Rebecca Belmore
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Anishinaabe person
artist
installation artist
interdisciplinary artist
performance artist
person
sculptor
Rebecca Belmore is an Anishinaabe interdisciplinary artist renowned for her powerful performance, installation, and sculptural works that confront issues of Indigenous rights, colonial violence, and social justice in Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rebecca Belmore canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rebecca Belmore Context triple: [Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, notableRecipient, Rebecca Belmore]
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Daphne Odjig
Daphne Odjig was a pioneering Canadian Indigenous artist of Odawa-Potawatomi-English heritage, renowned for her influential role in the development of contemporary Indigenous art and as a founding member of the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc.
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B.
Kenojuak Ashevak
Kenojuak Ashevak was a pioneering Inuit artist from Cape Dorset, celebrated internationally for her distinctive prints and drawings that helped bring modern Inuit art to global prominence.
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C.
Alanis Obomsawin
Alanis Obomsawin is an acclaimed Abenaki Canadian filmmaker and activist best known for her powerful documentaries on Indigenous rights and experiences.
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D.
Emily Carr
Emily Carr was a pioneering Canadian modernist painter and writer renowned for her expressive depictions of Indigenous villages and the forests of the Pacific Northwest.
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E.
Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas is an American contemporary artist known for her vibrant, rhinestone-studded paintings and photographs that explore Black female identity, beauty, and power.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rebecca Belmore Target entity description: Rebecca Belmore is an Anishinaabe interdisciplinary artist renowned for her powerful performance, installation, and sculptural works that confront issues of Indigenous rights, colonial violence, and social justice in Canada.
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A.
Daphne Odjig
Daphne Odjig was a pioneering Canadian Indigenous artist of Odawa-Potawatomi-English heritage, renowned for her influential role in the development of contemporary Indigenous art and as a founding member of the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc.
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B.
Kenojuak Ashevak
Kenojuak Ashevak was a pioneering Inuit artist from Cape Dorset, celebrated internationally for her distinctive prints and drawings that helped bring modern Inuit art to global prominence.
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C.
Alanis Obomsawin
Alanis Obomsawin is an acclaimed Abenaki Canadian filmmaker and activist best known for her powerful documentaries on Indigenous rights and experiences.
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D.
Emily Carr
Emily Carr was a pioneering Canadian modernist painter and writer renowned for her expressive depictions of Indigenous villages and the forests of the Pacific Northwest.
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E.
Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas is an American contemporary artist known for her vibrant, rhinestone-studded paintings and photographs that explore Black female identity, beauty, and power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (108)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anishinaabe person
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artist ⓘ installation artist ⓘ interdisciplinary artist ⓘ performance artist ⓘ person ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gershon Iskowitz Prize
NERFINISHED
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Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Honorary Doctorate from Emily Carr University of Art and Design ⓘ Honorary Doctorate from OCAD University ⓘ Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation VIVA Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-03-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Ontario College of Art and Design University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Anishinaabe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Belmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
installation art
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performance art ⓘ politically engaged art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ video art ⓘ |
| genre |
Indigenous contemporary art
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political art ⓘ social justice art ⓘ |
| givenName | Rebecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Anishinaabe traditions
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Indigenous political movements in Canada ⓘ feminist art ⓘ performance art of the 1970s and 1980s ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Anishinaabemowin
NERFINISHED
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English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| name | Rebecca Belmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| notableExhibition |
Documenta 14
NERFINISHED
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Facing the Monumental at the Art Gallery of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebecca Belmore: March 5, 1819 at Plug In ICA NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebecca Belmore: Rising to the Occasion at the Vancouver Art Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebecca Belmore: Trace at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights ⓘ Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Venice Biennale 2005 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | first Indigenous woman to represent Canada at the Venice Biennale ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Apparition
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At Pelican Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ Ayum-ee-aawach Oomama-mowan: Speaking to Their Mother NERFINISHED ⓘ Ayum-ee-aawach Oomama-mowan: Speaking to Their Mother (large wooden megaphone) NERFINISHED ⓘ Biinjiya'iing Onji (From Inside) NERFINISHED ⓘ Biinjiya'iing Onji (From Inside) (tent sculpture) NERFINISHED ⓘ Blood on the Snow NERFINISHED ⓘ Body of Water ⓘ Fountain NERFINISHED ⓘ Fountain (video installation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Freeze NERFINISHED ⓘ Fringe NERFINISHED ⓘ Fringe (photographic work with beaded wound) NERFINISHED ⓘ Making Always War NERFINISHED ⓘ March 5, 1819 ⓘ Mawa-che-hitoowin: A Gathering of People for Any Purpose NERFINISHED ⓘ Rising to the Occasion NERFINISHED ⓘ Rising to the Occasion (performance and garment) NERFINISHED ⓘ Somewhere Else NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Grace NERFINISHED ⓘ The Blanket NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Water NERFINISHED ⓘ The Indian Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ The Longing NERFINISHED ⓘ The Named and the Unnamed NERFINISHED ⓘ The Named and the Unnamed (installation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tower NERFINISHED ⓘ Trace NERFINISHED ⓘ Trace (clay blanket sculpture) NERFINISHED ⓘ Untitled (water) performance for the Venice Biennale NERFINISHED ⓘ Vigil NERFINISHED ⓘ Vigil (performance for missing and murdered Indigenous women) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wave Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ Wave Sound (outdoor sound sculpture series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Wild NERFINISHED ⓘ X ⓘ |
| occupation |
artist
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installation artist ⓘ performance artist ⓘ sculptor ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Upsala, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represented | Canada at the 2005 Venice Biennale ⓘ |
| representedBy |
Catriona Jeffries Gallery
NERFINISHED
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Galerie Nicolas Robert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NERFINISHED
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
decolonization
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healing ⓘ memory ⓘ mourning ⓘ relationship to land ⓘ resistance ⓘ trauma ⓘ voice and silence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workFocus |
Indigenous rights
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colonial violence ⓘ environmental issues ⓘ land and territory ⓘ language and voice ⓘ missing and murdered Indigenous women ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
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Instruction
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