Dagmar Dyck


Dagmar Vaikalafi Dyck 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. In 2012, Dyck was co-curator of No'o fakataha, a group exhibition of Tongan artists. Dyck's inspirations come from Tonga’s textiles arts, which includes bark cloth, mats, baskets and clothes.

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. In 2009, Dyck graduated with a Graduate Diploma in teaching from Victoria University of Wellington. She teaches art at Sylvia Park School in Mt Wellington, Auckland.

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.
In 2014 Dyck received the Contemporary Artist Award at the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards.
In 2002 Dyck was a finalist for the Wallace Art Awards.

Selected exhibitions