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EDUCATION
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
TALKS, LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
AWARDS
APPOINTMENTS
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
CURATION
TEACHING
BIBLIOGRAPHY


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EDUCATION
PhD (ABD) Cultural Mediations, Institute for Comparative Studies in Art, Literature and Culture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (2005 to 2009)
Master of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States (1998)
Bachelor of Applied Arts in Photographic Arts, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1984)
 
 
 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018   Rosalie Favell: Shifting Focus, Latcham Art Centre, Stoufville, Ontario, Canada. (October 20 – December 8)
2018   Facing the Camera, Station Art Centre, Whitby, Ontario, Canada. (June 2 – July 8)
2017  Wish You Were Here, Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M’Chigeeng, Ontario, Canada. (May 25 – August 7)
2016   from an early age revisited (1994, 2016), Wanuskewin Heritage Park, Regina, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. (July – September)
2015   Rosalie Favell: (Re)Facing the Camera, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. (August 29 – November 22)
2014   Rosalie Favell: Relations, All My Relations, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. (December 12 – February 20, 2015)
2013   Muse as Memory: the Art of Rosalie Favell, Gallery of the College of Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States. (November 14 – December 19)
2013   Facing the Camera: Santa Fe Suite, Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States. (May 25 – July 31)
2013   Rosalie Favell, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (April 2 – May 5)
2013   Wish You Were Here, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. (February 28 – May 26)
2012   Rosalie Favell Karsh Award Exhibition, Karsh Masson Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (September 7 – October 28)
2011   Rosalie Favell: Living Evidence, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (November 19 – February 19, 2012)
2011   Facing the Camera, Urban Shaman, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (July 29 – October 1)
2009   Reveal, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2008   Cultural Mediations, Urban Shaman, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (March 14 – April 26)
2005   Rosalie Favell, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
2003   Rosalie Favell: I Searched Many Worlds, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2002   Longing and Not Belonging, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
2000   Longing and Not Belonging, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario and Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
1999   Longing and Not Belonging, Indian and Inuit Art Centres, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs (DIAND), Hull, Québec, Canada, New Phase Art Space, Tainan and International Visual Art Centre, Taipei, Taiwan.
1998   Longing and Not Belonging, The Photographers Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1998   Longing and Not Belonging, One Star Artist’s Studio, Lubbock, Texas, United States.
1996  Rosalie Favell, The Manitoba Studio Series 27, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
1996   Eclipse I: A Gathering of Spirits, The Floating Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
1995   Living Evidence, Galerie Dazibao, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
1995   Living Evidence, Fotofeis ’95, International Festival of Photography, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1994   Living Evidence, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1994   Living Evidence, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. (June 4 – August 21)
1993   Portraits in Blood, Native Indian/Inuit Photographers’ Association (NIIPA) Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
1985   Family Circle, The Floating Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020   Kwaata-nihtaawakihk – A Hard Birth, 15 artists, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba. (May 30, 2019 – January 21, 2020
2020   The Canadian Forces Artists Program – Group 8, artists: Philip Cheung, Rosalie Favell, Aislinn Hunter, Simone Jones, Emmanuelle Léonard, Andreas Rutkauskas, Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario. (February 14 – May 18, 2020)
2019 – 2020   Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists, artists: 115 Indigenous artists from United States and Canada spanning over 1000 years, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (June 2 – August 18) Frist Art Museum, Nashville, Tennessee (September 27, 2019 – January 12, 2020), Renwick Gallery (February 21 – May 17, 2020)
