DAGMAR DYCK

Dagmar Dyck was born 1972 is a New Zealand artist of Tongan and German descent. Dyck's prints and paintings are often inspired by her cultural heritage and explore textile practices of Tonga.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.In 2014 Dyck received the Contemporary Artist Award at the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards Her work is held in many collections NZ Parliamentary Collection,  and Auckland and Manukau Council's corporate places – hotels, Auckland Hospital, Heritage Hotel and Skycity Hotel and private homes. Dagmar was the first Tongan female to graduate from Elam School of Fine Arts in 1995 with a Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts. Since then she has exhibited extensively in group shows and held numerous solos both nationally and internationally including Australia, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, the United States, Norway, Germany and China. Known for the clean controlled lines of her early works – perhaps her German ancestry more to the fore then, she has now developed a more abstract Pacific style in her current paintings. However in both 'styles' the influence of ngatu or tapa design/format is evident

Here is some images of her art.