Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe) was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Textiles at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2013. As a textile artist and designer she derives her inspiration from family history, her Ojibwe heritage and the broader Native American experience, working with both natural and synthetic materials.Thompson had her first solo exhibition Where I Fit at All My Relations Gallery in Minneapolis in 2014, and was most recently included in the 2023 Renwick Invitational at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Recent solo exhibitions include Loves Me, Loves Me Not, Mardag Gallery, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN (2023); Just Friends, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2022), and Dakobijige/ She Ties Things Together, Watermark Center, Bemidji, MN (2021). She has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Minnesota including at the Plains Art Museum, Minnesota Textile Center, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Art and Bockley Gallery.In 2023 Thompson was awarded the All My Relations and Bockley Gallery Jim Denomie Scholarship, Jerome Foundation Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, and First Peoples Fund Seeding Cultural Treasures Grant. Her work is collected by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Minnesota Museum of American Art, Minnesota Historical Society, North Dakota Museum of Art, Hood Museum, Tia Collection, and Field Museum, among others.Thompson also runs a knitwear business called Makwa Studio, where she brings subtle cultural references to her patterns and design work to help support her fine arts practice.

Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe) was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Textiles at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2013. As a textile artist and designer she derives her inspiration from family history, her Ojibwe heritage and the broader Native American experience, working with both natural and synthetic materials.Thompson had her first solo exhibition Where I Fit at All My Relations Gallery in Minneapolis in 2014, and was most recently included in the 2023 Renwick Invitational at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Recent solo exhibitions include Loves Me, Loves Me Not, Mardag Gallery, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN (2023); Just Friends, Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (2022), and Dakobijige/ She Ties Things Together, Watermark Center, Bemidji, MN (2021). She has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Minnesota including at the Plains Art Museum, Minnesota Textile Center, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Art and Bockley Gallery.In 2023 Thompson was awarded the All My Relations and Bockley Gallery Jim Denomie Scholarship, Jerome Foundation Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, and First Peoples Fund Seeding Cultural Treasures Grant. Her work is collected by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Minnesota Museum of American Art, Minnesota Historical Society, North Dakota Museum of Art, Hood Museum, Tia Collection, and Field Museum, among others.Thompson also runs a knitwear business called Makwa Studio, where she brings subtle cultural references to her patterns and design work to help support her fine arts practice.