Oliver Stretton Pow
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Stretton-Pow grew up surrounded by antiques and #8 wire contraptions in the Stone Store and Museum in Kerikeri, where his parents were the last proprietors, he produced his first sculptures in the blacksmiths forge behind the Stone Store.
Stretton-Pow graduated from Art School in Perth in 1992 then worked in Europe and the Middle East for 4 years. Returning to Australia he worked as a blacksmith then back to New Zealand where he built a large studio. Stretton-Pow held his first solo exhibition in 2002 and completed his MFA at Elam in 2004.
In 2005 he relocated his studio to Waiheke Island, since then he has had regular solo exhibitions and contributed to many significant indoor and outdoor group shows including New Zealand SoS, Shapeshifter and Sculpture in the Gardens.
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