Terry Stringer

{{short description|New Zealand sculptor}}

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Terry Robin George Stringer {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (born 3 September 1946) is a sculptor from New Zealand.

Biography

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Born in Redruth, Cornwall, England in 1946, Stringer became a naturalised New Zealander in 1979.{{cite web |url=http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=try&db=NZNaturalisations&h=33350 |title=New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981 |year=2010 |website= |publisher=Ancestry.com Operations |accessdate=15 March 2015 |url-access=subscription }} He received a Diploma of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 1967.{{cite web|title=Terry Stringer|url=http://www.milfordgalleries.co.nz/artist.asp?gid={5081D11C-AB39-4DC9-ACCC-D68AC0DEA517}&artid={F998DE71-187F-47F0-99E8-7B6CC00D1446}|publisher=Milford Galleries Queenstown|accessdate=3 October 2011}} Many New Zealand galleries and collections feature works by Stringer and he has completed a number of public commissions. Stringer has been the recipient of a number of New Zealand art awards and scholarships and has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Scholarship three times.

In the 2003 New Year Honours, Stringer was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sculpture.{{cite web | url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2003 | title=New Year honours list 2003 |date=31 December 2002 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=26 July 2019}}

Major public commissions

Stringer has been commissioned to complete a number of sculptures for high-profile public sites. These include "The Risen Christ" (1999) in Cathedral Square in Christchurch, "Mountain Fountain" outside The Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland,{{cite web | title=Mountain Fountain | url=https://www.aucklandpublicart.com/artworks/3220 | website=Auckland Public Art | publisher=Auckland Council | accessdate=17 December 2020}} and "The World Grasped" (2006) in Newmarket.

Zealandia Sculpture Garden

In 2001 Stringer established Zealandia Sculpture Garden at his home in Mahurangi. The garden is open to the public and contains a variety of Stringer's sculptures, together with works by fellow sculptors.{{cite web|title=About Zealandia Sculpture Garden|url= http://www.zealandiasculpturegarden.co.nz/about.html |publisher= zealandiasculpturegarden.co.nz|accessdate=3 October 2011}}

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