2019 – Ongoing   Wrapped in Culture, artists: Barry Ace, Kerri Clarke, Maree Clarke,  Rosalie Favell, Mitch Mahoney, Molly Mahoney, Wade Mahoney, Meryl McMaster, Adrian Stimson, Vicki West Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (April 2 – September 15) Wanuskewin Heritage Park Galleries, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (January – April 2020)
2019   Red Embers, artists: 15 Indigenous women, Allan Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (June 8 – October 4)
2019   Nanabozho’s Sisters, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. (February 9 – March 30)
2018   Mawa / Resilience, artists: 50 Indigenous women, Canada-wide installation. (June 1 – August 1)
2018   Li Salay, artists: Lori Blondeau, Katherine Boyer, Dayna Danger, Rosalie Favell, Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, Casey Koyczan, Tim Moore, Audie Murray, Sheri Nault, Sherry Farrell Racette, Les Ramsay, Jewel Shaw, Amanda Strong, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (May 25 –September 9)
2018   Àdisòkàmagan / Nous connaître un peu nous-mêmes / We’ll all become stories, artists: 181 artists, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (April 28 – September 16)
2017   It’s Complicated, artists: OO7 Collective (Barry Ace, Rosalie Favell, Ron Noganosh, Leo Yerxa) with OO7 Special Agents Barry Pottle, Joi T. Arcand, and Meryl McMaster, Central Art Garage, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (June 15 – July 31)
2017   Every. Now. Then: Reframing Nationhood, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (June 29 – December 10)
2016   Paper / Papier, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (September 6 – October 2)
2016   Qua’yuk tchi’gae’win: Making Good, artists: Kudluajuk Ashoona, Carl Beam, Leah Decter, Rosalie Favell, Lita Fontaine, Robert Houle, Simon Hughes, Alex Janvier, Jessie Oonark, Jane Ash Poitras, Miriam Qiyuk, David Ruben Piqtoukun, and Arthur Renwick. Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (June 11 – October 23)
2015   Temporal Re-Imaginings, artists: Barry Ace, Joi T. Arcand, Goota Ashoona, Carl Beam, Lance Belanger, Hannah Claus, Rosalie Favell, Alex Janvier, Roy Kakegamic, Mary Longman, Marianne Nicolson, Meryl McMaster, Caroline Monnet, Françoise Oklaga and Jesse Oonark. Canada Council for the Arts Âjagemô Gallery. (November 10 – April 30, 2016)
2015   Ontario in Âjagemô, artists: Jack Bush, Erika DeFreitas, Sarindar Dhaliwal, Rosalie Favell, Spring Hurlbut, Suzy Lake, Ron Martin, Meryl McMaster, Kent Monkman, Norval Morrisseau, Leslie Reid, Jeff Thomas, and Pearl Van Geest, Âjagemô Gallery at Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (May 3 – October 31)
2015   We Are On Treaty Land, artists: Robert Houle, Rosalie Favell, KC Adams, Lita Fontaine, Murray McKenzie, Daphne Odjig, Jeffrey Thomas, and Jackson Beardy, curated by Jaime Isaac, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (April 20 – May 29)
2015   The Rebel Yells: Dress and Political Re-dress in Contemporary Indigenous Art / Le cri rebelle : Tenue vestimentaire et redressement politique dans l’art autochtone actuel. FOFA Gallery Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. (April 20 – May 29)
2015   Wax-Paper-Paint: Rosalie Favell & Susan Ukkola, Cube Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (October 27 – November 22)
2015   Home Away from Home, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (January 23 – May 10)
2014   Surveillapocalypse, artists: 007 Collective and artcodex Collective, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, United States (June 2014)
2012   007 (Ottawa Ontario Seven) Collective Inaugural Exhibition (007 are Barry Ace, Rosalie Favell, Ronald Noganosh, Frank Shebageget, Ariel Smith, Leo Yerxa, Bear Witness) Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2012   A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, artists: Rosalie Favell, Norval Morrisseau, Jackson Beardy, Abraham Anghik Ruben, Kiugak Ashoona, Akio Takamori, Maurice Savoie, and Jordan Van Sewell, curated by curatorial intern Frances Gail, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (May – July 29)
2011   Resilience / Resistance: Métis Art, 1880 – 2011, Batoche National Historic Site, Batoche, Saskatchewan, Canada. (June 21 – September)
2011   Steeling the Gaze, Portraits by Aboriginal Artist, toured by Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography and the National Gallery of Canada, artists: KC Adams, Carl Beam, Dana Claxton, Thirza Cuthand, Rosalie Favell, Kent Monkman, David Neel, Shelley Niro, Arthur Renwick, Greg Staats, Jeff Thomas and Bear Witness, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (January 18 – March 10), McMichael Museum, Ontario (June 11 – September 11), Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Sept 14 – November 27) and Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (December 17 – January 20, 2012)
