Famed Artist Carves Out a Place

Famed Artist Carves Out a Place

Beau Dick, master carver and famed international Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw artist, was named Artist in Residence at UBC from September to December. He was invited on behalf of the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory and the residency was organized with the assistance of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Dick’s work is noted for its craftsmanship and artistry strongly influenced by tradition and yet incorporating western and contemporary influences; some viewers seeing Japanese anime characters and Noh masks blended into the art. While at UBC, Dick worked out of a studio in the new Audain Art Centre and offered tours at the Belkin Gallery of the exhibition Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools.

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Kwakwaka’wakw master carver and 2013/14 Artist in Residence Beau Dick in his studio in the Audain Art Centre, UBC. Photo credit: Rachael Oye.
Beau Dick‘s residency with the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory was a collaboration with the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery and supported by funding from UBC’s First Nations Studies Department and the Faculty of Arts Dean’s Office. Photo credit: Rachael Oye
Dick‘s work was featured in the groundbreaking exhibition at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools. Photo credit: Rachael Oye.

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