Northwest Coast Indigenous Artist

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Kwakwaka’wakw
Francis Dick was born in 1959 into the musqamakw Dzawadaenuxw Band of Kingcome Inlet. She is a descendant of the supernatural Wolf, Kawadelekala who became first of the Kingcome people. Most of her work contains images of Kawadelekala, acknowledging her contemporary ties to her cultural past.

Although her primary forms of artistic expression have been through her paintings, prints, and singing, she also works with gold and silver, and does some work with wood. Francis produced carvings in Alert Bay for several years, working with her first cousin Beau Dick, as well as Bruce Alfred and Fah Ambers. Francis also wrote and produced a ceremony performance entitled "Wiwoma: Honouring the Spirit of Women," which opened to a sold-out audience at the Newcome Theatre in Victoria in 1992. In October, 1994 Francis was initiated into the highest ranking society in her nation, the hamat'sa. Francis presently lives in Victoria, BC.
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