Michel Dumont

Rainbow Sweet Grass Wig

Yvonne Noelle wearing a rainbow sweetgrass wig

Artist Statement

This is a photo of Yvonne Noelle, a northern reserve principal and cancer survivor wearing the Rainbow Sweetgrass wig I made. The photographer is Dave Zahodnik. I was inspired by Yvonne's resilience and the wig on her newly growing hair and her resulting smile are electric! Sweet grass, like us, bend in the wind but braided together, we are stronger!

Michel Dumont

Michel Dumont is a queer, Métis, Two-Spirit, disabled artist and trauma survivor based in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Michel specializes in breathing new life into discarded vintage tile in striking mosaic pieces. As a survivor of intergenerational trauma stemming from Indian Day School, Michel’s work often explores emerging themes in anti-colonial urban indigenous and queer identities.