© National Portrait Gallery 2026
King Edward Terrace, Parkes
Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Phone +61 2 6102 7000
ABN: 54 74 277 1196
Search / gavin fry
Bill Leak
Gavin Campbell, 1993
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the Australian Securities Exchange 2012
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Gavin Campbell
Biography
Gavin Campbell (b. 1935) was the first managing director and chief executive officer of the Australian Stock Exchange, brought in in late 1988 to manage the federation of the six exchanges, cutting costs, trimming staff and centralising operations.
1 portrait in the collection
Don Bachardy
Coral Browne, 1975
Portrait, pencil with ink wash on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Max Dupain OBE
Leon Gellert with mask, 1936
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Gift of Danina Dupain Anderson 2017. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Anne Zahalka
Kerrie Lester, 1990
Portrait, type C Duraflex print on paper
Gift of Leo Christie 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Emily Hunt
(Leila Waddell) Chain of being, 2023-2024
Portrait, etching on paper
Gift of the artist 2025. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
Times like these
Magazine article by Gavin Fry, 2010
Gavin Fry examines the art and career of the Australian painter Rick Amor.
Jay Hynes
Vox pops
Dave has a brother Gavin and they live in the 'burbs and they went to school with a friend of mine.
Margaret Woodward
Biography
Margaret Woodward (b. 1938), painter, grew up in Sydney where she gained a scholarship to study art at the NAS.
3 portraits in the collection
Leon Gellert
Biography
Leon Gellert (1892-1977), poet and journalist, was a physical education teacher at Hindmarsh Public School in his native Adelaide in 1914.
1 portrait in the collection
Kerrie Lester
Biography
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
Peter Elliott AM
Biography
Peter Elliott AM (1927–2014) was an obstetrician, gynaecologist and gynaecological oncologist as well as a significant art collector and patron.
6 portraits in the collection
Be frank
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2020
Close encounters are the genesis for Graeme Drendel’s enticing portraiture.
In Profile
Emily Hunt
Magazine article by Isobel Parker Philip and Dr Emma Kindred, 2025
Isobel Parker Philip and Emma Kindred delve into Emily Hunt’s embellished marionettes and intricate etchings which layer history, memory and magic.
Rick Amor: 21 Portraits
General content
Sarah Engledow chronicles Rick Amor's work and accomplishments in this extensive essay in conjunction with the exhibition Rick Amor: 21 Portraits.
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2020
Previous exhibition, 2020
The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.