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Michael Riley

Michael Riley (1960–2004), a Wiradjuri/Kamilaroi photographer, filmmaker and video-artist, was one of Australia's most influential Aboriginal contemporary artists.

15 portraits in the collection

Ginger Riley

Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (c. 1937-2002), stockman and artist, was born in south-eastern Arnhem Land, in the coastal salt-water country of the Mara people.

1 portrait in the collection

Sidney Riley Studios

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Sidney Riley Studios operated concurrently at several Sydney locations (Balmain, Rozelle, Pitt St., Sydney, Marrickville & Chatswood), and in Brisbane, between 1911 and 1946.

1 portrait in the collection

Tim Riley, Santa Teresa Mission, near Alice Springs

Tim Riley, Santa Teresa Mission, near Alice Springs, 1965 (printed 2000)

David Moore

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.

Beauty and strength

Portraits by Michael Riley

Previous exhibition, 2014

Influential Indigenous Australian artist Michael Riley (1960 - 2004) created these portrait photographs between 1984 and 1990 - they stand as an intricately connected group portrait of the vibrant urban-based Indigenous arts community in Sydney's inner-west at a formative moment.

Ginger Riley at the Limmen River, Northern Territory, 1992 (printed 2013)

Helga Leunig

Gift of Helga Leunig 2013

Dorothy, 1990 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Hetti, 1990 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Delores, 1990 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Darrell, 1990 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Telphia, 1990 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Kristina, 1984 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Kristina, 1986 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Tracey, 1986 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Djon, 1990 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Avril and Miya, 1990 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Avril, 1986 (printed 2013)

Magazine article by Amanda Rowell, 2015

Purchased 2013

Sophisticated and glamorous

Michael Riley’s early portraits by Amanda Rowell.

Maria, 1986 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Linda and Binni, 1984 (printed 2013)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Purchased 2013

A.J. Fischer, 1920s

Sidney Riley Studios

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Michael Riley's portraits

Portrait story

Linda Burney, Brenda Croft and Darrell Sibosado share memories of Michael Riley and his photographic practice.

Charles and Adam, 1990 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Joe and Brenda, 1990 (printed 2013)

Purchased 2013

Daniel Riley choreographing Hit the Floor Together with QL2 dancers

Lorna Sim

Look at moy!

Nearest & Dearest

Foxy ladies’ fame, friendship

Nova Gina takes a smoke break, 2019

Elize Strydom

Beau D. Smith

Beau Dean Riley Smith is a Wiradjuri and Gamillaraay man, born in Dubbo.

1 portrait in the collection

Magda Szubanski AO

an unknown artist after Antoine Maurin

Magda Szubanski AO (b. 1961), actor and writer, was born in Liverpool, England and moved to Australia when she was four.

1 portrait in the collection

Cook, n.d.

Portrait, engraving, hand coloured on paper

Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Captain James Cook, 1837

William Holl, Fisher, Son & Co London after Nathaniel Dance

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Adelaide, Königin von Grossbritranien u Irland

Adelaide, Königin von Grossbritranien u Irland, n.d.

F Bahmann

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

William Howitt, n.d.

John Thomson after William Derby

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Captain Sir John Franklin, 1830

an unknown artist, an unknown artist, J Asperne

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

John Schank Esq. RN, 1805

Dirk Jongman after Matthys Balen

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Antonio van Diemen, Gouverneur Generaal van Nederlands Indiën

Antonio van Diemen, Gouverneur Generaal van Nederlands Indiën, c. 1725

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Captain James Cook FRS, 1784

Thomas Cook

an unknown artist, D Bogue after Thomas Phillips

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010

Captain Sir John Franklin, Kt, KCH, KRG, DCL, FRS & c. Commander of the Arctic Expedition, 1845

Captain Sir John Franklin, Kt, KCH, KRG, DCL, FRS & c. Commander of the Arctic Expedition, 1845, c. 1847

Henry Meyer, T Cadell & W Davies after Sir Thomas Lawrence, William Evans

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

The Rt Hon. Henry Robert Stewart, Lord Viscount Castlereagh, MRIA & FRS

The Rt Hon. Henry Robert Stewart, Lord Viscount Castlereagh, MRIA & FRS, 1814

Emile Lassalle after Antoine Maurin

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

J. D'Urville, n.d.

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

La Perouse, from a miniature in the possession of La Perouse's niece at Alby

La Perouse, from a miniature in the possession of La Perouse's niece at Alby, n.d.

