{{short description|New Zealand sculptor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2011}} {{Infobox artist | name = Terry Stringer | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}} | image = | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1946|09|03}} | birth_place = Redruth, Cornwall, England | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | field = Sculpture | training = Elam School of Fine Arts | movement = | works = ''The Risen Christ''<br>''Mountain Fountain'' | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = | elected = | website ={{url|zealandiasculpturegarden.co.nz/terryStringer-more.html}} }} '''Terry Robin George Stringer''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (born 3 September 1946) is a sculptor from New Zealand.
==Biography== [[File:Olympic Park, Auckland 20230323 172615.jpg|thumb|''The World Grasped'' in Newmarket]] Born in Redruth, Cornwall, England in 1946, Stringer became a naturalised New Zealander in 1979.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> He attended Auckland Grammar School<ref name="nzh-2006" /> and received a Diploma of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 1967.<ref name="Milford Galleries Queenstown">{{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}}</ref> 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 four times, in 1977, 1981, 1982, and 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://publicart.nz/artists/terry-stringer |title=Terry Stringer |website= Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand }}</ref>
Stringer is in a long-term relationship with organist Tim McWhannell.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hepburn |first=Graham |title=Packed with surprises |work= The New Zealand Herald |date=3 October 2015 }}</ref> In 2006, Stringer estimated that the couple had been together for around 30 years.<ref name="nzh-2006">{{cite news |last=Hewitson |first=Michele |title=Taking on art and life with relish |work= The New Zealand Herald |date=11 August 2006 }}</ref>
In the 2003 New Year Honours, Stringer was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sculpture.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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,<ref>{{cite web | title=Mountain Fountain | url=https://www.aucklandpublicart.com/artworks/3220 | website=Auckland Public Art | publisher=Auckland Council | accessdate=17 December 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Zealandia Sculpture Garden|url= http://www.zealandiasculpturegarden.co.nz/about.html |publisher= zealandiasculpturegarden.co.nz|accessdate=3 October 2011}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Party.aspx?irn=2174 Te Papa collections profile] *[http://culturalicons.co.nz/episode/terry-stringer Interview with Terry Stringer] as conducted by Doctor Mark Stocker for the Cultural Icons project. Audio and video.
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