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Girl with Big Stick, Cooloman and Bird, 2022
Rhonda Sharpe, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Portrait, soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets, bush dye, wool, cotton, feathers
Purchased 2023
My Two Lovely Faces Looking at Each Other and Smiling for Love, 2022
Rhonda Sharpe, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Portrait, soft sculpture made with recycled woollen blankets, bush dye, wool, cotton, feathers
Purchased 2023
Rhonda Sharpe
Biography
Luritja woman Rhonda Sharpe was born in 1977 in Alice Springs and is an artist working out of Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, in the Larapinta Valley Town Camp.
2 portraits in the collection
Wendy Sharpe
Biography
Wendy Sharpe undertook art studies in Sydney between 1978 and 1984 and held her first solo exhibition at the Nicholson Street Gallery in 1985.
3 portraits in the collection
Megan Wilding as Blackie Blackie Brown: Traditional Owner of Death, 2019
Wendy Sharpe
Image
Observation point
Magazine article by Wendy Sharpe, 2013
Australian artist and Archibald Prize finalist, Wendy Sharpe reflects on the art of portraiture.
A Dance to the Music of Time (Self portrait)
Wendy Sharpe
Image
Wendy Sharpe, 2000
Greg Weight
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Wendy Sharpe in her studio, 2007
Mark Tedeschi
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2011
The Witching Hour - Elena Kats-Chernin, 2017
Wendy Sharpe
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with the assistance of funds provided by the Circle of Friends 2018
Rhonda, 2019
Denis O'Connor
Image
Yarrenyty Arltere Artists
Artists and Collectives
A not-for-profit Aboriginal owned and run art centre, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists in Mparntwe/Alice Springs are known for their unique and distinctive soft sculptures that reveal stories and experiences of life in their community.
2019-20 Acquisition Fund
Annual Appeal
From 2019 to 2020 the Acquisition Fund was focussed on a large, vibrant portrait of Elena Kats-Chernin by Wendy Sharpe.
Rachel Griffiths AM
Biography
Rachel Griffiths (b. 1968) studied education at Victoria College before working with the community theatre group Woolly Jumpers, Inc.
1 portrait in the collection
Rachel Griffiths, 2002 (printed 2004)
Karin Catt
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005
101 photographic portraits
Magazine article by Michelle Fracaro, 2004
Pat Corrigan's generous gift of 100 photographic portraits by Greg Weight.