Born in 1958 in Montreal, Quebec, Daniel Dion studied Communications at Université du Québec à Montréal. Dion worked with photography, video, performance and installation. He combined his passion for art, spirituality and technology with the surrounding environment. Along with Su Schnee, Dion he co-founded OBORO, a Montreal-based multidisciplinary exhibition and production centre for contemporary art and new media. Dion had solo exhibitions at the Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), and the Vancouver Art Gallery. He also exhibited across Europe and Asia and was involved in cross-cultural art exchanges in India, Cuba and Japan.