Dawn Marie Marchand is Cold Lake First Nation and Metis. She has been in and around amazing artists, performers and writers for most of her life.
A student of the Boreal Forest Institute for the Indigenous Arts in Fort McMurray, Alberta, she has a unique perspective on mastery based teaching. Here she studied with some of the best Contemporary Aboriginal Artists. In October 2011, she was included in the Shifting Patterns exhibit at the McMullen Gallery as an emerging artist. Her unique style honors the teachings of her mentors while expresses her own vision.