This exhibition brings together, for the first time, a selection of key photographic works made during and after Dr Fiona Pardington’s time residing on Waiheke Island. It includes her iconic bird, still life and hei tiki series. Pardington uses both the camera and exhibition to reveal and make public that which is often hidden or unseen.

Wonderbird invites the viewer to experience the world of our immediate experience, as it is prior to our thoughts about it; the world in its enigmatic multiplicity and open-endedness. We witness life and metamorphosis in progress—an emotional and imaginative migration toward freedom, unboundedness, and sky.

The Shape of Being and Becoming traces eleven years of sculptural practice, circling back to its origin — a mother carrying a child on her shoulders. This gesture, revisited in a new work, becomes both anchor and compass: a symbol of enduring weight, care, and transformation.

The Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award 2024 is proudly sponsored by Walker & Hall in association with the Waiheke Community Art Gallery.
This is a National Award for two dimensional works in any medium and has a Prize of $10,000 as the Premier Award.
The Zinni Douglas Merit Award for a Waiheke artist - $1000
Michael Evans Award for a figurative Work - $1000
Gordon Harris Award - $500 voucher
The Selector and judge this year is Julia Waite, Curator, New Zealand Art, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki