DSD's new exhibition casts a reflective eye homeward, echoing the mode of free-associative, polymorphic documentary mode described in Jean Cocteau's 1926 folio, Maison de santé. Adapted from the archive of a weeklong visit to their grandparents' home, DSD's images continue their transit across media and method while invoking cartography and translation as lodestars. A reflection on place, change and passing-through, Maison de santé offers the next step along the way of finding what is inside and what is outside; between recording and escaping.

Dion is grateful to PLATFORM centre and the Manitoba Arts Council for their support and the opportunity to take part in Winnipeg's artistic community! Dion also thanks John at PrintMaker Studios for his kind expertise.

BIOGRAPHY
Dion Smith-Dokkie (West Moberly First Nations) is an artist currently living in the Peace Region of northwest Alberta, where he grew up. Translation, mediation, mutation and interface are key operations in Smith-Dokkie’s intermedia practice, which attends to the aesthetics and politics of world-building, infrastructure, communication and epistemology.

He holds an MFA in Visual Arts from the University of British Columbia and degrees from Concordia University and the University of Victoria. He participated in the Inaugural Lind Biennial at the Polygon Gallery; other recent shows include Wind-Eye at Wil Aballe; Mirrors with Michael Morris at SUM Gallery; Land Breaths at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie; and it hides in the light at The Bows.

The 2025 award is generously supported by the Manitoba Arts Council.