2011  Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2011   Soul Sister, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.
2011   International Indigenous Photo Exhibition, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Touring ongoing.
2010   Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection, artists: Margarete Bagshaw (Santa Clara Pueblo), Rick Bartow (Wiyot), Joane Cardinal-Schubert (Blackfoot [Blood]), Lorenzo Clayton (Navajo), Rosalie Favell (Cree/Métis), Joe Feddersen (Colville Confederated Tribes [Okanagan/Lakes]), Jeffrey Gibson (Mississippi Band Choctaw/Cherokee), Carlos Jacanamijoy (Inga), James Lavadour (Walla Walla), Truman Lowe (Ho-Chunk), Judith Lowry (Hammawi Band Pit River/Mountain Maidu/Washo/Scottish-Irish/Australian), James Luna (Puyukitchum [Luiseño]), Mario Martinez (Pascua Yaqui), Alan Michelson (Mohawk), Douglas Miles (San Carlos Apache/Akimel O’odham), Kent Monkman (Cree), Nadia Myre (Algonquin), Nora Naranjo-Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo), Catherine Nelson-Rodriguez (Luiseño/Wailaki/Choctaw), Shelley Niro (Bay of Quinte Mohawk), Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee), Star Wallowing Bull (Minnesota White Earth Band of Chippewa), Marie Watt (Seneca), Emmi Whitehorse (Navajo) and Will Wilson (Diné), Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., United States. (September 16 – August 11)
2010   Hide: Skin as Material and Metaphor, artists: Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Nadia Myre, Michael Belmore, Arthur Renwick, KC Adams, Terrance Houle, Rosalie Favell, and Sarah Sense curated by Kathleen Ash-Milby, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, New York, New York, United States. (September 4 – January 16. 2011)
2009   Home/Land and Security, artists: Barry Ace, Sara Angelucci, Mary Anne Barkhouse, Michael Belmore, Ron Benner, Rosalie Favell, Lorraine Gilbert, Jamelie Hassan, Pat Hess, Penny McCann, Wanda Nanibush, Shelley Niro, Bear Thomas and Eric Walker along with works by Jeff Thomas and archival images from Six Nations, Render, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. (November 6 – February 13, 2010)
2009   The Collectors Cabinet, from the collection of the City of Ottawa, City of Ottawa Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (November 6 – February 13, 2010)
2009   World Upside Down, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia. (June 5 – August 30)
2008   Mother’s Mother’s Mother’s: The Legacy and Rebellion of Aboriginal Women’s Art, Urban Shaman Gallery, ace art inc, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art, Winnipeg and Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. (September 4 – October 18)
2008   International Indigenous Photo Exhibition, Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
2008   Steeling the Gaze: Portraits by Aboriginal Artists, artists: KC Adams, Carl Beam, Dana Claxton, Thirza Cuthand, Rosalie Favell, Kent Monkman, David Neel, Shelley Niro, Arthur Renwick, Greg Staats, Jeff Thomas, and Bear Witness, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (January 18 – March 10)
2008   How: Engagements with the Hollywood Indian, artists: Sarah Sense, Nadya Kwandibens, Walter Kahero:ton Scott, Torry Mendoza and Rosalie Favell, A Space Gallery, Trinity Square Video, ImagineNATIVE Arts Festival, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (October 17 – November 21)
2007   The Othered Women, artists: Joi Arcand, Rosalie Favell and Tania Willard, Paved Arts, AKA Gallery and Red Shift Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. (November 4 – December 15)
2006   World Upside Down, artists: Allen (Ahmoo) Angeconeb, Lori Blondeau, T.C. Cannon, Renee Cox, Jack Dawes, Rosalie Favell, Cheryl L’hirondelle, General Idea Collective, Terrance Houle, Jarusha Brown, Goyce Kakegamic, Jim Logan, Shelley Niro, Roger Shimomura, Yinka Shonibare, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta, Canada. (September 29 – March 4)
2006   From the Peg: Flatter the Land, Bigger the Ruckus, Harbourfront Festival 2006, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (July 28 – July 30)
2006 – 2016  Our People, Our Land, Our Images, International Indigenous Photo Exhibition, artists: Dugan Auilar, Sema Alshabi, Mique’l Askren, Erena Baker, Pena Bonita, Martin Chambi, Jennie Ross Cobb, Rosalie Favell, Shan Goshorn, Benjamin A. Haldane, Alberto Ibanez, Nikki Isham, Zig Jackson, Erica Lord, Simone Magner, L Frank Manriquez, Lee Marmon, Larry McNeil, Shelley Niro, Aimee Ratana, Natalie Robertson, Nicole Staples, Rochelle Huia Smith Tanielu, Jeff Thomas, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, Will Wilson, C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States. Curated by Veronica Passalacqua, Curator/Museum Specialist, C.N. Gorman Museum, Davis, CA. Organized by the C.N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis, California. (April 8 – June 23)

