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Professor Ainslie Meares, 1980
Jacqueline Mitelman
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Anna Meares OAM
Biography
Anna Meares OAM (b. 1983) is both the youngest Australian track cyclist and first Australian female track cyclist to win an Olympic gold medal.
1 portrait in the collection
Anna Meares
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2018
Anna Meares, 2018
Narelle Autio
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by King & Wood Mallesons 2018
Anna Meares and Narelle Autio
'Come along for the ride'
Portrait story
Champion track cyclist, Anna Meares, discusses her portrait with artist Narelle Autio.
Anna Meares, 2018
by Narelle Autio
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by King & Wood Mallesons 2018
The Vacant Lot, Ainslie Rex Hotel, 21 November 1979. Patrons having fun
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Image
Charlie, 2017
by Lee Grant
Image
Michael Leunig, 2004
Jacqueline Mitelman
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
Before hand
The private life of a portrait
Previous exhibition, 2020
Revealing the backstories behind the NPG collection, Before hand features interviews with artists and sitters as well as working drawings, scrapbooks, sketches and footage taken in artists’ studios and out on location.
National Portrait Gallery unveils twenty new portrait commissions to celebrate twenty years
18 October 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled twenty new portrait commissions of Australian leaders and individualists as part of its twentieth birthday celebrations in a new exhibition, 20/20: Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions.
Flash mob
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2019
Sarah Engledow trains her exacting lens on the nine photographs from 20/20.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018
Previous exhibition, 2018
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.
Spring exhibition program
18 August 2020
Archived media releases 2020
The following on-line and physical exhibitions are planned to open at the National Portrait Gallery in coming months. For those who can’t travel at present, selected works from all exhibitions will be included online
Mugshots
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2006
A toast to the acquisition of an unconventional new portrait of former Prime Minister, Stanley Melbourne Bruce.
20/20 launch speech
About Face article
Dr Helen Nugent AO, Chairman, National Portrait Gallery at the opening of 20/20: Celebrating twenty years with twenty new portrait commissions.