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Beau Dick (November 23, 1955 – March 27, 2017) was a Kwakwaka'wakw Northwest Coast artist and Chief who lived and worked in Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada. He was a contemporary artist, activist and hereditary Chief from the Namgis First Nation.
Beau Dick (1955 – 2017) Gender: Male. Style: Kwakwaka’wakw. Region: Pacific Northwest Coast, Canada. Chief Beau Dick (Walas Gwa’yam), acclaimed as one of the Northwest Coast’s most versatile and talented carvers, was born in Alert Bay, BC where he lived and worked.
Beau Dick was born in Kingcome Inlet, a Kwakwaka’wakw village north of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. His family moved to Vancouver, BC, when he was six years old. From a young age he was heavily influenced by the customary woodcarving of both his grandfather and father. Dick assisted his grandfather and father in carving one of the ...
Beau Dick (1955–2017) was a chief of his people, an artist, a mentor, a friend and much, much more. Photo: LaTiesha Fazakas. Earlier this week, Beau Dick —the revered carver, artist, storyteller and Dzawada’enuxw chief—died in BC at the age of 61. Dick passed just as some of his most striking masks yet were being installed at ...
AIRED: Saturday June 10, 2023 at 9:00 PM ET/PT on documentaryChannel. Maker of Monsters: The Extraordinary Life of Beau Dick is a portrait of a Canadian art legend, Beau Dick. He was an...
About. Beau Dick (1955–2017), acclaimed as one of the Northwest Coast’s most versatile and talented carvers, was born on Village Island, Kingcome Inlet, BC, and lived and worked in Alert Bay, BC. Reaching out beyond the confines of his own Kwakwaka’wakw culture, Dick explored new formats and techniques in his work, including painting and ...
Master carver, indigenous activist and Kwakwaka’wakw hereditary chief Beau Dick died Monday night at the age of 61. According to CBC, Dick never fully recovered from a stroke suffered several...
