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Ben Mendelsohn
Biography
Ben Mendelsohn (b. 1969), actor, spent much of his early childhood abroad as his father, a leading medical researcher, worked in Europe and the USA.
2 portraits in the collection
Ben Mendelsohn, 2001 (printed 2014)
Ingvar Kenne
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artist 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Ben Mendelsohn, 2006 (printed 2012)
Jimmy Pozarik OAM
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2012
Raelene Sharp
Biography
Raelene Sharp (b. 1957), artist, was born in Melbourne and began her career as a graphic artist in advertising.
2 portraits in the collection
Bryan Brown, 2008
Adam Knott
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Emile Sherman
Biography
Emile Sherman (b. 1972), film producer, graduated from the University of New South Wales before beginning his career with a documentary about his great-great-uncle Chatzkel, a Lithuanian Jew who lived through both world wars and the Bolshevik revolution.
3 portraits in the collection
In character on location
Magazine article by Alistair McGhie, 2011
A photograph of Claudia Karvan that blends actor, character, photographer and captures the creative collaboration of the television series Love my way.
Selfhood transcended
Magazine article by Dr Anne Sanders and Dr Christopher Chapman, 2018
Anne Sanders and Christopher Chapman bring passionate characterisation to Express Yourself, the Portrait Gallery collection exhibition celebrating iconoclastic Australians.