Dion Smith-Dokkie
Bio
(West Moberly First Nations)
Dion Smith-Dokkie is a painter and visual artist who lives and works in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Treaty 8. Their work deals with translation, mutation, infrastructure, morphology, and the process of finding what is inside and outside. Mediation and translation are key operations in their practice, where they undertake experiments with interface phenomena, mutation, envelopes, and media skins in the fields of painting, drawing, and video.
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They hold an MFA in Visual Arts from UBC, a BFA in Painting and Drawing from Concordia, and a BA Humanities (Women’s Studies) from UVIC. In 2025, Smith-Dokkie received the PLATFORM Centre Photography Award and has a forthcoming solo exhibition there in March 2026. They are a member of West Moberly First Nations and grew up in the Peace Region of northeast BC and northwest Alberta.
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Exhibitions:
Available Work
Lacuna
2025,
Watercolour, gouache, rice paste, wax emulsion, and pigment on found chamois suede patchwork,
17⅞ x 20⅛ in.
eve's cusp: loom, sail
2025,
Watercolour, gouache, rice paste, wax emulsion, and pigment on found chamois suede patchwork ,
22 x 19⅞ in.
needed this, relief shower
2025,
Watercolour, gouache, rice paste, wax emulsion, and pigment on found chamois suede patchwork,
24 x 18⅛ in.
drove through there early May. Sunlight evaporated the showers away
2025,
Watercolour, gouache, rice paste, wax emulsion, and pigment on found chamois suede patchwork,
24 x 20⅛ in.
only them two on the mountain euphoric, flying
2025,
Watercolour, gouache, rice paste, wax emulsion, and pigment on found chamois suede patchwork,
26 x 22 in.
he stopped...in the whirling new snow, tried to but nothing came
2025,
Watercolour, gouache, rice paste, wax emulsion, and pigment on found chamois suede patchwork,
26 x 23⅞ in.
but the boneless blue was so deep
2025,
Watercolour, gouache, rice paste, wax emulsion, and pigment on found chamois suede patchwork,
25⅝ x 21⅝ in.