Wally Dion

Wally Dion (born 1976) is a Canadian artist from the Yellow Quill First Nation who lives in Upstate New York. Many of his works reimagine the form of the quilt through non-traditional materials.

Early and personal life Wally Dion is a Sauteaux and a member of the Yellow Quill First Nation. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1976. He grew up in Saskatoon. He later earned an MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Dion's ongoing series Grass Quilts, which began in 2022, The first piece in the series was born from an artist residence in Wanuskewin Park. It was originally intended to be a layered piece, with different elements symbolizing prairie grass and the reintroduction of bison; due to time constraints, Dion pivoted instead to a single layer. Connective Tissue: New Approaches to Fiber in Contemporary Native Art, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (2017) The Art of the People: Contemporary Anishinaabe Artists, Muskegon Museum of Art (2020) Remai Modern un/tangling, un/covering, un/doing, University of the Fraser Valley (2024) Stitching the Revolution: Quilts as Agents of Change, Mattatuck Museum (2024) Objects USA, R & Company (2024) Manual Assembly , The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery of York University (2024)

Collections Dion's works are held in multiple collections, including: Saskatchewan Arts Board ("Star Blanket" (2006)) Portland Art Museum ("Green Star Quilt" (2019))