Fiona Pardington will be exhibiting a series of portraits of New Zealand native birds which are either extinct or endangered at this years Venice Biennale. “Taharaki Skyside” will be shown at the Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà (La Pietà) the site of Bill Culbert’s “Front Door Out Back” exhibition in 2013.
Fiona Pardington, Toroa, southern royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora (2024). South Canterbury museumFiona Pardington, Kākāpō (Rhys), Strigops habroptilus (2025), Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.Fiona Pardington, North Island kōkako, Callaeas wilsoni, albino, from Remutaka range (2025). Museum of New Zealand Te Papa TongarewaFiona Pardington, Pāngurunguru, Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus (2025). Australian MuseumFiona Pardington, Kōmiromiro, Tomtit, Petroica macrocephala, from Whakatū Nelson (2025). Canterbury museum, Ōtautahi ChristchurchFiona Pardington, Tūī, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, albino (2025). Museum of New Zealand Te Papa TongarewaFiona Pardington, Huia, Heteralocha acutirostris (2025). Canterbury museumFiona Pardington, Moho, South Island takahē, Porphyrio hochstetteri (2025). Museum of New Zealand Te Papa TongarewaFiona Pardington, Kākā kura, Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis (2025). Museum of New Zealand Te Papa TongarewaFiona Pardington, Tawaki, Fiordland crested penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus (2024). South Canterbury museum
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