Maria Hupfield merges performance art, design, and sculpture; drawing from Indigenous storytelling traditions through art, scholarship, collaboration, and social justice. Recent accomplishments include: Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship 2025; and “The Endless Supernatural Powers of Fabulous Panther (Biimskojiwan)”, Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, Ohio, USA) 2025, following its premiere at the Toronto Biennial of Art 2024. Hupfield is Anishinaabek, Wasauksing First Nation (Huron Robinson Treaty), an island in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada; and the Canadian Research Chair in Transdisciplinary Indigenous Arts, Associate Professor in Indigenous Digital Arts and Performance, and Director of Indigenous Creation Studio, at the University of Toronto.