New Zealand artist
Dagmar Vaikalafi Dyck (born 1972) is a New Zealand artist of Tongan and German descent.[1] Dyck's prints and paintings are often inspired by her cultural heritage and explore textile practices of Tonga.[2] In 2012, Dyck was co-curator of No'o fakataha, a group exhibition of Tongan artists.[3] Dyck's inspirations come from Tonga’s textiles arts, which includes bark cloth, mats, baskets and clothes.[4]
Education
Dyck completed a Bachelor for Fine Arts through Elam School of Fine Arts in 1994 and a Post-Graduate Diploma of Fine Arts in 1995. She was the first women of Tongan descent to do so.[5] In 2009, Dyck graduated with a Graduate Diploma in teaching (Primary) from Victoria University of Wellington. She teaches art at Sylvia Park School in Mt Wellington, Auckland.[6]
Awards and honors
In 2017 Dyck was selected for inclusion in an artist research role in the Ancient Futures Marsden Project to Europe in 2018.[7]
In 2014 Dyck received the Contemporary Artist Award at the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards.[8]
In 2002 Dyck was a finalist for the Wallace Art Awards.[9]
Selected exhibitions
- 2017 un/trained thoughts, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Newmarket Auckland [10]
- 2014 Tonga 'i Onopooni: Tonga Contemporary, Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua Wellington [11]
- 2013. Pacific Voices II, Orexart Auckland.[12]
- 2013. To Be Pacific, Tairawhiti Museum + Art Gallery Gisborne.[13]
- 2013 Pacifica: Patterns of Exchange. Flagstaff Gallery Auckland with Sheyne Tuffery[14]
- 2013 Made in Oceania, Tapa Art + Landscapes, Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne[15]
- 2013 Between the Lines, Solander Gallery Wellington,[16]
- 2012. Made in New Zealand: An exhibition of Fine Art from New Zealand. Agora Gallery, New York, USA.[17]
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