Fiona Garlick b. 1968
Works
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Fiona GarlickLove Birds 3/7, 2024Cast bronze on polished Schist29 cm x 31 cm
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Fiona GarlickParson Bird, 2023bronze & bluestone plinth47 x 34.5 x 22 cm
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Fiona GarlickRifleman, 2023Cast bronze29.5 x 21.5 x 9 cm
Edition 6 of 7
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Fiona GarlickMoa Feathers , 2023Cast bronze
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Fiona GarlickPiwakawaka and the Pinecone , 2022Cast bronze and bluestone60 x 30 x 35 on 98cm high plinth
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Fiona GarlickThe Starling, 2023Cast bronze -EDITION OF 316.5 x 30 x 17 cm
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Fiona GarlickGrey GhostBronze12.8 x 6 cm
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Fiona GarlickThe Lost Ones | Songbirds, 2023BronzeFURTHER EDITIONS AVAILABLE
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Fiona GarlickScattered, 2022Cast Bronze210 x 130 x 124 cm
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Fiona GarlickRabbit's Foot, 2021Cast bronze7 x 20 cm
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Fiona GarlickTalismans - Sycamore Seed , 2021Cast bronze20 x 15 cm
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Fiona GarlickCharming InvadersCast bronze24 x 40.5 x 4 cm (each)
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Fiona GarlickSentinel IICast Bronze, macrocarpa, metal stand166 x 20 x 26 cm
Biography
Fiona Garlick in her Studio
Born in England, Fiona lived in Kenya and Zimbabwe before immigrating to New Zealand in 1976. Her first degree was a BA in English Literature at Victoria University Wellington. After 15 years working as a documentary director and producer, she had the desire to complete a Fine Arts degree. Living in London at the time, she began with an Arts Foundation course at Camberwell College of Art before moving to Cornwall to study at Falmouth College of Arts. It was here that Fiona made her first bronze medal The Wave, which won first Prize for the British Art Medal Society Student Award in 2005. Fiona moved home to Auckland in 2006 and graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts with a BFA (Honours).
Fiona now lives in Arrowtown, Otago and is practicing full time as a sculptor, predominantly in bronze. Her work is very much influenced by her environment with the pervasive theme of Charming Invaders – a response to the historical landscape of Central Otago and the wider tension between introduced and native species of flora and fauna in New Zealand.
Fiona is passionate about sculpture being a public experience and has exhibited in many outdoor sculpture shows including Stoneleigh Sculpture in the Gardens at the Auckland Botanic Gardens, NZ Sculpture on Shore, Tai Tapu Sculpture Gardens and Sculpture on the Peninsula in Christchurch. She has also had work installed at Brick Bay Sculpture Trail.
It was whilst taking part in Sculpture in the Gardens that she was introduced to members of Medal Art New Zealand (MANZ) who invited her to join the group. It is this collaboration that has allowed her to develop and refine her skills in the art of bronze and has led to several commissions.
Exhibitions
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Winter
28 July - 11 August 2025Read more -
Fiona Garlick + Aroha Gossage
Off Balance + Kōkōwai 24 July - 13 August 2023This exhibition features new work from two of our represented artists Fiona Garlick and Aroha Gossage. Fiona's bronze sculptures are mainly focused on a postcolonial landscape and the tensions between introduced and native fauna within New Zealand. Aroha's paintings utilize the technique of mixing kōkōwai, a red clay, with oil paint which she collects from her hometown of Pakiri.Read more -
MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
Our Nature 14 March - 3 April 2023ARTIS Gallery is the host gallery for Medal Art New Zealand (MANZ) – a group of New Zealand’s leading contemporary sculptors. This 2023 biennial exhibition has thirty artists presenting medals and /or small sculptures.Read more -
Aotearoa Art Fair 2022
STAND A5 16 - 20 November 2022ARTIS Gallery presented three exhibitions over the course of five days at the Aotearoa Art Fair. New Zealand’s premier showcase for contemporary art, held on Wed 16 – Sun 20 Nov 2022 at The Cloud on Auckland’s Queens Wharf. For the Opening Night, Wednesday 16 November, and the first public day on Thursday, 17 November, the Gallery presented works from the estates of John Edgar & Llew Summers. Pivotal works owned by both artists have been made available by the their families to be exhibited on the ARTIS Gallery stand (A5).Read more
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MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
A Place to Stand 30 March - 18 April 2021This 2021 biennial exhibition has thirty-one artists presenting medals and /or small sculptures. A diversity is demonstrated in the works that make up this exhibition and is also reflective of...Read more -
MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
About Face 19 March - 14 April 2019ARTIS Gallery is the host gallery for Medal Art New Zealand (MANZ) – a group of New Zealand’s leading contemporary sculptors. This 2019 biennial exhibition has thirty-four artists presenting medals...Read more
