck-and-norman-walford-awards|accessdate=21 May 2015|archive-date=21 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521183615/http://www.ontarioartsfoundation.on.ca/pages/paul-de-hueck-and-norman-walford-awards|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2010: Officer of the [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada) for having "made a significant contribution to the evolution of photography in Canada".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=10635&t=12&ln=April|title=Order of Canada citation|date=11 June 2018 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website}}

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Category:1953 births
Category:Artists from New Brunswick
Category:Artists from Quebec
Category:Canadian photographers
Category:Academic staff of Concordia University
Category:Living people
Category:Officers of the Order of Canada
Category:People from Moncton
Category:People from Rivière-du-Loup
Category:Canadian women photographers
Category:Université Laval alumni

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