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Recruit (Self Portrait in the image of my son), 2012 by Michael Peck

Michael Peck

More about In the flesh artists

Born in Melbourne in 1977, Michael Peck has a Bachelor of Fine Art (honours) (Painting) from Monash University. He has exhibited as a solo artist since 1998, when he won the National Gallery of Victoria’s Trustees Award.

Pat Corrigan

Pat Corrigan

Pat Corrigan

Pat Corrigan, 2007 (printed 2021)

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Purchased 2021

Sally Smart standing in her wooden floored studio holding a puppet

Sally Smart

Artists and Collectives

Based in Naarm/Melbourne, Sally Smart is known nationally and internationally for her large-scale cut-out assemblages, collages, textile works and puppetry.

Smalltown Boy (Surfers Paradise)

Smalltown Boy (Surfers Paradise)

Smalltown Boy (Surfers Paradise)

Smalltown Boy (Surfers Paradise), 2018

Portrait, gilcée print on paper

Purchased 2021

Smalltown Boy (Perth)

Smalltown Boy (Perth)

Smalltown Boy (Perth)

Smalltown Boy (Perth), 2018

Portrait, gilcée print on paper

Purchased 2021

Sir James Martin

Sir James Martin

Sir James Martin (1820-1886) was fourth Chief Justice of New South Wales.

1 portrait in the collection

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown, 2008

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013

Rose, 2011 by Natasha Bieniek

Natasha Bieniek

More about In the flesh artists

Born in Melbourne, Natasha Bieniek began her formal artistic training at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2002. Bieniek’s When the music’s over (2006) won the Nino Sanciolo Art Prize, a painting scholarship to study at the Accademia d’Arte in Florence, where she learnt the ancient technique of egg tempera.

The Boss, Ross Wilson

The Boss, Ross Wilson

The Boss, Ross Wilson

The Boss, Ross Wilson, 2009

Portrait, type C photograph on paper

Collection: National Portriat Gallery
Gift of the artist 2011

Maquette for 'Divide'

Sam Jinks

Sam Jinks developed a talent for drawing and constructing his ideas alongside his father, a Melbourne cabinetmaker.

2 portraits in the collection

Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes, 2020 Nic Walker

Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes

Hedda Morrison

Hedda Morrison

Hedda Morrison

Hedda Morrison, 1941 (printed 2004)

Alastair Morrison

Portrait, type C photograph from an original negative on paper

Gift of the artist 2004

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Hong Fu

Hong Fu was born in China in 1946 and held his first solo exhibition at the National Art Gallery, Beijing, in 1988.

1 portrait in the collection

Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts (b. 1968), actress, was born in England and came to Australia from Wales at the age of fourteen.

1 portrait in the collection

Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes

Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes

Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes

Stan Grant and Tracey Holmes, 2020

Portrait, archival pigment print on Canson Edition Etching cotton rag paper

Gift of the artist 2021

The Boss, Ross Wilson

Ross Wilson

Ross Wilson (b. 1947), musician and producer, started playing in bands as a schoolboy, fronting the Pink Finks and the Party Machine in the late 1960s.

3 portraits in the collection

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