Victor Doray

Victor Edward Doray was born in Montréal on July 29, 1930. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Loyola College (now Concordia University) in 1953, and a Diploma in Art as Applied to Medicine from the University of Toronto in 1956. In addition, Doray also attended fine arts classes in Montréal, Banff, New York, Paris, and Vancouver, and undertook two Medical Art internships at the Hôpital Saint-Antoine in Paris (1956) and the University College Hospital in London, England (1957). 

In 1957, Doray became the founding director of the Department of Biomedical Communications, at the University of British Columbia, the first department in British Columbia which combined the talents of medical artists, photographers, and TV & AV personnel to serve the needs of the Health Sciences. In 1985, Doray left the UBC to become a full-time artist and media producer. Prior to 1985, Doray had engaged in these activities on a part-time basis.  

In 1973 Doray was awarded the Canada Council Senior Arts Award for the production of the multimedia program, Turn Off De Light. Other achievements include a number of exhibits and multimedia events dating from 1965 to the 2000s. He was also awarded a life time achievement award by the Association of Medical Illustrators. His work has been exhibited at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, the Burnaby Art Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery, Western Front, and others.  

Doray passed away on December 21, 2007.