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Leah King-Smith
Contributing artists
Born: 1957, Gympie, QLD
Works: Brisbane
Jessica Hromas
Finalist interviews
An interview with Jessica Hromas, Finalist in the Living Memory National Photographic Portrait Prize.
Jessica Mauboy, 2018
by David Rosetzky
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by Sony Music Entertainment Australia 2018
Art Handlers' Award 2021
James & Jessica
General content
The Art Handlers' Award for 2021 went to Kristina Kraskov for I'm just a suburban fashionista.
Art Handlers' Award 2020
James & Jessica
General content
The Art Handlers' Award for 2020 went to Gemma Baxter (right view), 2019 by Shea Kirk.
Ben Roberts-Smith, 2018
by Julian Kingma
General content
Commissioned in 2018 with funds raised through the 2020 project
Icons Syndicate
Listed alphabetically
Honour board
Extraordinary airmen make aviation history
Passion
Charles is my wingman
Art Handler's Award 2023
General content
The Art Handlers' Award for 2023 went to Ugandan Ssebabi, 2022 by David Cossini.
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.
Contributing artists
General content
Find out more from each of the artists reinterpreting and reimagining elements of Australian history.
2021 Annual Appeal
Annual Appeal
In 2021 the Annual Appeal was focussed on Peter Brew-Bevan's portraits of athletes Turia Pitt, Leisel Jones OAM and Ellie Cole OAM.
Arts Project Australia
Artists and Collectives
Arts Project Australia is a creative social enterprise based in Naarm/Melbourne that supports neurodiverse artists, promoting their work and advocating for inclusion within contemporary arts practice.
Inside Heide’s lives
It's Complicated
Happiness to heartache
2012-13 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.
Donors
$10,000 - $49,999
Honour board