Danikah Chartier (b.2000) is a first-generation descendant of the Eskasoni Mi'kmaw Nation, a fine art photographer, independent curator, and museum educator. She is on a cultural reconnection journey and utilizes her art and museum work as pathways for community building. Chartier holds a BFA in Photography and Related Media from the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she obtained minors in Art History, Fashion History, Theory and Culture, and Film and Media Studies. She currently serves as the Portland Museum of Art's Teen Engagement Specialist. Previously, she worked as a Wabanaki Curatorial Fellow at the Abbe Museum, as a Gallery Educator at the Colby College Museum of Art, and as the Indigenous Community Liaison and Researcher at Historic New England.

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As an artist, Danikah creates performance-based self-portraiture to overcome self-limiting beliefs, challenge societal norms, and transmute energy for emotional healing. She describes her practice as a "spiritual dance" in which she embodies her emotions and follows her intuition, allowing herself to be transformed before the camera.