Christopher Lacroix (b. 1986, Edmonton) is a PhD student in the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University. His work yields queer perspectives through conceptually and formally absurd explorations of materials and objects. These queer perspectives are often a blend of humour, refusal, and aspirations for alternative relations or futures. Lacroix received an MFA from the University of British Columbia (2018) and a BFA from Toronto Metropolitan University (2012). In 2018 he was awarded the Lind Prize for emerging lens-based artists, and was long-listed for the 2021 Scotiabank New Generation Photography Award. He lives and works in Vancouver which is located on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) nations.
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EDUCATION
2026
PhD, Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
2018
MFA, Visual Art, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
2012
BFA with Honours, Photography Studies, Toronto Metropoliton University, Toronto
2006
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
19,000 Scanned Anal Queefs and Counting, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2021
There are minimums to operate properly, Modern Fuel, Kingston, ON
A potlid for the sky, The Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2020
Part One: There is a minimum to operate properly, Alternator, Kelowna, BC
2019
Perversions come in all sizes, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON, Featured Exhibition in CONTACT Photography Festival
2016
The gun in the drawer has the safety on, window, Winnipeg, MB
2014
undressing Sara/Sara dressing, Artspace with a public installation at Market Hall, Featured Emerging Artist of SPARK Photo Festival, Peterborough, ON
PUBLIC WORKS
2020
We do not know when we started, we will not know when we will end, City Hall Station, Canada Line, Vancouver
2015
The Mis-Education of the Homo, Nuit Rose, Toronto
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS
2021
We Buy Gold, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON
2020
Wicked, Queer Arts Festival, Vancouver, BC
Give/Take, Branscombe House, Vancouver, BC
2018
The Lind Prize 2018, The Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2017
water astonishing and difficult altogether makes a meadow and a stroke, Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, BC
2016
Interested in others, Forest City Gallery, London, ON
Meld With Something, Ryerson Artspace, Toronto, ON
2015
The Mis-Education of the Homo, Nuit Rose, Toronto, ON
2014
I never asked to be a role model, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON
PERFORMANCES
2016
#trending: Mobilizing Art and Culture, OCADu, Toronto, ON
2015
Cherry Corsage (who would have thought it figures), presented by VideoFag, The Citadel Centre for Dance, Toronto, ON
Truth Be Told, Younger Than Beyonce Gallery, co-curated by Alison Cooley and Humboldt Magnussen, Toronto, ON
AWARDS
2023
Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2021
Scotiabank New Generation Photography Award, Longlist
2019
Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2018
The Lind Prize 2018, Winner
2017
Canada Graduate Scholarship, SSHRC
2013
Emerging Artist Production Grant, Toronto Arts Council