Daniel Dion
{{Short description|Canadian artist}}
Daniel Dion (1958 – September 28, 2014) was a Canadian contemporary artist.{{cite web|last1=Delgado|first1=Jérôme|title=L'homme d'Oboro n'est plus|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/arts-visuels/420142/daniel-dion-1958-2014-l-homme-d-oboro-n-est-plus|website=Le Devoir|date=3 October 2014 |accessdate=26 May 2016}}
Career
Dion was known primarily as a video artist.{{cite web|title=Artist/Maker Name "Dion, Daniel"|url=http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app%3Bjsessionid=B33ABACA2E1C08862FC80C99B3116AA0?lang=en&qlang=fr&rID=21215&pID=277&fID=2&ps=50&sort=AM_ASC|website=Canadian Heritage Information Network|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=26 May 2016|archive-date=11 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611151815/http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app;jsessionid=B33ABACA2E1C08862FC80C99B3116AA0?lang=en&qlang=fr&rID=21215&pID=277&fID=2&ps=50&sort=AM_ASC|url-status=dead}} Dion was also a cofounder, in 1982 with Sue Schnee, of the Montreal art gallery OBORO.{{cite web|title=Daniel Dion, The Moment of Truth (1991)|url=http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/arts_mediatiques-media_arts/artiste-artist/daniel_dion-eng.php|website=Virtual Museum of Canada|publisher=Montreal Museum of Fine Arts|accessdate=26 May 2016}}
Collections
Dion's work is included in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada{{cite web|title=Daniel Dion 1958 -|url=http://cmcp.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=1448|website=National Gallery of Canada|accessdate=13 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804141109/http://cmcp.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=1448|archive-date=4 August 2016|url-status=dead}} and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.{{cite web|url=https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600003972|title=Daniel Dion|website=www.collections.mnbaq.org|accessdate=18 January 2020}}
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Category:Canadian video artists
Category:Artists from Montreal
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