“Maria Hupfield is a maker, a mover, a connector, an Anishinaabe-kwe of Wasauksing First Nation. Like the artist herself, Hupfield’s work is never static. Her performances, sculptures and installations reference different spans and scales of times. She values expansive exchange over isolation, and inclusion over hierarchy.”

– Vanessa Dion Fletcher, Art in America

 

An urban, off-reservation member of the Anishinaabek Nation from Wasauksing First Nation (Robinson Huron Treaty), Maria is the Canada Research Chair in Transdisciplinary Indigenous Arts and an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Digital Arts and Performance at the University of Toronto Missisauga. She is deeply invested in embodied practice, Indigenous feminisms, and ethical collaborative processes. Her work has been presented at the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Power Plant, National Gallery of Canada, NONAM – Nordamerika Native Museum Zurich, National Museum of the American Indian, The Bronx Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Wexner Centre for the Arts, The Toronto Biennial of Art, the SITE SANTA FE Biennial among others. She is a 2025 recipient of the Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship, for which she will produce an exhibition in Fall 2025.