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Yami Lester OAM
Biography
A Yankunytjatjara man, Yami Lester OAM (1941–2017) was born at Walyatjata in the north of South Australia.
1 portrait in the collection
Yami Lester speaks at Uluru Handback Ceremony, 1985 (printed 2003)
Juno Gemes
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Kerrie Lester
Biography
Kerrie Lester (1953–2016) became well-known as a portraitist for her playful, textured, highly coloured works that appeared regularly in the Archibald and Portia Geach exhibitions of the late 1980s and the 1990s.
6 portraits in the collection
Kerrie Lester, 1990
Anne Zahalka
Portrait, type C Duraflex print on paper
Gift of Leo Christie 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
A man and his music: Peter Weiss and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, 1995
Kerrie Lester
Portrait, oil and hand-stitching on canvas
Gift of Peter Weiss AO 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Cathy Freeman, 1999
Kerrie Lester
Portrait, oil and hand-stitching on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 1999
James Morrison with flugelhorn, 1994
Kerrie Lester
Portrait, oil and hand-stitching on canvas
Purchased 1999. Courtesy of the Corrigan family and Stuart Purves.
Margaret Fink, 1989
Kerrie Lester
Portrait, oil and hand-stitching with diamantes on canvas
Gift of the artist 1999. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Fred Hollows, 1993
Kerrie Lester
Portrait, oil and hand-stitching on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Cactus World, Lester Meyers, 2014
by Man Tsun Cheung
Image
Syvanna Doolan, National Black Theatre, Redfern, Sydney, 1974
Carol Jerrems
Image
Syvanna Doolan
Carol Jerrems
Image
Bernie McGann, 1999
Sage
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 1999
Elizabeth Barden
Biography
Elizabeth Barden (b. 1965) grew up in Brisbane and gained a diploma in art teaching from Queensland University of Technology in 1985.
1 portrait in the collection
Skater
Portraits by Nikki Toole
Previous exhibition, 2012
Nikki Toole has travelled the world to photograph skateboarders.
Sporting Archibald
Previous exhibition, 2000
Celebrating the focus on sport during 2000, this special exhibition features our national sporting heroes and heroines immortalised on canvas