Thomas Woolnoth, Charles Knight

Emile Lassalle, Lemercier & Cie, Paris after Antoine Maurin

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, n.d.

Portrait, lithograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Le Cap.ne Jacques Cook, Membre de la Société Royale des Londres

Le Cap.ne Jacques Cook, Membre de la Société Royale des Londres, c. 1778

Robert Bénard

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010

Reverend John West, Sydney., n.d.

John Cochran

James Heath, G G & J Robinson

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy

Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, Commodore in the French Navy, 1798

William Ridley, Bunney & Gold after George Romney

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

The Right Honourable Viscount Keppel, Admiral of the White Squadron

The Right Honourable Viscount Keppel, Admiral of the White Squadron, 1802

C E. Wagstaff after Thomas Phillips

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Sir Joseph Banks, 1840s

unknown artist after Richard Westall

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010

William Hodges Esq. RA, 1792

Portrait, Engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Captain Wilson, 1819

Freeman, T Hamilton

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Reverend John Allen Manton, President of the Australasian Conference and Governor of Horton College, Tasmania

Reverend John Allen Manton, President of the Australasian Conference and Governor of Horton College, Tasmania, c. 1855

William Holl, Peter Jackson, London & Paris after Nathaniel Dance

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Captain James Cook from the original in the Naval Gallery, Greenwich Hospital

Captain James Cook from the original in the Naval Gallery, Greenwich Hospital, c. 1837

H B. Hall, W Pate, G P Putman & Co

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Thad Kosciuszko, n.d.

R Cooper after John Singleton Copley

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Admiral Earl Howe, n.d.

Blood, Joyce Gold Naval Chronicle Office after John Smart

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Sir George Young Kt, Admiral of the White Squadron

Sir George Young Kt, Admiral of the White Squadron, 1814

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Captain Franklin RN, 1825

John Cochran after Henry Room

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Reverend Robert Ross MD, Sydney, New South Wales

Reverend Robert Ross MD, Sydney, New South Wales, n.d.

Magazine article by Brett Canét-Gibson, 2018

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Portrait 47

Spring/Summer 2014

Magazine

This issue features Michael Riley, TextaQueen, Thea Proctor, Jean Appleton, In the flesh, digital identity and more.

The Life of Riley, 2014 by Brett Canet-Gibson

Observation Point

Portrait photography, by definition, is a collaboration. It is also the grandest of lies masquerading as the ultimate truth.

Darrell Sibosado

Darrell Sibosado is a Bard man of the Lombadina Community, in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia.

1 portrait in the collection

HRH Prince Alfred, c. 1868

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on laid on paper with printed boarder

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Henry Lawson, 1919

Lionel Lindsay

Portrait, etching on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2011

A photographer’s glamorous friends

Nearest & Dearest

Community, arts, activism

Now and then

Polly Cutmore

Magazine article, 2023

Photographed 35 years apart, these two portraits offer both a timeline of, and thematic thread for, Maria (Polly) Cutmore’s life – from a young woman to a respected Gomeroi Elder.

Magda Szubanski, 1997 (printed 2021)

Jacqueline Mitelman

Purchased with funds provided by Jillian Broadbent AC 2021

Time regained (the assistant), 2008

by Tara Shield

Dolores Scott

When Michael Riley photographed Dolores Scott in the 1980s, she was a dancer with the National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association.

1 portrait in the collection

The hoodie

Jacob Nash

Kristina Nehm

When Michael Riley photographed Kristina Nehm several times in the 1980s she was a dancer with the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre in Glebe.

2 portraits in the collection

Troy Cassar-Daley

Troy Cassar-Daley was born in Grafton, NSW. He first visited Australia's Country Music Festival at Tamworth as an 11-year-old boy, and was so captivated by the experience that he returned to the Festival a year later as a busker.

1 portrait in the collection

Dancer

Touring exhibition, 2024

From letting loose in the loungeroom to enthralling audiences on stage, this exhibition celebrates dance and dancers.

