Rebecca Belmore

Rebecca Belmore is an internationally recognized multidisciplinary artist of Anishinaabe descent, and a member of the Lac Seul First Nation. Rooted in the socio-political realities of Indigenous communities, Belmore’s works make evocative connections between bodies, land, and language. Belmore has 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 is the recipient of honourary doctorates from OCAD University (2005), Emily Carr University of Art + Design (2018), and NSCAD University (2019).