Fiona Pardington

♀ *1961 / New Zealand

Works

Solo exhibitions

Taharaki Skyside

Venice Biennale - NZ, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
Shane Cotton and Fiona Pardington

1301SW, Melbourne (AU)
29 Sep 2026 – 31 Oct 2026
Greatest Misses

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
3 May 2026 – 13 Jun 2026
Fiona Pardington

1301SW Sydney, Sydney (AU)
5 Apr 2025 – 10 May 2025
Te taha o te rangi

STARKWHITE Queenstown, Queenstown (NZ)
1 May 2024 – 1 Jun 2024
Te taha o te rangi

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
16 Apr 2024 – 24 May 2024
New Work

STARKWHITE Queenstown, Queenstown (NZ)
1 Nov 2023 – 2 Dec 2023
Wairua o te hau

1301SW, Melbourne (AU)
12 Nov 2022 – 17 Dec 2022
Objects of Desire

STARKWHITE Queenstown, Queenstown (NZ)
1 Oct 2022 – 20 Nov 2022
Tarota

STARKWHITE Queenstown, Queenstown (NZ)
16 Nov 2021 – 28 Feb 2022
Tarota

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
16 Nov 2021 – 18 Dec 2021
TIKI: Orphans of Māoriland

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
12 Jun 2019 – 11 Jul 2019
Nabokov’s Blues: The Charmed Circle

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
23 Jun 2017 – 23 Jul 2017
Mokosoi

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
15 Jun 2016 – 9 Jul 2016
100% Unicorn

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
24 May 2016 – 25 Jun 2016
The Popular Recreator

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
11 Dec 2015 – 23 Dec 2015
Childish Things

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
12 Aug 2015 – 9 Sep 2015
Supernatural: Nature, Morte and Ripiro Beach, 2014

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney (AU)
2 May 2014 – 24 May 2014
Stilling the Glance

A Selection of Works from the McCahon Residency

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
1 Feb 2014 – 29 Mar 2014
Barbara's Kahurangi

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
30 May 2012 – 2 Jun 2012
..... Immortally Yours

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
25 Aug 2011 – 17 Sep 2011
Ahua: A Beautiful Hesitation & the language of Skulls

Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale (US)
4 Nov 2010 – 31 Dec 2010
Eros & Agape

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
23 Apr 2010 – 15 May 2010
the heart derelict

McNamara Gallery Photography, Wanganui (NZ)
2 Jun 2007 – 30 Jun 2007
Without you

McNamara Gallery Photography, Wanganui (NZ)
4 Nov 2005 – 30 Nov 2005
fugitive beings

Bartley + Company Art, Wellington (NZ)
14 Sep 2004 – 9 Oct 2004

Group

Starkwhite at Faradays

STARKWHITE, Auckland (NZ)
26 Sep 2026 – 26 Dec 2026

with Andrew Beck, Bill Henson
FACE

Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix (US)
4 Jun 2022 – 24 Sep 2022

with Diane Arbus, Binh Danh, Gilbert Garcin, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Carrie Marill
POINTS OF RESISTANCE IV

SKILLS FOR PEACE

Zionskirche, Berlin (DE)
8 Apr 2022 – 1 May 2022

with Wojtek Doroszuk, Nezaket Ekici, Asta Gröting, Olaf Holzapfel, Nikita Kadan, William Kentridge, Ola Kolehmainen, Via Lewandowsky, Boris Mikhailov, Angelika Platen, Gerhard Richter, Arsen Savadov …
At the Doors of Perception

Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix (US)
11 May 2019 – 31 Aug 2019

with Philip Augustin, Binh Danh, Gilbert Garcin, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Carrie Marill, Marie Navarre, Gregory Scott, Mike + Doug Starn, Julianne Swartz
Subversive White

Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix (US)
2 Mar 2019 – 27 Apr 2019

with Angela Ellsworth, Robert Kinmont, Julianne Swartz, Hank Willis Thomas
An unorthodox flow of images

Melbourne Festival

Centre Contemporary Photo, Melbourne (AU)
29 Sep 2017 – 12 Nov 2017

with Laurence Aberhart, Francis Alys, Paul Batt, Charles Bayliss, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Brassai, Pat Brassington, Jane Brown, Sophie Calle, Christian Capurro, Steve Carr, Mohini Chandra …
Imprint

photography and the impressionable image

Art Gallery NSW, Sydney (AU)
6 Feb 2016 – 18 May 2016

with Arturo Bragaglia, Harold Cazneaux, Christine Cornish, Max Dupain, Roger Fenton, Douglas Holleley, Horst P. Horst, Peter Lyssiotis, David Moore (AUS), Lewis Morley, Werner Rohde, Wolfgang Sievers …
Summer Series 2015

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
3 Dec 2014 – 14 Feb 2015

with Neil Pardington, Ans Westra
FRAGMENTS OF EMPIRES

Momentum, Berlin (DE)
7 Nov 2014 – 1 Feb 2015

with Kader Attia, Lutz Becker, Theo Eshetu, Amir Fattal, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Sophia Pompéry
History in the Taking

40 Years of PhotoForum

Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland (NZ)
6 Jun 2014 – 28 Jun 2014

with Greta Anderson, Wayne Barrar, Janet Bayly, Harvey Benge, Peter Black, Joyce Campbell, Bruce Connew, Chris Corson-Scott, Darren Glass, Ngahuia Harrison, Geoffrey Heath, Megan Jenkinson …
Contemporary New Zealand Photography

Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland (NZ)
13 Jun 2012 – 7 Jul 2012

with Ben Cauchi, Anne Noble, Patrick Reynolds, Geoffrey H. Short
ROUNDABOUT: FACE TO FACE

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (IL)
22 Oct 2011 – 20 Jan 2012

with Adel Abdessemed, Chuck Close, XING Danwen, Jacqeline Fraser, Ori Gersht, Luis Gispert, Gonkar Gyatso, Isaac Julien, Mike Kelley, Sigalit Landau, Lena Liv, Wardell Milan …
Wanderlust

Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale (US)
29 Jun 2011 – 29 Oct 2011

with LIU Bolin, Binh Danh, Lalla Essaydi, Gilbert Garcin, Luis Gonzalez Palma
Scheimpflug Principle

large format film photography from Elam 1976-2011

Elam ProjectspaceB431, Auckland (NZ)
2 Jun 2011 – 25 Jun 2011

with Greta Anderson, Wayne Barrar, Darren Glass, Ngahuia Harrison, Ian MacDonald, Neil Pardington, Marie Shannon, Geoffrey H. Short, Yvonne Todd
21st Century: Art in the First Decade

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
18 Dec 2010 – 28 Apr 2011

with Francis Alys, Pierre Bismuth, Candice Breitz, Olaf Breuning, Justine Cooper, Thomas Demand, Parastou Forouhar, YANG Fudong, Shaun Gladwell, Bill Henson, Emily Jacir, Isaac Julien …
25 Year Anniversary Exhibition

Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale (US)
3 Mar 2011 – 2 Apr 2011

with Binh Danh, Lalla Essaydi, Gilbert Garcin, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Mark Klett, Mike + Doug Starn, William Wegman
Unnerved - The New Zealand Project

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
26 Nov 2010 – 27 Feb 2011

with Mark Adams, Duncan Cole, Bill Culbert, Jacqeline Fraser, Gavin Hipkins, Shigeyuki Kihara, Alex Monteith, Anne Noble, James Oram, Michael Parekowhai, Campbell Patterson, Peter Peryer …
Pink Flamingos

curated by Lovelab Projects

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
29 Dec 2010 – 11 Jan 2011

with Peter Black, Desiree Dolron, Neil Pardington
ROUNDABOUT: FACE TO FACE

City Gallery Wellington, Wellington (NZ)
25 Sep 2010 – 9 Jan 2011

with XING Danwen, Ori Gersht, Luis Gispert, Gonkar Gyatso, Isaac Julien, Mike Kelley, Pamela Landau Connolly, Wardell Milan, Shirin Neshat, Wang Qingsong, Andres Serrano, Mike + Doug Starn …
Wunderkammer (A cabinet of curiosities)

{Suite} Gallery, Wellington (NZ)
3 Dec 2010 – 24 Dec 2010

with David Boyce, Carlo van de Roer
17th Biennale of Sydney

THE BEAUTY OF DISTANCE: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
12 May 2010 – 1 Aug 2010

with Adel Abidin, AES+F, Makoto Aida, Brook Andrew, Miguel Angel Rios, Kutluğ Ataman, Kader Attia, Lara Baladi, Roger Ballen, John Bock, Jota Castro, Dana Claxton …
Unnerved: The New Zealand Project

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
1 May 2010 – 4 Jul 2010

with Laurence Aberhart, Mark Adams, Duncan Cole, Bill Culbert, Jacqeline Fraser, Gavin Hipkins, Shigeyuki Kihara, Alex Monteith, Anne Noble, James Oram, Michael Parekowhai, Campbell Patterson …
Feminism Never Happened

IMA - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
30 Jan 2010 – 20 Mar 2010

with Pat Brassington, Peter Fraser, Yvonne Todd, Jemina Wyman
Photoquai - 1ère Edition

Photoquai, Paris (FR)
30 Oct 2007 – 25 Nov 2007

with Jenny Altschuler, Mehraneh Atashi, Álvaro Ávila, Sergey Chilikov, rana elnemr, Tiina Itkonen, Anita Khemka, Gerardo Montiel Klint, Marcos Lopez, Farshid Mesghali, WANG Ningde, Sherman Ong …
Small World, Big Town: Contemporary Art from Te Papa

City Gallery Wellington, Wellington (NZ)
10 Jul 2005 – 30 Oct 2005

with Mladen Bizumic, Margaret Dawson, Gavin Hipkins, Marie Shannon, Yuk King Tan, Yvonne Todd, Ronnie van Hout, Boyd Webb

Events

The Sharjah Biennial 16

to carry

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
6 Feb 2025 – 15 Jun 2025

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Monira Al Qadiri, Heman Chong, Liu Chuang, Stephanie Comilang, Monica de Miranda, Cecile B. Evans, Alia Farid, Noemie Goudal, Aziz Hazara, Sky Hopinka, Adelita Husni-Bey …
Melbourne Art Fair 2025

Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne (AU)
20 Feb 2025 – 23 Feb 2025

with Tony Albert, Destiny Deacon , Ceal Floyer, Erin Hefferon, Bill Henson, Oliver Laric, Tracey Moffatt
Auckland Festival of Photography 2019

Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland (NZ)
31 May 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Shahidul Alam, Carlos Ayesta, Conor Clarke, Roger Grasas, Derek Henderson, Sohrab Hura, Yoko Ishii, Guy Needham, Richard Orjis, Peter Peryer, Joanna Piotrowska, Marie Shannon …