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Terry Stringer
ONZM
Born (1946-09-03) 3 September 1946 (age 80)
Redruth, Cornwall, England
EducationElam School of Fine Arts
Known forSculpture
Notable workThe Risen Christ
Mountain Fountain
Websitezealandiasculpturegarden.co.nz/terryStringer-more.html

Terry Robin George Stringer ONZM (born 3 September 1946) is a sculptor from New Zealand.

Early life and education

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The World Grasped in Newmarket

Terry Stringer was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England in 1946. His family moved to New Zealand in 1951[1] and Stringer became a naturalised New Zealander in 1979.[2][3] He attended Auckland Grammar School[4] and received a Diploma of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 1967.[5] During his time at Elam he formed a friendship with the artist Lois White.[6] He created sculptures of White, Katherine Mansfield and Rita Angus.[6] On leaving art school Stringer then worked as a postie for seven years as he developed his art practice. He had his first dealer exhibition at the Barry Lett Galleries in 1974.[7] Two years later he shared the first prize in the 1976 Hansell’s Sculpture Awards with Warren Viscoe having entered five times previously.[8] Making a living off his art proved difficult and he took on a number of part-time jobs that included teaching adult classes at the Auckland and Pakuranga art societies.[9] By 1982 he was finally able to work as a full-time sculptor. Stringer is in a long-term relationship with organist Tim McWhannell.[10] In 2006, Stringer estimated that the couple had been together for around 30 years.[4]

Art career

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Stringer’s early work was largely constructed from painted boards and timber. As art writer Stephen Ellis described it, ‘Stringer works in two dimensions: painting and arranging the elements of his sculptures into three - always conscious of the conflict (or the conversation) between the two vocabularies.[11] From the beginning Stringer’s work was affected by a visual anomaly that tends to flatten his visual field making it difficult to judge depth. As Stringer has noted it has required him to, ‘deduce depth from visual clues.’[12]

One consistent subject of his work of the late 1970s was the table. An early version is Torso/Flowers on the Table which was exhibited in the 1978 Mildura Sculpture Triennial in Australia. Initially these optically confusing painted tables acted as plinths for other sculpture as their titles such as Table Time (1982) and Cards on the Tabletop (1984) indicate. Art historian Laurence Simmons described a 1982 work Table with Fruit as ‘polychromed bronze’ but noted that ‘the objects displayed on the table surface [that] have been delicately coloured. The bowl of oranges, tilted at an unsettling angle, has been placed in one corner diametrically opposed by an orange peel and knife projecting out from the table edge at the other.’[13] Stringer once described the process as ‘applying a three dimensional visual concept onto an idea about two dimensional painting’.[14] The result was the presentation of objects inhabiting a space between two and three dimensions that challenged the visual assumptions of viewers to decipher what they thought they saw against what was in fact present.[15] By the late 1980s Stringer increasingly worked with bronze figurative sculptures ‘cropped or sliced’ to reveal unexpected features as viewers walked around them.[16] Stringer’s subjects also began to reveal his deep response to religious stories and characters. In The Shoes of the Father feet bearing the stigmata of the crucified Christ merge with the shoes of the Father in a complex visual puzzle that also reveals the profile of a face emerging from one of the feet. As writer Robin Woodward noted, ‘In the Christian reading as well as in terms of expectations of gender and role modelling on the more earthly, human level, the task is not presented as easy-it is a tall order-it is a big shoe to fill.’[17] Along with figurative standalone sculptures Stringer has also made sets for theatre and dance performances[18] and in 1994 collaborated with Witi Ihimaera on an artist's book titled Mask and Mirror.[19] Stringer also has a history of medallion and trophy making[20] including designs for New Zealand sports trophies.[21]

Selected trophies

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  • 1986 Karaka Leaf trophy for the GOFTAs (Guild of Film and Television Awards).
  • 1988 Alfred Marks Secretary of the Year award trophy.
  • 1988 Designers Institute of New Zealand Awards
  • 1994 Air New Zealand National Provincial Rugby Championship
  • 2000 Arts Foundation of New Zealand Arts Laureate

Zealandia Sculpture Garden

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In 2001 Stringer established Zealandia Sculpture Garden at his home in Mahurangi. The garden was open to the public and displayed many sculptures by Stringer as well as works by fellow sculptors including Greer Twiss, Molly McAllister, Chris Booth, Richard McWhannell and Mary-Louise Brown.[22] Stringer commented that he made the garden public because ‘As an artist I think if you store your works, you don't really progress, you just do the same thing. Having them on display pushes you more.’[23] Central to the garden was Stringer’s house designed with architect Pip Cheshire.[24] The garden closed in 2021 when Stringer moved into Central Auckland.[25]

Selected public commissions

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Stringer is probably best known for his public sculptures which are located throughout New Zealand.  

