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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
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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
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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
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 Whiteley OAM
Biography
Wendy Whiteley OAM (b. 1941) is recognised as cultural icon, gardener and activist, who first came to prominence as the wife of renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley.
1 portrait in the collection
Mark hanging at the beach, 2006
by Wendy McDougall
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The Church, 1985
Wendy McDougall
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GANGgajang 1987
Wendy McDougall
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Wendy Whiteley, 1993
Anne Zahalka
Portrait, ilfochrome photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2021
Doc Neeson, The Angels 1982
Wendy McDougall
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