Quinn Smallboy was born in Moose Factory, Ontario and is an enrolled member of Moose Cree First Nation. He received a diploma in multimedia and production design from Fanshawe College in 2004 and completed his MFA in Visual Art (studio) at Western University in 2017. Smallboy is recognized for examining what it means to be a “contemporary Indigenous artist;” he questions how customary symbols and icons of Indigenous culture translate into painting, sculpture, and installation. His work resides in several public and private art collections. It has been displayed at galleries and museums throughout Canada including the Woodland Cultural Centre, the Art Gallery of Windsor, and Museum London. His major public artwork, Drum Circle, was permanently installed in Kagawong, Manitoulin Island, in 2017.