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Ashley Mackevicius
Biography
Ashley Mackevicius grew up in Melbourne, where he became a freelance photographer after attending art school in the mid-1970s.
1 portrait in the collection
Nick Cave, 1973 (printed 1991)
Ashley Mackevicius
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006
Dancenorth Australia (Gideon Obarzanek & Lucy Guerin) Samantha Hines, Mason Kelly, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Josh Mu, Georgia Rudd and Jack Ziesing
Gregory Lorenzutti
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Dancenorth Australia (Gideon Obarzanek & Lucy Guerin) Samantha Hines, Mason Kelly, Jenni Large, Ashley McLellan, Josh Mu, Georgia Rudd and Jack Ziesing
Gregory Lorenzutti
Image
Guardian of the Secretion, 1988
Hany Armanious
Portrait, oil, compressed graphite, bolts, steel chain, brass padlock and plastic on board
Gift of Ashley Barber and Sarah Cottier 2024. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program.
The Renaissance #1, 2015
by Renée Stamatova
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Skater
Portraits by Nikki Toole
Previous exhibition, 2012
Nikki Toole has travelled the world to photograph skateboarders.
Portrait Donors
Listed by year
Honour board
Painting them gently
Magazine article by Penelope Grist, 2015
Penny Grist on motivation, method and melancholy in the portraiture of Darren McDonald.
In profile
Polly Borland
Magazine article by Oliver Giles, 2023
Polly Borland talks to Oliver Giles about the celebrity portraits that made her name and why she’s now making more abstract art.
Alter ego
Magazine article by Tom Fryer, 2021
Tom Fryer surveys the twentieth-century architectural project, and finds representation and the portrait were integral elements.