| Miguel Joyal | |
| Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
Miguel Joyal is a Canadian-born artist and sculptor.
Joyal created the Louis Riel sculpture located at the Manitoba Legislative Building. Completed in 1996, the sculpture was commissioned by the Manitoba Metis Federation,[1] and replaced an existing statue of Riel from 1971, which had garnered controversy.[2]
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".[3]
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.[4] The bronze bust will stand just under 1m (03feet) high, weigh approximately 73kg (161lb), and rest on a granite base atop a concrete platform. The entire structure will be just over 2m (07feet) tall.[5]
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.[6]