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Artists in residence – Carlos, Jono and Lazy Susan
Suzanne Phoenix
Image
The hidden half, 2019
Suzanne O'Connell
Image
The Wobbly Wizard - Isolation Portrait
Suzanne Phoenix
Image
Professor Suzanne Cory AC FAA FRS
Biography
Suzanne Cory AC (b. 1942) is a molecular biologist whose research has contributed to the understanding of immunology and the development of cancer.
1 portrait in the collection
Professor Suzanne Cory AC FAA FRS, 2016
Raelene Sharp
Portrait, oil on linen
Gift of the artist 2017
Suzanne Bellamy, 1997
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Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Christine Audrey Pecket painting 'Self Portrait in a Brown Coat at the Sydney Technical College', 1937
an unknown artist
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper on card
Gift of Suzanne Playfoot 2023
Raelene Sharp
Biography
Raelene Sharp (b. 1957), artist, was born in Melbourne and began her career as a graphic artist in advertising.
2 portraits in the collection
George Barrington
Biography
George Barrington (1755-1804) was the best-known 'gentleman thief' of late eighteenth-century London.
3 portraits in the collection
Meredith Rogers
Biography
Meredith Rogers, theatre director and academic, studied at the University of Melbourne and worked between 1974 and 1979 with Kiffy Rubbo at the Ewing and George Paton Galleries.
1 portrait in the collection
Leah Purcell, c. 2000
Penny Tweedie
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2004
Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO
Featuring a favourite painting, Fred Williams ‘Wild Dog Creek’ 1977, 2020
Raelene Sharp
Portrait, oil on linen
Commissioned with funds provided by Nigel Satterley AM and Denise Satterley 2020
Eva Besen AO
Biography
Eva Besen AO (1928–2021), philanthropist and arts benefactor, founded the Besen Family Foundation with her husband Marc Besen AC.
1 portrait in the collection
Marc Besen AC
Biography
Marcus (Marc) Besen AC (1923–2023), philanthropist and arts benefactor, founded the Besen Family Foundation with his wife Eva Besen AO.
1 portrait in the collection
Love scars
Magazine article by Katrina Osborne, 2016
Katrina Osborne immerses herself in one of photography’s most fearless chronicles.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020
Previous exhibition, 2020
The 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.