Rosalie Favell
Belonging (1982-2024)
Exhibition
Public
Belonging is the first retrospective of renowned Métis artist Rosalie Favell, showcasing a powerful curated selection of her lens-based works from 1982 to 2024. This exhibition celebrates Favell’s groundbreaking photographic practice—from seminal series like Living Evidence and Plain(s) Warrior Artist to her expansive archive Facing the Camera—which invites us to bear witness and explore the complex themes of identity, empowerment, same-sex desire, community and the nuanced search for belonging through a lens that is both deeply personal and subtly subversive.
199 Richmond Street West
199 Richmond Street West
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Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982-2024)
June 18 to December 6, 2025
Curated by Ryan Rice
Belonging is the first retrospective of renowned Métis artist Rosalie Favell, showcasing a powerful curated selection of her lens-based works from 1982 to 2024. This exhibition celebrates Favell’s groundbreaking photographic practice—from seminal series like Living Evidence and Plain(s) Warrior Artist to her expansive archive Facing the Camera—which invites us to bear witness and explore the complex themes of identity, empowerment, same-sex desire, community and the nuanced search for belonging through a lens that is both deeply personal and subtly subversive.
Above Image credits: Rosalie Favell, My first day of assimulation, 1996 (remastered 2024) from the series From An Early Age. Image courtesy of the artist.
Image credit: Rosalie Favell, I Awoke to find my Spirit returned, 1999 from the series Plains(s) Warrior Artist (1999-2003). Image courtesy of the artist.
About Rosalie Favell
Rosalie Favell is a celebrated artist whose 40-year career has earned national and international recognition. Working with photography, video, portraiture, and painting, she is a leading figure in Indigenous contemporary art and photography.
Favell’s work is held in major institutions like the National Gallery of Canada, the Indigenous Art Centre, and the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. She has received numerous prestigious accolades, such as the Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award, the Karsh Award, and an Honorary Doctorate from OCAD University.
Based in Ottawa, she continues to challenge boundaries, affirming Métis history, and fostering dialogue on belonging and representation.
Image credit: Rosalie Favell, How could I go on as if it never happened, 1994 from the series Living Evidence. Image courtesy of the artist.
Free Public Events
Opening Reception
Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 5 to 7 p.m.
Onsite Gallery, 199 Richmond Street West, Toronto
Join us for the launch of Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982-2024).
Artist Gallery Tour with Rosalie Favell
Thursday, June 19, 2025, 12 noon to 2 p.m.
Onsite Gallery, 199 Richmond Street West, Toronto
Onsite Gallery is generously supported by The Delaney Family.
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