Biography
Parton studied Design and Fine Arts at Massey University's College of Creative Arts, graduating with an honours degree in Time-based Art in 2003. She taught at the college between 2004 and 2006.
Her single channel video work, she's so usual (2003), was included in Telecom Prospect 2004: New Art, New Zealand - an inaugural survey of contemporary art at Wellington's City Gallery. Since then she has featured in a number of group shows and has held six solo exhibitions, including Guidance at The Physics Room, Christchurch and The Way at The City Gallery Wellington, both in 2007.
Parton currently lives in Wellington with her partner, musician Luke Buda (The Phoenix Foundation), and their two sons.
Parton completed the International Institute of Modern Letters Masters in Creative Writing in November 2012.
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