Beau Dick — First Nations Artist — Macaulay & Co. Fine Art

Kwakwaka’wakw Hereditary Chief Beau Dick draws on a deep knowledge of ceremonial Kwakwaka’wakw culture, giving us face-time with the mythological with a pantheon of masks. At the same time, Dick mediates the space between aesthetics, social utility, and the art for sale condition. Beau Dick, acclaimed as one of the Northwest Coast’s most versatile and influential carvers, was born in Alert Bay, BC in 1955. Beau passed away in 2017, and he is greatly missed by all as a teacher, a legendary artist and storyteller, family man, and friend.

Biography

Exhibitions

Neil Campbell / Beau Dick / Gigaemi Kukwits / Walter Scott, 2018
Dick / Galanin / Njootli, 2015
Altered States, 2014
 Ceremonial/Art , 2012

Survey of Work

Installation view (detail), Lalakenis/All Directions: A Journey of Truth and Unity (16 January-17 April 2017) at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia. Photo: Michael R. Barrick — Beau Dick, Installation view (detail), *Lalakenis/All Directions: A Journey of Truth and Unity* (16 January-17 April 2017) at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia. Photo: Michael R. Barrick

Installation view, Lalakenis/All Directions: A Journey of Truth and Unity (16 January-17 April 2017) at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia. Photo: Michael R. Barrick — *Lalakenis/All Directions: A Journey of Truth and Unity* (16 January-17 April 2017) at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia. Photo: Michael R. Barrick

Atlakin masks, cedar, bark, cotton, paint — *Atlakin masks*, cedar, bark, cotton, paint

The Ghost Con-fined to the Chair, 2012, 31“x13”x19”, chair, carving, documents, feathers — *The Ghost Con-fined to the Chair*, 2012, 31“x13”x19”, chair, carving, documents, feathers

Beau Dick, Pookmis, 18″x26″, wood, feathers horse hair, paint.

Beau Dick, Pookmis, 14″x33″, wood, horse hair, canvas, paint — *Pookmis,* 14″x33″, wood, horse hair, canvas, paint.

Beau Dick, Shark Woman, 11″x16″, wood, horse hair, paint — *Shark Woman*, 11″x 16″, wood, horse hair, paint.

Beau Dick, Otter Man, 14″x33″, wood, horse hair, paint — *Otter Man*, 14″x 33″, wood, horse hair, paint.

Beau Dick, Yagis, 15″x22″, wood, horse hair, cedar bark, paint — *Yagis*, 15″x 22″, wood, horse hair, cedar bark, paint.

Beau Dick, Sword of Toquit, 2012, 42″x11″x10”, cedar, cedar bark, paint — *Sword of Toquit*, 2012, 42″x 11″x 10”, cedar, cedar bark, paint.

Tsonaqua, 2012, 35” x 45” x 16“, cedar, paint, twine, horse hair — *Tsonaqua*, 2012, 35” x 45” x 16“, cedar, paint, twine, horse hair.