FIONA PARKINSON

All artworks are made from real butterfly and insect specimen combined with traditional methods of preservation and modern tools.

Barbie Dysmorphia

A body of work comprising seven new artworks created from real female tarantula specimens. The collection examines the pressures I have experienced as a woman navigating culturally imposed ideals of beauty, ideals epitomised by the Barbie doll

Vanitas

“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think." Marcus Aurelius

Space and Carbon

“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself” Carl Sagan

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