Skip to main content

What's on

Prizes

Watch

The Gallery

Governance & Board

Circle of Friends

Learn

Access

Search the website

close close

What's on The Portraits The Gallery Learn Watch More O

The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons.

Search / tjayanka woods

Mrs Woods

Tjayanka Woods

Tjayanka Woods (d. 2014) was a senior Pitjantjatjara artist and cultural custodian.

2 portraits in the collection

Mrs Woods and ‘Ere

Mrs Woods and ‘Ere

Mrs Woods and ‘Ere

Mrs Woods and ‘Ere, 2013

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2019

Mrs Woods

Mrs Woods

Mrs Woods

Mrs Woods, 2013

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Gift of the artist 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Sammy (Samuel Wood)

Samuel Wood

Samuel 'Sammy' Woods (1867-1931), cricketer, is one of only five men to have played Tests for both Australia and England.

1 portrait in the collection

Sammy (Samuel Wood)

Sammy (Samuel Wood)

Sammy (Samuel Wood)

Sammy (Samuel Wood), 1892

Henry Seppings-Wright, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Vanity Fair Magazine

Portrait, chromolithograph on paper

Purchased 2010

Solitude, 2006 by Anna Osk Erlingsdottir

Solitude, 2006

by Anna Osk Erlingsdottir

Monkey business, 2011 by Alina Gozin'a

Monkey business, 2011

by Alina Gozin'a

New Gold, 2024 Saville Coble

New Gold

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune (b. 1971) actor, made her stage debut at fifteen in a production of The Wizard of Oz in Perth.

1 portrait in the collection

Dr Fiona Wood AM

Dr Fiona Wood AM

Dr Fiona Wood AM

Dr Fiona Wood AM, 2005

Richard Woldendorp AM

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2005

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune

Lisa McCune, 2000 (printed 2012)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Dr Fiona Wood AM

Fiona Wood AO

Fiona Wood AO (b.1958), plastic and reconstructive surgeon, is co-founder of the biotech company Clinical Cell Culture Limited (known as C3), which pioneers and commercialises treatments for burns.

1 portrait in the collection

Steven Bishop, performer by Nathalie Latham

Australia's Creative Diaspora

Photographed by Nathalie Latham

Previous exhibition, 2007

Paris based Australian photographer and filmmaker Nathalie Latham has an ongoing interest in the creative achievements of other Australian artists living in various locations around the globe.

The Joy Of Life, 2002 by Janelle McKay

Headspace 3

Previous exhibition, 2002

The self-portrait enables students to explore emerging and changing aspects of their own identity, their sense of self, their place in the world, their experience of being human

ORA - Homesickness Project 2015 by Chrys Zantis

Food for thought

Magazine article by Michael Wardell, 2016

Michael Wardell on Chrys Zantis’ Ora.

Self portrait

Mysterious eyes

Arthur Boyd portraits from 1945

Previous exhibition, 2016

Boyd’s self-portrait at age 25 is joined by his equally emotive portraits of those around him.

© National Portrait Gallery 2025
King Edward Terrace, Parkes
Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Phone +61 2 6102 7000
ABN: 54 74 277 1196

The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people.

This website comprises and contains copyrighted materials and works. Copyright in all materials and/or works comprising or contained within this website remains with the National Portrait Gallery and other copyright owners as specified.

The National Portrait Gallery respects the artistic and intellectual property rights of others. The use of images of works of art reproduced on this website and all other content may be restricted under the Australian Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Requests for a reproduction of a work of art or other content can be made through a Reproduction request. For further information please contact NPG Copyright.

The National Portrait Gallery is an Australian Government Agency