Heather Straka New Zealand, 1972-.
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About Heather Straka
Heather Straka is a New Zealand artist who studied at Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University in the early 1990s. She specialised in sculpture, before moving into painting during 1997-99, when she assisted artist Julia Morison, at that time based in France. Straka returned to New Zealand and exhibited her first painting show in 1998, later graduating with an MFA in Film from Canterbury School of Fine Arts in 2000. Since the turn of the century Straka has been awarded several scholarships and residencies. In 2002 she was presented the Pierce Lowe Award for Excellence in Painting from the Royal Overseas League, London; she was awarded New Zealand’s esteemed Frances Hodgkins Fellowship in 2008; and in 2011 was awarded the William Hodges Fellowship. Straka's blend of European, Asian and Pacific people and cultures is cheeky and brazen, raising valuable questions about appropriation. Maori chiefs and anonymous Maori sitters, issues of conflicting cultures and origins are a recurring theme her recent works.
The total number of works by Heather Straka offered for sale by auction since 2005 is 119, of which 86 (72%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $56,247 for Jesus in Furs from Paradise Lost Series sold by International Art Centre in November 2021. This year 3 works have been offered for sale. Works by Heather Straka are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery.
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