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Selina Ou
Biography
Selina Ou (b. 1977), a Melbourne-based photographer, established her reputation through photographs of figures in urban environments that teem with detail, such as streets, convenience stores, workshops, hardware outlets and pharmacies.
1 portrait in the collection
Selina Snow
Biography
English born Selina Snow now lives and works in Sydney. She graduated from the prestigious Slade School of Art in London (1993) and Ecole des Beaux Art in Aix en Provence, France (1987).
4 portraits in the collection
Michelle Simmons, 2018
Selina Ou
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
Michelle Simmons
Eureka moment
Portrait story
Professor Michelle Simmons and photographer Selina Ou.
Christine Manfield, 1997
Selina Snow
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999
Stefano Manfredi, 1997
Selina Snow
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999
Barry McDonald, 1997
Selina Snow
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999
Neil Perry, 1997
Selina Snow
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Gift of the artist 1999
![Dowling family portrait [Selina, Jane, Leura and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling]](/files/5/b/7/3/i16148-sl.jpg "Dowling family portrait [Selina, Jane, Leura and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling]")
![Dowling family portrait [Selina, Jane, Leura and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling]](/files/5/b/7/3/i16148-ths.jpg "Dowling family portrait [Selina, Jane, Leura and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling]")
Dowling family portrait [Selina, Jane, Leura and Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling], c. 1862
an unknown artist
Portrait, ambrotype
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Michelle Simmons, 2018
by Selina Ou
General content
Commissioned with funds provided by the Sid and Fiona Myer Family Foundation 2018
![Maria Dowling and her children Leura, Bessie, Selina, Jane, Jack, Ben and Joe Dowling [Selina Dowling, Jane Dowling, Maria Jane Dowling (née Ware), John Ware Dowling, Joseph Dowling, Benjamin Dowling, Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling, Leura Dowling]](/files/a/0/3/f/i16150-sl.jpg "Maria Dowling and her children Leura, Bessie, Selina, Jane, Jack, Ben and Joe Dowling [Selina Dowling, Jane Dowling, Maria Jane Dowling (née Ware), John Ware Dowling, Joseph Dowling, Benjamin Dowling, Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling, Leura Dowling]")
![Maria Dowling and her children Leura, Bessie, Selina, Jane, Jack, Ben and Joe Dowling [Selina Dowling, Jane Dowling, Maria Jane Dowling (née Ware), John Ware Dowling, Joseph Dowling, Benjamin Dowling, Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling, Leura Dowling]](/files/a/0/3/f/i16150-ths.jpg "Maria Dowling and her children Leura, Bessie, Selina, Jane, Jack, Ben and Joe Dowling [Selina Dowling, Jane Dowling, Maria Jane Dowling (née Ware), John Ware Dowling, Joseph Dowling, Benjamin Dowling, Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling, Leura Dowling]")
Maria Dowling and her children Leura, Bessie, Selina, Jane, Jack, Ben and Joe Dowling [Selina Dowling, Jane Dowling, Maria Jane Dowling (née Ware), John Ware Dowling, Joseph Dowling, Benjamin Dowling, Elizabeth (Bessie) Dowling, Leura Dowling], c. 1859
an unknown artist
Portrait, ambrotype, hand coloured
Gift of Malcolm Robertson in memory of William Thomas Robertson 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Kayla, 2017
by Stuart Miller
Image
Ready , set... shoot
Magazine article by Christine Clark, 2006
The exhibition Flash: Australian Athletes in Focus offers various interpretations of sporting men and women by five Australian photographers.
Twenty new portraits marking Portrait Gallery’s twentieth birthday
21 August 2018
Archived media releases 2018
To celebrate the National Portrait Gallery’s twentieth anniversary as an institution, twenty portraits of outstanding Australian individuals have been commissioned for the permanent collection. This is the largest undertaking for the Gallery’s commissioning program in its twenty-year existence.
Icons
Parliament House
Touring exhibition, 2019
When a portrait communicates determination and individuality as boldly as these do, it has the potential to become an iconic image. For the Gallery’s 20th birthday this display brings together a group contemporary photographic portraits of inspiring women and men.
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.