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Fiona Foley
Biography
Fiona Foley (b.1964), Badtjala artist, activist, curator and writer, grew up on Fraser Island and in nearby Hervey Bay before moving south to study art at the East Sydney Technical College.
2 portraits in the collection
Fiona Foley in her studio at Hervey Bay, 1994
Juno Gemes
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2005
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
After Ophelia: Fiona Foley at Lake Mackenzie, Fraser Island (Referencing Ophelia by John Everett Millais), 1994
Juno Gemes
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2008
Gary Foley
Biography
Gary Foley (b. 1950) is a Gumbainggir activist, actor, historian, curator and academic.
2 portraits in the collection
Untitled 4539, 2010
by Paul Foley
Image
Creature from the Black Platoon starring Gary Foley 2011, 2011
TextaQueen
Portrait, fibre-tipped pen on paper
Purchased 2011
'Red Terra' - Black Activist: A portrait of Gary Foley, 2006
by Rod McNicol
Image
Gary Foley, Invasion Day - We Have Survived, 1988
Juno Gemes
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Sir Noel Foley, c. 1985-1990
Brian Dunlop
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Foley 2015
Fiona McMonagle
Artists and Collectives
Irish-born, Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Fiona McMonagle pushes the limits of watercolour portraiture to address women’s experiences.
Fiona Wood
'This is exquisite, that's what I will be'
Portrait story
Surgeon Fiona Wood on problem solving and saying 'yes'.
Fiona Stanley
'Everyone knew who I was'
Portrait story
Fiona Stanley on her career as a paediatric epidemiologist, and working with Aboriginal communities.
Fiona Wood AO
Biography
Fiona Wood AO (b.1958), plastic and reconstructive surgeon, is co-founder of the biotech company Clinical Cell Culture Limited (known as C3), which pioneers and commercialises treatments for burns.
1 portrait in the collection
Fiona Stanley AC
Biography
Fiona Stanley AC (b. 1946), paediatric epidemiologist, is a passionate advocate for children and young people.
2 portraits in the collection
Fiona Lowry
Biography
Fiona Lowry is a Sydney-based artist. Having held her first solo exhibition in 2002, she exhibited at Sydney’s Gallery Barry Keldoulis from 2004 to 2010; from 2010 she was also represented by Hugo Michell in Adelaide, and she is currently handled by Martin Browne Contemporary in Sydney.
1 portrait in the collection
Fiona McMonagle
Biography
Fiona McMonagle, an Irish-born, Melbourne-based artist, grew up in an outer suburb of Melbourne and completed a qualification in visual arts at RMIT before progressing to the Victorian College of the Arts.
1 portrait in the collection