Rosalie Favell - Braveheart « Un Cœur brave »
Thu, Oct 10
|Galerie J.W. Stellick Gallery
The Ottawa School of Art ByWard Market Campus is proud to present Braveheart | Un Cœur brave, an exhibition of works by Rosalie Favell. OCTOBER 10 – NOVEMBER 17, 2024 Vernissage: Thursday October 10, 2024 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Artist talk: Thursday October 10, 2024 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm OSA Library
Time & Location
Oct 10, 2024, 5:00 p.m. – Nov 17, 2024, 4:00 p.m.
Galerie J.W. Stellick Gallery, 35 George St, Ottawa, ON K1N 8W5, Canada
About the event
OCTOBER 10 – NOVEMBER 17, 2024
Vernissage: Thursday October 10, 2024 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Artist talk: Thursday October 10, 2024 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm OSA Library
Rosalie Favell is a distinguished Metis artist with a creative practice that spans over 40 years who has achieved national and international acclaim. Favell has used photography, portraiture, and painting to understand and represent her ancestry and identity in works that have been exhibited and collected nationally and internationally. Drawing inspiration from her family history and Metis (Red River) heritage, she uses a variety of sources, from family albums to popular culture, to present a complex self-portrait of her experiences as a contemporary Indigenous woman.
Rosalie explores cultural entanglements, the challenges of representation, and themes of empowerment and identity. Her work focuses on her lived experience as a Metis 2SLGBTQ woman, merging aspects of Metis identity, gender, heritage, and elements of popular culture. As someone who has influenced generations of…