Photo and text-based artist Raymond Boisjoly has made the shortlist for the annual Sobey Art Award—a $50,000 prize that's given out each year to a contemporary artist under the age of 40. 

Boisjoly represents the West Coast/Yukon region amid the nominations and he's up against for females for the prize: performance and installation artist Ursula Johnson from the Atlantic; photo artist and videographer Jacynthe Carrier from Quebec; performance and video artist Bridget Moser from Ontario; and multimedia artist Divya Mehra from the Prairies/the North.

Boisjoly is an indigenous artist of Haida and Québécois descent. His work has been presented in solo exhibitions across Canada as well as internationally as part of group shows.

He's an assistant professor of interdisciplinary studio in the department of visual art and material practice at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. He is represented by Catriona Jeffries Gallery.

Last year, Boisjoly nabbed a VIVA Award here in Vancouver, valued at $12,000, from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts.

The Sobey award was founded in 2002 and last year's winner was Vancouver-born, Berlin-based multimedia artist Jeremy Shaw.