Fiona Pardington - Ngā Ringa Toi o Tahu
Fiona Pardington - Ngā Ringa Toi o Tahu
Video created and produced by Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and funded by Te Māngai Pāho.
June 2017
For several decades Dr Fiona Pardington has been a prominent figure in the contemporary art world both locally here in Aotearoa and internationally. An extraordinary talent, she has received numerous accolades for her hauntingly beautiful photographic works. In 2016 she was named a Knight (Chevalier) in the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls and in this years Queens Birthday Honours was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to photography.