Dakota Mace is a Diné (Navajo) artist and researcher who focuses on the cultural appropriation of Indigenous design-work, material culture, and textile history. Mace received her MA and MFA degrees in Photography and Textile Design at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her BFA in Photography from the Institute of American Indian Arts. She has developed workshops and lectures that focus on the appropriation and influence of Indigenous design work within fashion and popular culture. Her work as an artist and researcher has been exhibited nationally as well as internationally at various conferences and galleries.
Mace is also the co-founder, with Paige Skenandore, of the Native Art Market at Arts + Literature Laboratory.