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Petrina Hicks
Biography
Petrina Hicks (b. 1972) is a photographer whose work interrogates female identity and the representation of women throughout history.
3 portraits in the collection
Layne Beachley, 2008
Petrina Hicks
Portrait, single channel moving image, colour, silent, continuous loop
Commissioned 2008
Layne Beachley, 2008
Petrina Hicks
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Commissioned 2008
Everybody's heard about the bird
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2008
Two professionals; Australian surfer Layne Beachley and photographer Petrina Hicks, combine their strengths to achieve a remarkable portrait.
Dr Gill Hicks AM MBE
Biography
Gill Hicks AM MBE (b. 1968) is a peace advocate, author, musician and artist.
1 portrait in the collection
Gill Hicks
'I have found a peace within myself'
Portrait story
Peace advocate, author, musician and artist Gill Hicks on her portrait by Tony Kearney.
Gill Hicks
In their own words
In their own words
Recorded 2021
Gill Hicks, 2016
Tony Kearney
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Purchased 2016
Petrina Hicks
More about In the flesh artists
Petrina Hicks has exhibited widely throughout Australia, and internationally, including Germany, Spain, France, Italy, USA and Japan. Her work was selected for screening in the 17th International Videobrasil (2011) and featured in Pingyao International Photography Festival, China (2010).
More about In the flesh artists
General content
The exhibition features work from Jan Nelson, Natasha Bieniek, Patricia Piccinini, Juan Ford, Petrina Hicks, Ron Mueck, Yanni Floros, Sam Jinks, Michael Peck and Robin Eley.
Alienation
More about In the flesh
Segregated from their fellow humans in cellophane prisons, reference points are removed, so it is not certain whether these naked figures could be unwrapped, are about to be subsumed, or will forever be suspended in a plastic stasis.
In the Flesh
15 October 2014
Archived media releases 2014
Press releases and image downloads for media.
In the flesh
Previous exhibition, 2014
In the flesh is an enthralling and immersive experience of contemporary art that confronts the concept of humanness and the experiences of consciousness and emotion. Featuring ten Australian artists including Jan Nelson, Patricia Piccinini, Ron Mueck and Michael Peck, the exhibition explores themes of intimacy, empathy, transience, transition, vulnerability, alienation, restlessness, reflection, mortality and acceptance.
Penelope Seidler, 2019 (printed 2021)
Anne Zahalka
Portrait, pigment ink print on paper
Purchased 2021
National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018 winner announced
23 March 2018
Archived media releases 2018
Finalists have been eagerly awaiting the announcement of the Winner and Highly Commended for the National Photographic Portrait Prize since December. It is our pleasure to announce the Winner for 2018 is Lee Grant for her portrait titled Charlie and Highly Commended has been awarded to Filomena Rizzo for her portrait titled My Olivia.
Now & then
Penelope Seidler
Magazine article, 2024
Photographed 60 years apart, these portraits trace the lives and love story of Penelope Seidler AO and Harry Seidler OBE.