SESSION 4 - July 13–19

Wally Dion, b. Saskatoon Saskatchewan, is a visual artist living and working in Binghamton, New York. He is a member of Yellow Quill First Nation (Salteaux). Dion holds a BFA from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Throughout much of his career, Dion’s work has contributed to a broad conversation in the art world about identity and power, and can be interpreted as part of a much larger pan-American struggle by Indigenous peoples to be recognized culturally, economically, and politically by settler societies. Utilizing large-scale portraiture, found object sculpture & site-specific installation, Dion has expanded upon this practice to include themes of personal history & spirituality.

Dion has exhibited extensively throughout Canada & the USA, participating in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Dion’s work can be found in several prominent collections, private and public.

caterpillar, egg, cocoon, moth, 2019, Computer circuit boards, nails, plywood, (stain on sides)., 39⅝ diameter x 2⅝ depth, photo by KT Kanazawich