Born in England, Fiona Garlick lived in Kenya and Zimbabwe before immigrating to New Zealand in 1976.   After 15 years working in the television industry as a director and producer she fell out of love for the medium and realised a long time ambition to go to art school. In 2008 Fiona Garlick graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts with a BFA (Honours).

Fiona, now working in Arrowtown,  has exhibited in various outdoor sculpture shows including twice in Stoneleigh Sculpture in the Gardens at the Auckland Botanic Gardens, several NZ Sculpture on Shore, Sculpture on the Peninsula and has had work installed at Tai Tapu Sculpture Gardens and Brick Bay Sculpture Trail. Much of her work deals with the concept of place, identity and colonialism and  is held in private collections across New Zealand and Australia.