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Jimmy Little AO (1937–2012), singer, actor and advocate, was a Yorta Yorta man raised at the Cummerangunja Mission near the Murray River, New South Wales.

3 portraits in the collection

Jimmy Wululu

Jimmy Wululu (1936-2005) was a Gupapuyngu (Yolgnu) painter and sculptor.

1 portrait in the collection

Jimmy Barnes AO

Portrait, papercut silhouette drawing

Jimmy Barnes AO (b. 1956), singer/songwriter, is a solo performer and the former lead singer of the quintessential Australian pub band, Cold Chisel.

3 portraits in the collection

Jimmy Ah Foo, 2017

Pamela See

Purchased 2019

Jimmy Little, Dubbo Reconciliation Group Event

Jimmy Little, Dubbo Reconciliation Group Event, 2000

Mervyn Bishop

Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2001

Jimmy Wululu, 1986

Martin van der Wal

Purchased 2005

Jimmy Barnes, 1986

Jim Rolon

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, hand coloured on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Wayne Williams 2012

Jimmy Little, 2003

Juno Gemes

Gift of the artist 2005. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Jimmy Little, Sydney, 2004

John Elliott

Gift of the artist 2005

Jimmy and the Boys, Captain Cook Uni Bar, 30 December 1979. (Ignatius Jones - vocals)

'pling

Image

Ben Mendelsohn, 2006 (printed 2012)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Our First Lesson

Jimmy Widders Hunt

Image

Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel, 1984

Grant Matthews

Gift of John McLean 2008

Richard Roxburgh, 2008 (printed 2012)

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012

Robyn Nevin,

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007

Nicholas Hope,

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007

Claudia Karvan on the set of Love My Way,

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2007

A photograph of Claudia Karvan that blends actor, character, photographer and captures the creative collaboration of the television series Love my way.

Jimmy Barnes and Ian Moss, Cold Chisel 1980

Wendy McDougall

Image

Jimmy and Jane Barnes, 2020

Jesse Lizotte

Purchased 2021

Jimmy & Jane Barnes and Jesse Lizotte

'All you need is love'

Portrait story

Jimmy & Jane Barnes with photographer Jesse Lizotte on collaborating and making their photograph in a bed of roses.

Jimmy and Jane Barnes

In their own words

Recorded 2022

Portrait 40

July - August 2011

Magazine

This issue features Claudia Karvan & Jimmy Pozarik, Agus Suwage & Contemporary Portraiture from Asia, Fred Williams, Zhong Chen, John Bell, The French Antipodes and more.

Proof

Portraits from The Movement 1978-2003

Previous exhibition, 2003

Portraits from The Movement is the first comprehensive survey of photographs from the Juno Gemes archive, which has supported the Aboriginal struggle for justice in Australia from 1978 to the present day.

Jane Barnes

Jane Barnes (b. 1958), musician, was born in Bangkok. After her parents' divorce, she spent her childhood travelling around the world with her diplomat stepfather, mother and two sisters, living in Australia, Italy, Russia, New Guinea, Kiribati, Malta and Malaysia.

1 portrait in the collection

Paul Worstead

Your backstage pass to 70s and 80s sounds and scenes

Paul Worstead (b. 1950) is a conceptual artist, poster maker, T-shirt and fabric designer.

2 portraits in the collection

Jimmy Barnes at The Coogee Bay Hotel 1984 (detail) Grant Matthews

Pub Rock

Previous exhibition, 2020

Celebrate the people, places and sounds of Australian pub rock and its enduring impact on our nation’s identity.

Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown (detail), 2006 (printed 2020) © Peter Brew-Bevan

Australian Love stories

Family, friends, fanatics and foes (and everything in between!)

Previous exhibition, 2021

Reconnect and reflect with our new major exhibition, Australian Love Stories (in real life!) as we explore love, affection and connection in all its guises.

Phillip Gudthaykudthay

Philip Gudthaykudthay (b. 1935) Liyagalawumirr (Yolgnu) bark painter, worked as a young man as a stockman, fencer and crocodile hunter around Milingimbi and Ramingining.

1 portrait in the collection

David Malangi Daymirringu

David Malangi Daymirringu (1927-1999), Manharrngu, bark painter, printer and designer, was born at Mulanga, near the mouth of the Glyde River, just before Christian missionaries arrived on the nearby island of Milingimbi.

1 portrait in the collection

Don Walker

Don Walker (b. 1951) is considered one of Australia's best songwriters.

1 portrait in the collection

Bob Maza

Bob Maza (1939-2000), actor, playwright and activist, was born on Palm Island in North Queensland.

1 portrait in the collection

Jim Rolon

New Jersey-born Jim Rolon (b. 1956) began working as a photographer for a family portrait company in his twenties.

6 portraits in the collection

Robyn A. Nevin AO

Portrait, oil on canvas laid on composition board

Robin Nevin AO (b. 1942), actor, director and theatre administrator, is the artistic director and chief executive officer of the Sydney Theatre Company.

1 portrait in the collection

Songman, portrait of Kev Carmody, 2006

Peter Hudson

Courtesy of Kev Carmody, Song Cycles Pty Ltd.

David Malangi Daymirringu, 1986

Martin van der Wal

Portrait, inkjet print on rag paper

Purchased 2005

Kerrie Lester

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

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

Jack Thompson, 2019 (printed 2021)

Peter Brew-Bevan

Gift of the artist 2021

Nicole Kidman AC

Nicole Kidman (b. 1967), actor, began her film career as a teenager in the Australian ventures Bush Christmas and BMX Bandits (1983).

3 portraits in the collection

Tony Bilson, c. 2005

George Fetting

Portrait, synthetic polymer paint and red ochre on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Tony Bilson 2008

Jack Thompson, 2013

Dr Julie Dowling

Purchased 2015

Nicole Kidman, 2002 (printed 2004)

Karin Catt

Portrait, mixed media on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2005

Patrick Dodson, 2004

Zhou Xiaoping

Gift of the Lingiari Foundation 2015

Thousand Mile Stare

Portrait photography by John Elliott

Previous exhibition, 2004

Thousand mile stare provides a unique portrait of people of rural Australia

Tony Bilson OAM

Tony Bilson, OAM (1944-2020), chef, grew up in Melbourne and was educated at Melbourne Grammar school before opening his first restaurant, La Pomme d'Or, in Camberwell in 1971.

1 portrait in the collection

Jack Thompson AM

Jack Thompson AM (b. 1940) is an actor and the face of the 1970s Australian film renaissance.

3 portraits in the collection

Nicole Kidman, c. 1980

Lewis Morley

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2003
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Nicole Kidman, New York, 2003

Irving Penn

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009

Kev Carmody

Acclaimed singer songwriter and activist Kevin Daniel Carmody (Kev Carmody) is a Bundjalung/Lama Lama man born in Cairns in 1946.

2 portraits in the collection

Zhou Xiaoping