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Awkward self, 2008 by Jessica Herrington
NYSPP 2008 winner

National Youth Self Portrait Prize

NYSPP 2008
Previous exhibition, 2008

At the end of 2007 the National Portrait Gallery launched the inaugural National Youth Self Portrait Prize and artists aged between eighteen and twenty-five were invited to submit self portraits using a variety of media including drawing, painting, printmaking and traditional or digital photography.

Self portrait, 1957 by Sunarto P. R.

Masters of modern Indonesian portraiture

Previous exhibition, 2014

Masters of modern Indonesian portraiture presents key modernist paintings and drawings along with a selection of contemporary works.

Look Whales, 2020 Jiawei Shen

Look Whales

Jiawei Shen
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Sasha and Gus, 2014 by Amanda James

Sasha and Gus, 2014

by Amanda James
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masculine/feminine, 2010 by Bridget Mac
NYSPP 2010 winner

National Youth Self Portrait Prize

NYSPP 2010
Previous exhibition, 2010

An annual event, the National Youth Self Portrait Prize seeks to encourage young people to embrace self portraiture and its expressive possibilities.

Before dark (Metamorphosis), 2020 Rachel Gregg

Before dark (Metamorphosis)

Rachel Gregg
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John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]
John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]
John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns]

John Mitchel with John Martin and Father John Kenyon [the three Johns], 1866

Edouard Gatel
Portrait, carte de visite photograph

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2016

The 70 year old jetty jumper, 2011 by Alex Frayne

The 70 year old jetty jumper, 2011

by Alex Frayne
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Runners, 2010 by David Kelly

Runners, 2010

by David Kelly
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Karl Fender, 2019 Anna Minardo

Karl Fender, 2019

Anna Minardo
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Portrait of Ezgi, 2016 by Alana Holmberg

Portrait of Ezgi, 2016

by Alana Holmberg
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Sleep, 2019 Natasha Bieniek

Sleep, 2019

Natasha Bieniek
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Self portrait
Self portrait
Self portrait

Self portrait, c. 1948

John Brack
Portrait, conté crayon on paper

Purchased with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC 2010

My Olivia, 2017 by Filomena Rizzo

My Olivia, 2017

by Filomena Rizzo
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