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Ryan Presley
In conversation
Magazine article by April Phillips, 2024
April Phillips (Wiradjuri-Scottish, kalari/galari) yarns with Marri Ngarr artist Ryan Presley about portraiture, resilience and the spirit held within fire.
Blood money - infinite dollar note - Aunty Regina Pilawuk Wilson, 2023
Dr Ryan Presley
Portrait, watercolour on paper
Purchased with funds provided by anonymous donors 2024
Patrick Ryan
Biography
Patrick Ryan (d. 1990) and Tim Burstall set up Eltham Films in the early 1950s, when the local film industry was moribund.
1 portrait in the collection
Portrait of Patrick Ryan, 1971
Fred Williams
Portrait, gouache on paper laid on board
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC 2012
Ryan Presley: Paradise won
Current exhibition
Marri Ngarr artist Ryan Presley’s major installation greets you as you arrive at the Gallery, in a work that invites conversations about the ongoing legacies of colonisation.
Gallery Three
Current exhibition
Gallery Three features major new acquisitions, collection highlights and favourites.
Portrait 71
Magazine
Ryan Presley about portraiture, Emma Kindred on the career of Joan Ross, Ellie Buttrose looks at Archie Moore’s kith and kin, and Joanna Gilmour steps into the world of Julie Rrap.
Elvis in Australia
General content
Die-hard Elvis fans from Canberra and surrounding areas share their insights into the phenomenon that was Elvis Presley.
The steam apprentice, 2009
by Gary Steer
Image
I like to name everything after myself
Joan Ross
Image
Music for the Soul, 2006
by Rick Carter
Image
Elvis At 21
Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer
Previous exhibition, 2013
Elvis at 21 is a photographic exhibition capturing Elvis’ rise to fame in the year 1956, before security and money built walls between him and his fans.
Elvis at 21 media information
25 October 2013
Archived media releases 2013
Press releases and images downloads for media.
Henry Bolte, 1969
Les Tanner, Gus McLaren
Portrait, glazed ceramic
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2004
Karin Catt
Biography
Karin Catt grew up in Newcastle, where she began taking photographs of touring bands while a schoolgirl, and also in London and Hong Kong.
9 portraits in the collection
Noel McGrowdie, 1957 (printed 2003)
Ern McQuillan OAM
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2003