Ngan Kwok Guy OBE, known as Guy Ngan, artist: b Wellington, February 3, 1926; m Jean, 1d, 1s; d Lower Hutt, June 26, 2017, aged 91.[1][2] Sixth son of Ngan Gee Choy and Li Jun.[3]
Ngan's public sculptures and artworks are a common sight, with over 40 public works around New Zealand[4], especially in the greater Wellington area, including on the sides of the Reserve Bank Building, Archives New Zealand Building, on Wakefield Street,[5] inside Parliament Buildings[6], in Stokes Valley[7][8], as well as around New Zealand,[1][2][9][10] including Palmerston North.
Although his public works were featured around New Zealand, few galleries in New Zealand exhibited his works[4] and it is believed that he was underappreciated by the New Zealand art establishment[11].
In the 1983 Queen's Birthday Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to the arts.[1] He was inducted into the Massey University CoCA Hall of Fame in 2012.[2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tso, M. (2017, July 15). Life Story: Reformer of public space, artist Guy Ngan dies aged 91. Retrieved from http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/arts/94336015/life-story-reformer-of-public-space-artist-guy-ngan-dies-aged-91
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Massey University, “Guy Ngan (1926 – 2017),” Massey University Alumni, last modified 2020, accessed October 31, 2021, http://mualumni.massey.ac.nz/alumni-profiles/guy-ngan/
- ↑ New Zealand Herald. (2017, June 28). Guy NGAN obituary. Retrieved July 16, 2017, from http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=guy-ngan&pid=185922655&fhid=12768
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Knox, A. (2019, July 3). His work hangs in the Beehive, but galleries ignored Guy Ngan. Until now. Retrieved 4 July 2019, from The Spinoff website: https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/the-dowse/03-07-2019/his-work-hangs-in-the-beehive-but-galleries-ignored-guy-ngan-until-now/
- ↑ McCredie, A. (2017, June 30). Remembering New Zealand artist Guy Ngan (1926-2017). Retrieved July 16, 2017, from http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2017/06/30/remembering-wellington-artist-guy-ngan-1926-2017/
- ↑ New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga. (2014, October 22). Guy Ngan and Joan Calvert wall hanging, Beehive, Parliament [Web page]. Retrieved July 16, 2017, from /en/photograph/45313/guy-ngan-and-joan-calvert-wall-hanging-beehive-parliament
- ↑ Johnston, C. (2017, June 28). Guy Ngan (1926–2017) | The Dowse Art Museum. Retrieved July 16, 2017, from http://dowse.org.nz/news/blog/2017/guy-ngan
- ↑ Edwards, S. (2011, December 12). Twin sculpture to Stokes Valley’s mating worms launched. Retrieved from https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/hutt-news/6129343/Twin-sculpture-to-Stokes-Valleys-mating-worms-launched
- ↑ Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. (2017). Guy Ngan. Retrieved July 16, 2017, from https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/6471/guy-ngan
- ↑ Stella Brennan, ‘Guy Ngan Mural for the Newton Post Office 1973’, Stella Brennan, http://stella.net.nz/text-by/guy-ngan-mural-for-the-newton-post-office-1973/, 2014, accessed 1 November 2021.
- ↑ Ng, E. (2019, June 25). Guy Ngan, an artist ignored but not forgotten. Retrieved 27 June 2019, from The Spinoff website: https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/the-dowse/25-06-2019/guy-ngan-an-artist-ignored-but-not-forgotten/