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Gary Foley
Biography
Gary Foley (b. 1950) is a Gumbainggir activist, actor, historian, curator and academic.
2 portraits in the collection
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
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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.
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
Untitled 4539, 2010
by Paul Foley
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Sir Noel Foley, c. 1985-1990
Brian Dunlop
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Lady Foley 2015
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 Ede
Biography
Gary Ede, born in California, began his photographic career in London in the 1970s, photographing authors and celebrities for book publishers.
20 portraits in the collection
Gary Ella
Biography
Gary Ella (b. 1960) is a Yuin and Bidjigal man who grew up in La Perouse with eleven siblings.
1 portrait in the collection
Gary Heery
Biography
Gary Heery, photographer, was born in Sydney, where he studied sociology and psychology at the University of New South Wales.
1 portrait in the collection
Gary Grealy
Biography
Gary Grealy (b. 1950) has established himself over many years as one of Sydney’s leading commercial and portrait photographers with work commissioned by leading advertising agencies and major national and international clients.
11 portraits in the collection
Gary Catalano
Biography
Gary Catalano (1947-2002), poet and critic, was educated at Sydney’s Trinity Grammar and worked in a variety of jobs before a series of Australia Council grants in the late 1970s enabled him to devote himself full-time to writing.
3 portraits in the collection
Dad at 93 years old, 2006
by Gary Heery
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The steam apprentice, 2009
by Gary Steer
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