  • June 16–August 11, 2016, Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • April 6–May 25, 2016, Refurbishment, Kansas City, Missouri
  • January 28–March 16, 2016, Chisholm Trail Heritage Center, Duncan, Oklahoma
  • September 1–November 21, 2015, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri
  • April 6–August 4, 2015, Palmer Museum of Art, Palmer, Alaska
  • January 28–March 16, 2015, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California
  • September 1–October 20, 2014, Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, Texarkana, Texas
  • June 20–August 10, 2014, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
  • April 6–May 25, 2014, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
  • January 28–March 16, 2014, Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, Texas
  • November 10, 2013–January 7, 201, Roland Park Country School, Baltimore, Maryland
  • September 1–October 20, 2013, Refurbishment, Kansas City, Missouri
  • April 6–August 11, 2013, Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
  • January 28–March 16, 2013, Flint Hills Discovery Center, Manhattan, Kansas
  • November 10, 2012–January 7, 2013, Mari Sandoz High Plains Center, Chadron, Nebraska
  • September 1–October 20, 2012, Kansas City Library, Kansas City, Missouri
  • June 16–August 14, 2012, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
  • November 10, 2011–March 16, 2012, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
  • September 1–October 20, 2011, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, Kansas
  • June 16–August 11, 2011, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska
  • 2007 – 2008 Autry National Center, Los Angeles, California
  • September 7, 2007–January 27, 2008 Autry National Center, Los Angeles, California
  • 2006 Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
  • 2006 Amerindian Foundation, Dragoon, Arizona

