On View

Beau Dick: Insatiable Beings

October 25, 2025 - January 18, 2026

A gallery space with a number of wooden masks in the center and on the walls. Hanging from the ceiling in a prominent spot is a large, beaked animal shaped mask
A set of masks arranged on stands in a circle in a large room. Other masks are mounted on the surround walls
A wooden mask painted white, red, green, and yellow exposed under four split pieces of a cover
Three wooden masks from the same series with white, green, black, and red faces and straw-colored bark hair
Artworks in a gallery space. On the left in front of a black wall is a hanging animal mask artwork, on the right are three smaller, humanoid masks
A blue, white, and red Pacific coast native wooden mask in the form of a
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Insatiable Beings is the first US museum survey of the late Beau Dick (1955–2017), Kwakwaka’wakw Hereditary Chief, activist, and master carver. Internationally celebrated for his powerful formline masks and sculptures, Dick’s work brings to life ancestral stories while offering a profound critique of capitalist systems. Featuring richly adorned carvings—many made to be danced in ceremonies—the exhibition honors Dick’s vision of art as both spiritual practice and political act. Insatiable Beings centers Dick's voice and community, offering a vital, layered portrait of an artist who engaged tradition as a tool for resistance, mentorship, and cultural resurgence. 

Beau Dick: Insatiable Beings is organized by Georgia Erger, Curator, with curatorial advisory support by LaTiesha Fazakas. 

Generous support provided by the Raynier Institute & Foundation, ArtsFund, and Frye Members. Media sponsorship provided by The Seattle Times and Cascade PBS.

Seasonal support provided by 4Culture.

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Installation view of Beau Dick: Insatiable Beings, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, October 25, 2025–January 18, 2026. Photo: Jueqian Fang

Installation view of Beau Dick: Insatiable Beings, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, October 25, 2025–January 18, 2026. Photo: Jueqian Fang

Beau Dick. Dzunuk'Wa, ca. 2000. Red cedar, acrylic paint, horsehair. 19 x 19 x 13 in. Private Collection. Courtesy Fazakas Gallery, Vancouver, BC. Photo: Connor Creagan

Beau Dick. Atlakim Masks, 1990. Red cedar, acrylic, cedar bark. Three parts, 19 x 12 in. each. Gochman Family Collection. Courtesy of Fazakas Gallery, Vancouver, BC. Photo: Anthony Sam

Beau Dick. Crooked Beak, 1994. Red cedar, cedar bark, acrylic paint. Gochman Family Collection. Atlakim Masks, 1990. Red cedar, acrylic, cedar bark. Gochman Family Collection. Installation view of Beau Dick: Insatiable Beings, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, October 25, 2025–January 18, 2026. Photo: Jueqian Fang     

Beau Dick. Hamat’sa Bear Headdress, 1998. Yellow cedar, acrylic paint, cedar bark, copper. 15 x 7 x 20 1/2 in. Gochman Family Collection. Courtesy of the estate of the artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York