CCCA Canadian Art Database

Rebecca Belmore

A member of the Lac Seul First Nation (Anishinaabe), Rebecca Belmore RCA is an internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist. Rooted in the political and social realities of Indigenous communities, Belmore’s works make evocative connections between bodies, land and language. Solo exhibitions include: Facing the Monumental, Art Gallery of Ontario (2018); Rebecca Belmore: Kwe, Justina M.Barnicke Gallery (2014); The Named and The Unnamed, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, (2002). In 1991, Ayumee-aawach Oomama-mowan: Speaking to Their Mother was created at the Banff Centre for the Arts with a national tour in 1992 and subsequent gatherings took place across the Canada in 1996, 2008, and 2014. In 2017, Belmore participated in documenta 14 with Biinjiya’iing Onji (From Inside) in Athens, Greece and Kassel, Germany. In 2005, at the Venice Biennale, she exhibited Fountain in the Canadian Pavilion. Other group exhibitions include: Landmarks2017 / Reperes2017, Partners in Art (2017); Land Spirit Power, National Gallery of Canada (1992); and the IV Bienal de la Habana (1991). Belmore received the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation’s VIVA Award (2004), the Hnatyshyn Visual Arts Award (2009), the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2013), and the Gershon Iskowitz Prize (2016). She received honourary doctorates from OCAD University (2005), Emily Carr University of Art + Design (2018), and NSCAD University (2019).
Creator Id: 60
Web Site Link: Web Site Link
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Additional Statuses: First Nations
Country of Birth: Canada
Province of Birth: Ontario
Year of Birth: 1960
City: Winnipeg
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Gender: Female
Mediums: installation, performance
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Work by Rebecca Belmore

Speaking to their mother

Work ID: 27180

Description: sound installation

Measurements: 7 x 7.5 feet

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Wana-na-wang-ong

Work ID: 27177

Measurements: 8 x 7 x 12 feet

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New Wilderness

Work ID: 27172

Measurements: 19.05 x 5.08 cm x 17.78 feet

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Paradise

Work ID: 27176

Measurements: 12 x 4 x 24 feet

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Many/One

Work ID: 27186

Measurements: 101.6 feet x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm

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Many/One

Work ID: 27187

Measurements: 101.6 feet x 15.24 cm x 71.12 cm

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Mister Luna

Work ID: 27173

Description: "33 Pieces", Blackwood Gallery

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Sportsman’s Paradise and Scare

Work ID: 27183

Description: installation view

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To rest and to dream

Work ID: 27174

Measurements: 147.32 3/4 x 124.46 1/4 cm

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Wild

Work ID: 27178

Description: House Guest Contemporary Artist in the Grange, September 15, 2001 - January 27, 2002

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Apache

Work ID: 27181

Measurements: H 12 x W 17 x D 11inches

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Shanwathit, The last of the Beothuk

Work ID: 27179

Measurements: Variables (self H, 17.78 x W 78.74 1/2 D 12.7 1/2 cm life size hands and feet/mains et pieds grandeur nature)

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Black Cloud

Work ID: 27182

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Wild, installation and performance

Work ID: 27175

Description: (AGO) Grange House

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Superpower

Work ID: 27185

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The Name and the Unnamed

Work ID: 27171

Description: video installation view

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blood on the snow

Work ID: 27188

Description: 4 October - 1 December, 2002, photo credit: Donna Hagerman, Vancouver

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The Great Water

Work ID: 27189

Description: 4 October - 1 December, 2002, photo credit: Donna Hagerman, Vancouver

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The Great Water

Work ID: 27190

Description: photo credit: Howard Ursuliak

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State of Grace

Work ID: 27184

Description: 4 October - 1 December 2002 photo credit: Donna Hagerman, Vancouver

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The Name and the Unnamed

Work ID: 27170

Description: video installation view

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