Onsite Gallery, OCAD University

Courtesy of the artist

Rosalie Favell
Belonging (1982-2024) + Facing the Camera: TSÍ TKARÒN:TO
Opening & Artist Talk

Visit Onsite Gallery in Toronto, for a two-day celebration of renowned Red River Metis artist Rosalie Favell and the launch of her major solo exhibition + mural. Be among the first to experience the new exhibitions.

Opening Reception
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 5 – 7pm
Light refreshments will be served after the opening remarks.

Artist Talk
Thursday, June 19, 2025 | 12 – 2pm
Register here

Join artist Rosalie Favell for an in-depth gallery tour and conversation about her artistic practice, the evolution of her work, and the stories behind the images featured in her retrospective exhibition and recently unveiled public mural.

Both events are free and open to the public.

Rosalie Favell, My first day of assimulation, 1996 (remastered 2024) from the series From An Early Age. Image courtesy of the artist.

Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982-2024)

June 18 – December 6, 2025

Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982–2024) is the first retrospective exhibition celebrating Favell’s groundbreaking photographic practice—from seminal series like Living Evidence and Plain(s) Warrior Artist to her expansive archive Facing the Camera—which invites the viewer to bear witness and explore the complex themes of identity, empowerment, same-sex desire, community and the nuanced search for belonging through a lens that is both deeply personal and subtly subversive.

Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982-2024) is curated by Ryan Rice

Images (left to right): Rosalie Favell, Terri, Facing the Camera, NIGIG Residency Toronto, 2016, photograph, dimensions variable. Rosalie Favell, Tom, Facing the Camera, NIGIG Residency Toronto, 2016, photograph, dimensions variable. Images courtesy of the artist.

Rosalie Favell | Facing the Camera: TSÍ TKARÒN:TO

May 1 – November 30, 2025

Rosalie Favell | Facing the Camera: TSÍ TKARÒN:TO comprises a suite of photographs selected from the Ottawa-based Red River Metis artist’s renowned portrait series Facing the Camera, a monumental national and international visual archive documenting the broad diversity of Indigenous arts and cultural communities. Facing the Camera: TSÍ TKARÒN:TO is presented in conjunction with Onsite Gallery’s touring exhibition Rosalie Favell | Belonging (1982–2024) and is a 2025 Core Program with the CONTACT Photography Festival.

Rosalie Favell | Facing the Camera: TSÍ TKARÒN:TO is curated by Ryan Rice and is a 2025 Core Program with the CONTACT Photography Festival.

About the Artist

Rosalie Favell is a distinguished Red River Metis artist who has achieved national and international acclaim, with a creative practice spanning over 40 years. Favell has used portraiture in photography, painting, and video 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 Red River Metis 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. Over the course of her career, she has received numerous grants, won prestigious awards, and was granted an Honorary Doctorate from OCAD University in 2022.

Onsite Gallery is generously supported by The Delaney Family

About Onsite Gallery
www.ocadu.ca/onsite
Onsite Gallery, OCAD University’s flagship professional gallery, presents contemporary, Indigenous, and public art and design to advance knowledge creation and stimulate local and international conversations on the urgent issues of our time.

Onsite Gallery
199 Richmond Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 0H4

Gallery Hours
Wednesday: 12 – 7pm
Thursday to Saturday: 12 – 5pm

Gallery admission and all events are free.

Onsite Gallery is an accessible venue with all-gender, single-user washrooms.
» Detailed accessibility information found here

About OCAD University (OCAD U)
OCAD University (www.ocadu.ca) is Canada’s university of the imagination. Founded in 1876, the university is dedicated to art, design and digital media education, practice and research and to knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines.

Contact Information:
Susan Jama
Programs & Community Coordinator, Onsite Gallery
susanjama@ocadu.ca

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