Captain John Hunter, Governor New South Wales

Captain John Hunter, Governor New South Wales, 1801

William Ridley

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

The Bishop of Sydney DD (Alfred Barry), 1884

Albert Fradelle

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Captain R.C. Morgan, Missionary ship 'John Williams'

Captain R.C. Morgan, Missionary ship 'John Williams', n.d.

John Cochran after Henry Room

Edward Scriven, J B Ball & J DeCamp after Sir Thomas Lawrence

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010

Rt. Honourable Lord Hawkesbury, 1808

A & S Ltd after Amélie Romilly

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Lady Franklin, c. 1850

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Joseph Banks and Dr Solander, 1778

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010

Sir Joseph Banks, 1802

William Ridley

Forget after Alphonse Pellion

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010

Sauvages Des Montagnes-Bleues from de Freycinet, Louis - Voyage autour du monde, Paris

Sauvages Des Montagnes-Bleues from de Freycinet, Louis - Voyage autour du monde, Paris, c. 1822

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Geoffrey Legge

Geoffrey Legge (b. 1935) and Frank Watters (1934–2020) ran Watters Gallery in Darlinghurst from 1964 to 2018.

3 portraits in the collection

Frank Watters OAM

Geoffrey Legge (b. 1935) and Frank Watters (1934–2020) ran Watters Gallery in Darlinghurst from 1964 to 2018.

3 portraits in the collection

Telphia Joseph

Thomas Woolnoth, William Mackenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh, London & New York

Telphia Joseph, a Wajarri Yamatji woman from Western Australia, is an Associate Lecturer at the University of New South Wales School of Population Health and Community Medicine, where she teaches Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health focus subjects.

1 portrait in the collection

La Perouse, 1830s

Portrait, watercolour, pen, brush and ink on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

I think of my Culture, 1989

Jeffrey Samuels

Gift of John Lane 2004. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Two gentlemen celebrating a birthday (Frank Watters and Geoffrey Legge), 1974

Bob Jenyns

Portrait, painted wood, denim, wool, plastic and candles

Gift of Frank Watters OAM 2018. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

William Lamb, Baron Melbourne, 1832

Samuel Freeman, Fisher, Son & Co London after Sir Thomas Lawrence

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters, 1999

Anne Zahalka

Purchased 2021

The Last Picture Show (Lewis Morley and Henry Talbot)

Reveries

Photography and mortality

Previous exhibition, 2007

Featuring works by Australian and New Zealand photographers from the late 1970s up to the present day Reveries focuses on images made in the presence of or consciousness of death.

Captain Matthew Flinders RN, 1814

an unknown artist, Joyce Gold Naval Chronicle Office

Portrait, stipple engraving on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012

The Movie Star (David Gulpilil), 1985

Tracey Moffatt

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Gift of the artist 1998. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Geoffrey Legge and Frank Watters, 2008

Gary Grealy

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010

2012-13 Acquisition Fund

Annual Appeal

The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.

Tim Fairfax AC

Magazine article by Michael Desmond, 2009

Tim Fairfax AC (b.1946), company director, grazier and philanthropist, is a founding benefactor of the National Portrait Gallery and a former chair of its board of directors.

1 portrait in the collection

Of human clay

The first collaborative commission has arrived. It's a self portrait, it's ceramic and it's from Hermannsburg.

Ross Edwards

Ross Edwards (b. 1943), composer, became determined upon a life of composition as a child.

1 portrait in the collection

Australian Tapestry Workshop

Magazine article by Helen Ennis, 2007

The Australian Tapestry Workshop (formerly the Victorian Tapestry Workshop) was established in 1976, following two years of planning and research on the part of its founding patrons, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and Lady Joyce Delacombe.

2 portraits in the collection

Reveries

The exhibition Reveries: Photography and mortality is a powerful display which brings together images that depict the last phase of people's lives.

2015-17 Acquisition Fund

Annual Appeal

From 2015 to 2017 the Acquisition Fund was focussed on Reg Richardson AM by Mitch Cairns, a finalist in the Archibald Prize 2014, and a great example of minimalist portraiture.

Chandler P. Coventry AM