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Luke Cornish
'I love getting into the Salon as a street artist because the whole ethos of that award is the refused, the rejected'
Portrait story
Luke Cornish, aka E.L.K. describes his street art and portraiture
Luke Cornish
Biography
Luke Cornish (b. 1979) is a Sydney-based handmade stencil artist. A self-described former blue-collar worker from Canberra, under the name of E.L.K he began experimenting with stencil cutting and spray paint in his mid-twenties.
1 portrait in the collection
Bob Hawke, 2012
Luke Cornish
Portrait, hand-cut acetate stencil, aerosol enamel on canvas
Purchased 2013
Harold Cazneaux, 1928
Monte Luke
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2015
Romance Was Born
'It feels how we imagined it'
Portrait story
Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales on forming Romance Was Born, and the inspiration behind their portrait by Samuel Hodge.
Romance Was Born, 2025
Samuel Hodge
Portrait, photographic installation, collaged pigment prints, wallpaper
Commissioned with funds provided by Hayley Baillie 2025
Nick Cave, Susie Bick and Luke Cave, 1998 (printed 2020)
Dominique Issermann
Portrait, inkjet print on Hanhnemühle paper
Purchased 2022
Rosie Batty AO
Biography
Rosie Batty AO (b. 1962), campaigner against family violence, became well known to the Australian public in early 2014, when her eleven-year-old son Luke was murdered by his father as she stood waiting to take him home from cricket practice.
1 portrait in the collection
Hiljaisuus: Four Walks, 2016
by Luke Aleksandrow
General content
Finalist, DPA 2016
Gervaise Purcell
Biography
Gervaise Purcell was a commercial photographer specialising in fashion.
1 portrait in the collection
Rosie Batty, 2017
Nikki Toole
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2017
Rosie Batty
'Together we will give victims a voice and demand our leaders act'
Portrait story
The 2015 Australian of the Year talks about grief and searching for recognition of, and action on, domestic violence.
George Dance
Biography
George Dance the Younger, architect, was a founder member of the Royal Academy in 1768.
4 portraits in the collection
Alina Gozin'a
NPPP 2012 learning resource
An interview with the photographer.
Portrait of Rosie Batty Unveiled at Portrait Gallery
24 January 2018
Archived media releases 2018
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a newly commissioned portrait of Australian domestic violence campaigner and 2015 Australian of the Year Rosie Batty.
Lucio Galletto OAM
Biography
Lucio Galletto OAM (birth date undisclosed) was born into a family of farmers and restaurateurs in north-west Italy.
1 portrait in the collection