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Fiona Pardington

b. 1961

Fiona Pardington has been a graceful and elegant presence in New Zealand art since she first won the Visa Gold Award for 'Soft Target' in 1991. Nowdays there are few awards left to bestow upon her; she won the Visa Gold Award again in 1997, the Moet and Chandon Fellowship in 1991-2, the Frances Hodgkin's Fellowship twice (1996 and 1997) and was the inaugural Ngai Tahu Artist in Residence in 2006-7. Since completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Elam School of Fine Arts in 1984 she was awarded a Master of Fine Arts (first class honours) in 2003 and is currently working towards a PhD. She has featured in influential national and international exhibitions and is undoubtedly recognised as a leading figure of New Zealand photography.

This roll call of credentials and achievements are evidence of her enduring appeal, from all spectrums of the art world, locally and abroad. She combines a refined and classic aesthetic with a mastery of the 'old-world' traditions of analogue photography (handprinted and toning). This is the basis upon which she creates haunting laments, most recently of museum artifacts which have been lost in the annals of history.

 

 

Inanga Heitiki, Whanganui Museum
2008
hand printed silver gelatin print, edition of 5
600 x 500mm

Inanga Heitiki, Whanganui Museum (installation)




Manaia Faced Heitiki, Okains Bay Maori & Colonial Museum
2002
silver gelatin print, edition of 5
600 x 500mm

Manaia Faced Heitiki Okains Bay Mori & Colonial Museum (installation)




Laughing Owl
2006
hand printed silver gelatin print, edition of 5
935 x 755mm (framed)

Laughing Owl (installation)




Kakapo from the Canterbury Museum
2009
c- type print, edition of 5
820 x 940mm (framed)

Kakapo from the Canterbury Museum (installation)




The Charlotte Jane
2009
c - type print on metallic paper, edition of 5
600 x 500mm or 1800 x 1200mm

The Charlotte Jane (installation)




The Cressy Violin
2009
c - type print on metallic paper, edition of 5
1200 x 1800mm

The Cressy Violin (detail)




The Cressy Violin (installation)




Sista Huia Otago Museum
2004
gold toned silver gelatin print, edition of 5
600 x 500mm

Sista Huia (installation view)




Huia Feather, Whanganui Museum
2008
c -type print, edition of 5 silver gelatin archival hand print, edition of 5
1800 x 1200mm or 600 x 500mm

Quai Branly suite of nine hei tiki
2004
nine contact prints, edition of 10
1300 x 300mm

Tuaki-Rapaki from Otago Museum
2006
silver gelatin print, edition of 5
600 x 800mm

Female Kiwi Canterbury Museum
2004
gold toned silver gelatin print, edition of 5
1200 x 1800mm

Nahau Tenei Manawa/This Heart is Yours
2009
c - type print on metallic paper, edition of 5
800 x 600mm

Nahau Tenei Manawa/This Heart is Yours (installation)




Patiki and Toheroa
2005
c - type print, drum scanned image
1100 x 1300mm



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