2004   Persona: From the Collection Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2003   Gatherings: Aboriginal Art from the Collection of The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China.
2002   Gatherings: Aboriginal Art from the Collection of The Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan.
2002   About Face: Self-Portraits by Native American and First Nations Artists, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.
2002   Gatherings: Aboriginal Art from the Collection of The Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (June 8 – October 6)
2002   Cross Generational, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States (April 9 – June 2)
2001   Indian Art 2001, Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
2001   Off 17, Sudbury Art Gallery, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
2001   Rielisms, organized by The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and toured to Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2001   Portraits: Unsettled Subjects, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (June 23 – August 5)
2000   Exposed: Aesthetics of Aboriginal Erotic Art, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. (March 16 – May 14)
2000   Present Tense: Native American Self-Representations in Photography, Foster Gallery, Haas Fine Art Center, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States.
2000   girl Guides boy Scouts: Navigating by our Grandmothers, Rosalie Favell and Arthur Renwick, Galerie B-312, Montréal, Québec, Canada. (March 18 – April 15)
2000   Indian Art 2000, Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
1999   alt.shift.control: Musings on Digital Identity, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
1999   Emergence from the Shadows: First Peoples’ Photographic Perspectives, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec, Canada. (October 22 – January 6, 2002)
1998   Re:Collections: First Nations Photographers, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1998   Exploring Old Territory in a New Way: A Group Exhibition of Native North American Artists, Rathbone Gallery, The Sage Colleges Albany Campus, Albany, New York, United States.
1998   A Generous View, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
1997  Tamarind Institute, Instituto Chileno Norteamericano de Cultura, Santiago, Chile.
1995   Fotofeis ’95: International Festival of Photography in Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1995   Rosalie Favell: Living Evidence, Dazibao, Montréal, Québec, Canada. (February 25 – March 26)
1994   Rosalie Favell: Living Evidence, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatoon, Canada. (June 4 – August 21)
1987   Sense of Place: Photography in Manitoba, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (November 27 – January 27)
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ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2017   CFAP Canadian Forces Art Program, Operation Nanook, Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada.
2016   Nigig Residency, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2016   RMIT iAIR & Gushul Studio and University of Lethbridge Residency Program, Melbourne, Australia.
2012   Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.
2011   Revolution 2012, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
2009   MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art) Mentor-in-Residence, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2008   Fiction Aboriginal Residency, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
2002-3   Canada/Mexico Photo/Literary Exchange FONCA, Merida, Mexico and The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
1997   Fellowship, American Photography Institute, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York City, New York, United States.  
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TALKS, LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
2019   In the Making Workshop Series  with BEING Studio
2019   Wrapped in Culture Panel (with Barry Ace and Adrian Stimson) presented by Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2019   Wrapped in Culture Talk presented by Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2017   “In conversation, Every. Now. Then: Reframing Nationhood” (with Barry Ace moderated by Wanda Nanibush) presented by Art Gallery of Ontario in partnership with OCAD U, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 
2017   #CALLRESPONSE Maria Hupfield’s Post Performance/Conversation with Rosalie Favell presented by SAW Gallery in partnership with NAC’s Canada Scene, AXENÉO7, Gatineau, Québec, Canada.
2017   Canadian Camera Conference, Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2017   Project Naming 15th Anniversary Panel, Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2013   Pictures (of) by Indians Symposium, Decolonization of the Lens, 2plus1 Collective, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2011   Native American Art Studies Association, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2010   University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2010   Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, New York City, New York and Washington D.C., United States.
2009   Canadian Contemporary Museum of Photography, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2009   Looking In Speaking Out. Cross Communities, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and Kathmandu, Nepal.
2009   MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2007   Panel “Myth, Fallacy & Media: Prairie Influence across the Disciplines,” Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2006   Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photographers Conference, C.N. Gorman Museum, U.C. Davis, Davis, California, United States.
2004   Speaker at the New Sun Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
1993   Photography Workshop, The Leaf Rapids Societe des Arts, Leaf Rapids, Manitoba, Canada.
1993   Presentation at “It’s a Cultural Thing – Individual Expression, Collective Inspiration,” ANNPAC / PARCA / Minquon Panchayat, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1992-95   Native Indian Inuit Photographers Association (NIIPA) Annual NIIPA 6th Annual Conferences in Ottawa (1992) and Hamilton (1993) 
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AWARDS
2017   The Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Awards
2017   Aimia Photography Prize Long List, Art Gallery of Ontario
2017   Scotiabank Photography Long List
2017   New Chapter Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2016   Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
2016   International Residency Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2015   Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2012   Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Grant
2012   Ontario Arts Council Residency Grant
2012   Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant
2012   City of Ottawa Karsh Award
2010   Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Grant
2008   SAW Video Aboriginal Voices Fund
2004   Ontario Arts Council Chalmers Arts Fellowship
2003   Canada Council Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award
2001   Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Grant
2000   Canada Council Visual Arts Grant Photography: Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Grant
1999   Canada Council Visual Arts Grant Photography
1998   Canada Council Visual Arts Grant Photography
1998   Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts Grant and Travel Grant
1997   Fellowship, American Photography Institute, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
1997   National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, Canadian Native Arts Foundation
1996   University of New Mexico Research Project Travel Grant
1995   Canadian Native Arts Foundation
1995   Manitoba Arts Council Grant
1994   Canada Council Visual Arts B Grant
1994   Manitoba Arts Council Visual Arts B Grant
1994   City of Winnipeg Arts Grants
1993   Native Indian Inuit Photographers’ Association
1993   Manitoba Arts Council Visual
1988   Manitoba Arts Council Project Grant
1988   City of Winnipeg Arts Grant
1986   Manitoba Arts Council

