VISUAL ARTS AWARDS 2009 RECIPIENTS
Award for Outstanding Achievement as an Artist
Rebecca Belmore
 Born in Upsala, Ontario, 1960.
Lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia
EDUCATION
Ontario College of Art and Design, 1984-1986
Honorary Doctorate, Ontario College of Art and Design, 2005
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Rebecca Belmore: Rising to the Occasion, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
March 15, 1819, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland (forthcoming)
2006
Parallel, Urban Shaman / aceartinc., Winnipeg, Manitoba
Como in cielo cosi in terra, Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy
2005
Untitled 1, 2, 3, grunt gallery, Vancouver
The Capture of Mary March, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004
Temperance, Tribe, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2003
Extreme, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2002
The Named and the Unnamed, organized by Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver; toured to Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2003); Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia (2004); Confederation Art Centre, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (2004); McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario (2006)
2001
33 Pieces, organized by Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario; toured to Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan (2002); Parry Sound Station Gallery, Parry Sound, Ontario (2002); Definitely Superior Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario (2003); W. K. P. Kennedy Public Art Gallery, Capitol Centre, North Bay, Ontario (2003)
Private Collection, Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2000
On this ground, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Providence, Rhode Island
1999
Many/One, Optica, Montréal, Québec
Dreamers, Keyano College Art Gallery, Fort McMurray, Alberta
1994
I Wait for the Sun, Faret Tachikawa Art Project, Art Front Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1993
Wana-na-wang-ong, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith, collaboratively organized and toured by The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York (forthcoming)
Caught in the Act: The Viewer as Performer, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (forthcoming)
Bureau de Change, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta (forthcoming)
2007
Projections, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Hart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Art Museum, Brooklyn, New York
In the Blink of an Eye, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Replaying Narrative, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Confluence: First Nations Art from John Cook's Collection, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
2006
Ephemeral Monuments: The Interventions of Rebecca Belmore and César Saez, Galerie SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
Zones of Contact, 2006 Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
About Face: Self-Portraits by Native American, First Nations, and Inuit Artists, The Wheelwright Museum of The American Indian, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2005
Intertidal: Vancouver Art and Artists, Museum of Contemporary Art of Antwerp, (MuHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
51st Venice Biennale, Canadian Pavilion, Venice, Italy
Subject to Rule, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
In My Lifetime / Au fil de mes jours, organized by Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec City, Québec; toured to Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Québec (2007-08)
Sweet Taboos, 3rd Tirana Biennale, Tirana, Albania
CAMPsites, collaboratively organized by Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, and Museum London, London, Ontario
2004
Doublures: Vêtements de l'art contemporain, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec City, Québec
Thinking Textile, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia
2003
Light Conditions, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
Divergences: Rebecca Belmore and Shelley Niro, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina
Dress Signal, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario
The Political is Personal, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario
2002
Far Horizon, independent exhibition project, Vancouver, British Columbia
Permeable Borders, Wave Hill, Bronx, New York
2001
House Guests: Contemporary Artists in the Grange, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
2000
I, Witness, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
High-tech Storytellers: An Interdisciplinary Aboriginal Art Project, Tribe/AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1998
Every Day, 1998 Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
1997
InSITE 97, San Diego, California
The Red River Crossing, Swiss Institute of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
Indian Princesses and Cowgirls: Stereotypes from the Frontier, organized by Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver, British Columbia ; toured internationally
1996
Liaisons, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Metissages, Galerie Optica, Montréal, Québec
1995
Longing and Belonging: From the Faraway Nearby, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1994
History 101: The ReSearch for Family, The Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri
6th Native American Fine Arts Invitational, The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1993
Stand, Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania
Margins of Memory, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario
1992
Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
1991
Between Views and Points of View, Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Alberta
IV Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba
Okanata, A Space, Toronto, Ontario
Interrogating Identity, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, New York
A Likeness, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Ontario
1990
Multi-Media Works: A Native Perspective, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Telling Things, Art Metropole, Toronto, Ontario
Young Contemporaries 90, London Regional Art and Historical Museum, London, Ontario
1986
See Jane Sew Strontium, Definitely Superior Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
The New Traditionalists, Definitely Superior Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
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