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Narelle Autio
Biography
Narelle Autio (b. 1969) went to art school in South Australia intending to become a painter, but ‘somehow ended up’ with a camera.
1 portrait in the collection
Narelle Autio
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 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
Narelle Autio
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by King & Wood Mallesons 2018
Carma, 2019
Narelle Zeller
Image
Ngambri Woman
Narelle Zeller
Image
Anna Meares, 2018
by Narelle Autio
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by King & Wood Mallesons 2018
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2016
Previous exhibition, 2016
The National Photographic Portrait Prize 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.
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.
More about the National Photographic Portrait Prize
General content
Comments from our judges and information about entering the 2017 Prize.
Anna Meares
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2018
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.
Shop Talk
Magazine article by Stephen Phillips, 2016
Angus and the arbiters talk (photo) shop for the National Photographic Portrait Prize.
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
Arianne McNaught
NPPP 2012 learning resource
An interview with the photographer.
The National Portrait Prizes
29 January 2020
Archived media releases 2020
The National Portrait Gallery today announced finalists for the inaugural Darling Portrait Prize, a national new $75,000 prize for Australian portrait painting, and released selected images from the final prize pool for the popular National Photography Portrait Prize.