Cassie Marie Edwards is a Painter and Educator based in Madison, SD.  She holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Painting & Drawing from Northern Illinois University, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting & Drawing from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.  Currently she is an Adjunct Professor at Dakota State University teaching in the Digital Art and Design program.  Prior to teaching at Dakota State University, she was an Instructor of Record at Northern Illinois University in the School of Art.

Her paintings have been exhibited in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, Milwaukee, and Sioux Falls.  She has also had press in Las Vegas Weekly Magazine, 605 Magazine, ArtSlant Miami, and the Miami Art Guide.  Regionally, her work has been exhibited at the South Dakota Art Museum, the John A. Day Gallery at University of South Dakota, the Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion, The North Dakota Museum of Art, The Dahl Arts Center, and the Isaac Lincoln Gallery at Northern State University.