Gary Tricker New Zealand, 1938-.
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About Gary Tricker
Born in Wellington in 1938, Gary Tricker is a self-taught painter and printmaker. He worked as a graphic artist for the Tourist, Government Printer and Education Department for 18 years before becoming a full-time printmaker in 1976. An often figurative painter, he exhibited with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in 1962 and 1963 and with The Group in 1970. he has twice been the recipient of Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council award.
The total number of works by Gary Tricker offered for sale by auction since 1993 is 335, of which 276 (82%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,226 for Untitled sold by Dunbar Sloane in December 2022. This year 15 works have been offered for sale. Works by Gary Tricker are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Christchurch Art Gallery and Suter Art Gallery.
Gary Tricker is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 249
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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