Terry Stringer 'Grand Head' 1987
  • 1981 With Mountain Fountain Stringer won the Auckland Savings Bank/Auckland City Council Aotea Square water sculpture competition. Initially Stringer had included a woman sitting by the pool but the idea was rejected by Council.[26] In 2005 the Council decided to remove it but were forced to backtrack after a ‘public out-cry’.[27] Three years later The Aotea Square Water Feature [I don’t get the title change – is this two works??] was removed from the square for renovation[28] and eventually reinstalled outside the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell.[29]
  • 1986 Grand Head Wellington[30] was commissioned by Renouf Properties as part of the Wellington Arts Bonus Scheme that offered developers extra floor space in exchange for commissioning art works for the city.[31]
  • 1987 White Lightning was gifted to the people of Rotorua by the Rotorua Area Electricity Authority and is located in the Tutanekai Mall.[32]
  • 1988 Tree Set is located in the lobby of Auckland’s Mainzeal House.
  • 1990 Dame Kiri was commissioned for the Aotea Centre, Auckland to celebrate the opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa.[33]
  • 1991 The Blacksmith was commissioned in Havelock North and includes the original anvil used by one of the town’s early blacksmiths.[34]
  • 1999 The Risen Christ is located in Cathedral Square, Christchurch. It was undamaged by the 2010-11 earthquakes and is currently (2026) in storage awaiting decisions about the damaged Cathedral.[35]
  • 2002 Faith Hope & Love was commissioned for the school by St Cuthbert’s Old Girls Association in Auckland[36]
  • 2005 The World Grasped was first installed on Broadway, near the intersection with Remuera Road in Auckland. It was moved in 2010 close to the Broadway and Parnell Road roundabout. As you circle the sculpture it transforms from a boy leaning on his hand in thought to the same hand reaching for an apple which then becomes a globe of the world resting on the shoulders of Atlas.[37] 
  • 2006 Queen Victoria Thinks of Te Kawau, Te Kawau Thinks of Queen Victoria, Selwyn College in Auckland.[38]
  • 2010 Body Language Spirit of Place is sited close to the Palmerston North City Council Administration Building.[39]
  • 2011 Dance to the Music of Time is inspired by a lightening bolt. It is situated near the corner of Queen Elizabeth II Drive and Trafalgar Street in Nelson.[40]

Exhibition history

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Stringer has shown with a number of dealer galleries in New Zealand including Barry Lett Galleries, Denis Cohn Gallery, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Milford Galleries, Janne Land Gallery and Artis Gallery. In Australia: Robin Gibson Gallery and Hogarth Galleries. In the United States: the Beppu Wiarda Gallery, Ankrum Galleries and Mark Woolley Gallery; In London: Simmons Gallery.

Selected solo exhibitions

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  • 1978 ‘Bronzes & Painted Wood Sculpture' Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton
  • 1981 'Living Room' Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt  
  • 1982 'Wrap Around Sculpture' National Art Gallery, Wellington
  • 1982 'Recent Works' Rotorua City Gallery, Rotorua
  • 1994 Hawkes Bay Museum, Napier
  • 1998 Personal Museum Bishop Suter Gallery, Nelson; Hawke's Bay Exhibition Centre
  • 2000 The Shrine Whangarei Art Museum
  • 2000 MM: Millenium Medallions Auckland War Memorial Museum
  • 2001 Living in My Head Te Tuhi, Auckland
  • 2014 Landscape of the Head Tauranga Art Gallery

Selected group exhibitions

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  • 1971 New Zealand Young Contemporaries Auckland City Art Gallery
  • 1973 Drawings Invitational Manawatu Art Gallery Palmerston North
  • 1978 New Zealand Sculptors at Mildura Australia
  • 1985 ANZART Artists' Book Show Auckland City Art Gallery
  • 1986 Aspects of Recent NZ Art: Sculpture 1 Auckland City Art Gallery
  • 1991 Home Made Home Wellington City Art Gallery
  • 1992 Medallions 1992 Hawke's Bay Museum, Napier
  • 1999 Face to Face Auckland City Art Gallery.
  • 2003 Image and Object: Still Life in New Zealand Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua
  • 2005 A Comparison of Scale New Zealand Contemporary Medallion Group, Te Tuhi, Auckland
  • 2005 The 237th Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition Burlington House, London, United Kingdom