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APPOINTMENTS
2017 – 2016   Hnatyshyn Foundation, Honorary Patron, REVEAL Indigenous Arts Awards

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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario
City of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
C.N. Gorman Museum, U.C. Davis, Davis, California
Indian and Inuit Art Centres, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), Ottawa, Ontario
Manitoba Arts Council Art Bank, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, New York
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, New York, New York
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario.
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CURATION
2018   Celebrating Women, Indigenous Art Centre, Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Gatineau, Québec, Canada.
2016   My Spirit is Strong, Indigenous Art Centre, Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Gatineau, Québec, Canada.
2012   The Faraway Nearby, Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
2011   Acting Up-Performing the Indian, Platform Centre for Photographic & Digital Arts, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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TEACHING
2019 – Current   Adjunct Professor, Ottawa University, Ottawa, Ontario. Canada. 
2014 – Current   Professor of Photography, Discovery University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2013   Photography Instructor, Ottawa University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2009-2008   Teaching Assistant, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2007-2008   Contract Instructor, Native Art History, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2005-2004   Teaching Assistant, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
2004-2002   Adjunct Professor, Algoma University College, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
2002-2000   Professor of Photography, White Mountain Academy of the Arts, Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada.
1999-1998   Sessional Lecturer, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
1998-1995   Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
1995-1994   Professor of Photography, Institute of American Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abma, Sandra. Science meets art, plus Indigenous embroidery and some Diefendrama. April 12, 2019, CBC News Ottawa, cbc.ca https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/art-theatre-ottawa-gallery-1.5095569

Abramson, Stacey, Resilience Billboard Project, May 21, 2018, gallerieswest.ca https://www.gallerieswest.ca/magazine/stories/resilience-billboard-project/

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Ace, Barry. “Rituals of Collecting and Transformation: The Artistic Journeys of Rosalie Favell, BlackFlash, Vol. 24.3 2007.

Affleck, Jane and Nanibush, Wanda. ESSAYS: Nanabozho’s Sisters, University of Toronto Scarborough, utsc.utoronto.ca https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~dmg/downloads/publications/NanabozhosSisters.pdf

Ahlberg Yohe, Jill and Greeves, Teri editors. Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists. Washington: University of Washington Press, 2019.

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Bean, Robert and Bell, Lynne and Busby, Cathy and Drobnick, Jim and Enright, Robert and Favell, Rosalie and Fisher, Jennifer and Fitzpatrick, Blake and Horne, Stephen and Ingelevics, Vid and Jean , Marie-Josée and Ju, Jeanne and Knight, Katherine and Maggs, Arnaud and Maranda, Michael and McFarland, Scott and Metcalfe, Robin and Paiement, Alain and Renwick, Arthur and Tremblay, Ève K. and Williams, Carol. Image and Inscription: An Anthology of Contemporary Canadian Photography.Toronto, Ont.: Gallery 44; Toronto, Ont.: YYZ Books, 2005.

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Cerdan, Alice. girl Guides boy Scouts: Navigating by our Grandmothers, Rosalie Favell and Arthur Renwick. Cahier no. 43. Montréal, Québec: Galerie B-312, 2000.

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Hill, Richard William and L’Hirondelle, Cheryl and Nayhowtow, Joseph. The World Upside Down = Le monde à l’envers. Vancouver, British Columbia: Walter Phillips Gallery, 2008.

Hopkins, Candice and Loft, Steve and Martin, Lee-Ann and Western, Jenny and Hill, Richard William and Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam James and Masayesva, Victor and Cardinal-Schubert, Joane and Tamati-Quennell, Megan and Garneau, David and Poitras, Edward and Isaac, Jaimie. Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Plug-In Editions, 2011.

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