Age, Biography and Wiki
Tanya Ashken was born on 1939 in London, England, is a New Zealand silversmith and sculptor. Discover Tanya Ashken's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?
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Tanya Ashken |
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85 years old |
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1939 |
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1939 |
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London, England |
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New Zealand
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Tanya Ashken Height, Weight & Measurements
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Tanya Ashken Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Tanya Ashken worth at the age of 85 years old? Tanya Ashken’s income source is mostly from being a successful Sculptor. She is from New Zealand. We have estimated Tanya Ashken's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Ashken married New Zealand artist John Drawbridge (1930–2005) in 1960 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1963.
Tanya Ashken (born 1939 in London, England) is a New Zealand silversmith and sculptor.
She was one of a number of European-trained jewellers who came to New Zealand in the 1960s and transformed contemporary jewellery in that country, including Jens Hoyer Hansen, Kobi Bosshard and Gunter Taemmler.
Ashken attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, where she was awarded a diploma in silversmithing in 1960, and also studied sculpture at the Atelier de Del Debbio in Paris the following year.
She began making jewellery in semi-precious materials in 1962.
She does not draw a distinction between her jewellery and her sculpture: “her jewellery is small sculpture that can be worn.”
In 1966 her work was included in Recent New Zealand Sculpture at the Auckland City Art Gallery.
In 1967 Ashken was the second artist to be awarded the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, an opportunity for her to spend a year in Dunedin developing ideas for large sculptures.
After this Ashken attracted a number of major commissions, including Seabird V (1974) for the New Zealand High Commission in Canberra and her best-known work, the water sculpture Albatross (1986) in Frank Kitts Park, Wellington.
This was a first commission for the Wellington Sculpture Trust.
Ashken said she got the idea for the Albatross sculpture while walking along a beach in Island Bay in 1979 and seeing waves crashing around rocks.
She initially submitted Albatross to the Aotea Square Water Sculpture competition and was shortlisted as one of six finalists.
In December 1979 the commission was awarded to Terry Stringer's Mountain Fountain.
Art historian Anne Kirker describes Ashken's sculpture as “graceful organic forms articulated by the play of natural light”, and notes the evocation of “weathered stone or the graceful movements of seabirds – familiar components of her Island Bay home in Wellington“.