Collections

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Honours and awards

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References

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  1. ↑ Hewitson, Michele (11 August 2006). "Taking on Art and Life with Relish". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Terry Stringer". Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand.
  4. 1 2 Hewitson, Michele (11 August 2006). "Taking on art and life with relish". The New Zealand Herald.
  5. ↑ "Terry Stringer". Milford Galleries Queenstown. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  6. 1 2 Sykes, Caitlin (1 September 2026). "Celebrating the art of Terry Stringer – University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2026.
  7. ↑ McNamara, T.J. (20 September 1974). "Artists Show Great Potential". New Zealand Herald.
  8. ↑ "Perseverance Rewarded". The Press (Christchurch). 7 October 1976. p. 4. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  9. ↑ Tyler, Lynda, ed. (2026). Stringer: the Art of Terry Stringer. Wellington: Massey University Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-1-991309-25-9.
  10. ↑ Hepburn, Graham (3 October 2015). "Packed with surprises". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
  11. ↑ Ellis, Stephen (Spring 1979). "The Sculptures of Terry Stringer". Art New Zealand (13).
  12. ↑ Patrick, Smith (July 1994). "A Triumph of Form". Pacific Way: 65–67.
  13. ↑ Simmons, Laurence (Spring 1984). "Tables/Tableaux: Some Recent Work by Terry Stringer". Art New Zealand (32).
  14. ↑ Stocker, Mark; Stringer, Terry (Autumn 2013). "Late Bronze Age: A Conversation with Terry Stringer". Art New Zealand (145): 89.
  15. ↑ Smart, Johnathan (31 October 1985). "The Art of Terry Stringer". The Press (Christchurch). p. 31. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  16. ↑ Dunn, Michael (2002). New Zealand Sculpture: A History. Auckland: Auckland University Press. p. 99.
  17. ↑ Woodward, Robin (Summer 1998). "The artist's hand and eye: Terry Stringer's personal museum". Art New Zealand (89): 48–49.
  18. ↑ "Four Ballets on National Tour". The Press (Christchurch). 12 March 1986. p. 20.
  19. ↑ Eggleton, David (3 October 1998). "Shape Shifter: Sculptor Terry Stringer Makes Works of Ambiguous Beauty". The New Zealand Listener.
  20. ↑ Stocker, Mark (Autumn 2013). "The Many Faces of Terry Stringer". The Medal (63): 26–42.
  21. ↑ "New Rugby Sponsor Unveils Bronze Prize". The Press (Christchurch). 17 May 1994. p. 40. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  22. ↑ "Top Ten Sculptural Walks". New Zealand herald. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  23. ↑ "Property Packed with Surprises". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  24. ↑ Cardozo, Geraldine (December 2006). "Garden of Eden". Belle Magazine.
  25. ↑ "Iconic Mahurangi House Listed For Sale". 2 April 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  26. ↑ Rudmann, Brian (19 May 2005). "New City Thinking has no Room for Sculpture". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  27. ↑ Errol, Kiong (1 June 2005). "Outcry Ensures Sculpture will have a Home in the City". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  28. ↑ Herrick, Linda (30 August 2008). "Renovation to Move 'Mountain Fountain". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  29. ↑ Dragicevich, Peter (25 October 2020). "The Secret Artworks Hidden in Auckland's Church's". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  30. ↑ "Grand Head". Wellington Sculptures.
  31. ↑ "Art in the City". Evening Post. 20 July 1987.
  32. ↑ "The World Grasped". Auckland Public Art. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  33. ↑ "Aotea Centre theatre to be named after Dame Kiri Te Kanawa". New Zealand Herald. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  34. ↑ "The Blacksmith". Public Art New Zealand. 1991. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  35. ↑ "The Risen Christ Sculpture". Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  36. ↑ "St Cuthbert's Heritage Walk". Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  37. ↑ Haig, D (2021). "Newmarket Arts Trust: A Brief History (2004-2021)" (PDF). Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  38. ↑ "Sculpture of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa". Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  39. ↑ "Body Language: Spirit of Place". Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  40. ↑ "Editorial A Public Art Coup of Real Significance". The Nelson Mail. 1 June 2012. p. 11.
  41. ↑ "Award to Ballet Pair". The Press (Christchurch). 8 February 1979. p. 6. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  42. ↑ "Winners' Art on Show". Evening Post. 3 December 1982.
  43. ↑ "TV1". The Press (Christchurch). 6 June 1986. p. 13. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  44. ↑ "New Year honours list 2003". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2002. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
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Further reading

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  • Tyler, Linda, ed. (2026). Stringer: the art of Terry Stringer. Massey University Press. ISBN 9781991309259.
  • Sketches. (1999). Art News, v.19 n.4, 33.
  • Stewart, Keith. (2000). "A language of promise". Architecture New Zealand, Jul–Aug 2000; n.4, 38–48.
  • Ellis, S. (1979). "The sculptures of Terry Stringer". Art New Zealand, 1979; n.13, 20–21.
  • Simmons, L. (1984). "Tables/tableaux : some recent work by Terry Stringer". Art New Zealand, Spr 1984; n.32, 38-41,60.
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