© National Portrait Gallery 2026
King Edward Terrace, Parkes
Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
Phone +61 2 6102 7000
ABN: 54 74 277 1196
Andy Kent
Biography
You am I (Tim Rogers, Andy Kent, Russell Hopkinson) Sydney rock band, was formed in 1989 and released their first album in 1993 to great critical acclaim.
1 portrait in the collection
Andy Kent (You Am I), 1995
Montalbetti + Campbell
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Gift of the artists 2003
Jerry Jerome, c. 1912
Milton Kent
Portrait, cellulose acetate negative
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2015
A handful of sand
Magazine article by Ellen Kent, 2007
Ellen Kent examines the portrait of Vincent Lingiari and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam taken by photographer Mervyn Bishop.
Andy Thomas
'When I grow up I want to be an astronaut'
Portrait story
An interview with Australian astronaut, Dr. Andy Thomas, who describes the experience of space travel.
Andy Thomas AO
Biography
Andy Thomas AO (b. 1951) is an astronaut. Born and educated in Adelaide, an engineer by profession, he managed a number of aeronautical programs and patented several inventions before joining NASA in 1992.
1 portrait in the collection
Andy Andy, 2026
Ronnie van Hout
Portrait, paint, UV resin, glue, clothing, flocking, polyurethane, polystyrene, steel, MDF and Super 8 transferred to digital video, 3:18 minutes
Commissioned with funds provided by Tim Fairfax AC and the ICONS Syndicate 2026
Andy Thomas, 2002
Montalbetti + Campbell
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2002
The Final Frontier
Magazine article by Magda Keaney, 2002
Magda Keaney talks with Montalbetti+Campbell about their photographic portrait of Australian astronaut Andy Thomas.
Brainstorm
Inside the mind of Andy Griffiths
Event, Daily from Saturday 26 Sep
Before you see the new portrait of best-selling children’s author Andy Griffiths by Ronnie van Hout, discover where Andy’s inspiration comes from.
Andy Griffiths
Exhibition
Once upon a time, in a not-so-faraway land, there was a Gallery that decided to commission a portrait of Andy Griffiths!
S Teddy D
by Elly Kent
Artist essays
S Teddy D was born in Padang, Sumatra in 1970, and studied painting at the Institut Seni Indonesia (Indonesian Institute of Art) in Yogyakarta.
Tim Rogers
Biography
You am I (Tim Rogers, Andy Kent, Russell Hopkinson) Sydney rock band, was formed in 1989 and released their first album in 1993 to great critical acclaim.
1 portrait in the collection
Russell Hopkinson Rusty Hopkinson
Biography
You am I (Tim Rogers, Andy Kent, Russell Hopkinson) Sydney rock band, was formed in 1989 and released their first album in 1993 to great critical acclaim.
1 portrait in the collection
Halloween – Sam Slater and Andy Lavender, 2009
by Raoul Slater
Image
Portrait 5
September - November 2002
Magazine
This issue of Portrait Magazine features Bill Leak's portrait of Robert Hughes, Polly Borland's photographs, Bill Brandt, Andy Thomas, Tracey Moffatt and more.