Miguel Joyal

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Joyal created the Louis Riel sculpture located at the Manitoba Legislative Building. Completed in 1996, the sculpture was commissioned by the Manitoba Metis Federation,{{Cite web|title=Province of Manitoba {{!}} Archived News Releases|url=https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/print,index.html?item=22522&posted=1996-05-10|website=Province of Manitoba|language=en|access-date=2020-05-22}} and replaced an existing statue of Riel from 1971, which had garnered controversy.{{Cite web|title=Manitoba History: "Practical Results": The Riel Statue Controversy at the Manitoba Legislative Building|url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/42/rielstatue.shtml|website=www.mhs.mb.ca|access-date=2020-05-22}}

Joyal was commissioned to contribute a sculpture to the University of Manitoba campus. Unveiled in 2011, the sculpture represents Louis Riel as a scholar learning the "laws of the land".{{Cite web|title=New Aboriginal Sculptures Bring Culture, Artistry to University of Manitoba Campus - The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce|url=https://mbchamber.mb.ca/2011/04/new-aboriginal-sculptures-bring-culture-artistry-to-university-of-manitoba-campus/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-22}}

In January 2018, Joyal completed a statue of Saint Boniface activist Georges Forest for placement in Winnipeg's Provencher Park. The statue was initially rejected by the committee overseeing the project.{{Cite news|last=Froese|first=Ian|date=2018-06-01|title=Statue with 'too much beard' will grace Provencher Park after all|work=CBC News|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/objection-statue-sculpture-georges-forest-too-much-beard-1.4688334|access-date=2020-05-22}} The bronze bust will stand just under {{convert|1|m|ft}} high, weigh approximately {{convert|73|kg|lb}}, and rest on a granite base atop a concrete platform. The entire structure will be just over {{convert|2|m|ft}} tall.{{Cite news|last=Paul|first=Alexandra|date=2019-03-14|title=Mar 2019: St. Boniface bust will honour French-language activist|language=en-CA|work=Winnipeg Free Press|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/st-boniface-bust-will-honor-parking-ticket-activist-507162502.html|access-date=2020-05-22}}

Joyal has also created sculptures from snow and styrofoam for Winnipeg's annual winter Festival du Voyageur, as well as wood chieftains and Madonnas, stone figurines and eagle heads, and a nearly life-size airplane.{{Cite news|last=Struck|first=Doug|date=2007-02-17|title=Sculpting Winter Into a Gallery of Giants|language=en-US|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/16/AR2007021602065.html|access-date=2020-05-22|issn=0190-8286}}

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Category:Sculptors from Manitoba

Category:Canadian male sculptors

Category:Living people

Category:Métis sculptors

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Category:Artists from Winnipeg

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