Dagmar Dyck

Dagmar Dyck
Born	1972 (age 51–52)
Education	BFA, PGDipFA (Elam School of Fine Arts) GradDipTchg(Primary) (Victoria University of Wellington)
Known for	Prints, Paintings

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]

References

1. "Dagmar Dyck". Find New Zealand Artists. Archived from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
2. "Dagmar Dyck". Tautai, Guiding Pacific Arts. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
3. "No'o fakataha". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
4. "Dagmar Dyck". Tautai Pacific Arts Trust. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
5. "Tattoo artist takes Pasifika Art Award". Radio New Zealand National. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
6. "Dagmar Dyck Artist Profile, Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust". Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
7. "Marsden Project". Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
8. Chung, Jasmyne. "Celebrating innovation and diversity with Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards 2014". Creative New Zealand. Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
9. "Dagmar Dyck Artist Profile". Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
10. "Exhibition". Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
11. "Exhibition History". Pataka. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
12. "Exhibitions". Orex Gallery. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
13. "Exhibitions". Tairawhiti Museum. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
14. "Exhibitions". Flagstaff Gallery. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
15. "Archive". Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
16. "Exhibitions". Solander Gallery. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
17. "To Be Pacific - opens". Tairawhiti Museum. Retrieved 11 July 2015.^[permanent dead link‍]

External links

• Interview with Dyck