Rosalie Favell is a distinguished Métis 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 Métis (Red River) 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.