ABOUT

REBECCA LAFORCE


I am a multidisciplinary artist with a practice rooted in femininity, memory, family, and perception. Through material exploration and narrative, I explore the intimacy of the audience and identity, through both physical and digital processes.

In my works, I intentionally feature personal subjects, inviting the viewer to reflect on themselves and question how and why they view the work the way they do. I disrupt realism by augmenting what is expected, mirroring how memory works through disorientation.  

Exploring these concepts, my current work focuses on the act of saying goodbye, focusing on elements of childhood, family, and longing. Viewers are invited to connect through perception and feeling, creating wonder around the chosen elements. Loss, both personal and collective, moves through the installation, carried by moments of comfort.

I am an Ottawa-based artist, born in Almonte, Ontario. Raised in Almonte, I moved to the city of Ottawa, where I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Ottawa.


CONTACT

Instagram: rlaforce.art
Email: rflaforce@gmail.com





     








CV

EDUCATIONBachelor of Fine Arts
University of Ottawa
2026


Advanced Diploma of Animation
Algonquin College 
(Completed 1st year of study)
2020



EXHIBITIONSMosaic
100 Laurier
Group Exhibition
Exhibitor and Co-Coordinator
April 24th - May 1st, 2026

Do Birds Blush?
Galleries 115, 206, 208, Green Gallery
Curator
November 27th - December 2nd, 2025

look @ me
Gallery 115 
Group Exhibition
November 14th, 2023







Last Updated 26.01.25

WORKS


Cellophane

November 20, 2024  




Acrylic on unstretched canvas

34” x 42


Excess

November 14, 2024


Digital photography series

Self portrait
Canon EOS D6




A Call to The Past

September 26, 2024


Multi-media Painting Collage: canvas board, collage elements with backing, deconstructed office telephone 

18" x 24"




Needing to Know

April 13, 2023 




Multi-media sculpture: felt, glass beads, crochet, LED light

1ft x 1.5ft




Silk Cocoon

April 7, 2024




Deconstructed silk ties
1/4” steel

10” x 8” x 16”




Stratum

December 11, 2023




Acrylic on canvas

32” x 40”



Fig and Pomegranate

November 20, 2023


Oil and acrylic 
Round wood panels 

20” dia. 




Home

November 8, 2023




Large format photography
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 4x5 Film
Epson Premium Presentation Paper matte

24” x 40”
12” x 36”




Passing Through

October 9, 2023




Large format photography 
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 4x5 Film 
Epson Premium Presentation Paper matte