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Reko Rennie
Biography
Reko Rennie (b. 1974) is a Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay/Gummaroi artist living and working in Melbourne.
2 portraits in the collection
Reko Rennie, 2014
Jasper Knight
Portrait, enamel, gloss acrylic, perspex, masonite and metal sign on board
Gift of Patrick Corrigan AM 2020. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
What Do We Want?, 2022
Reko Rennie
Portrait, three-channel moving image, colour, sound, 2 minutes, 20 seconds
Purchased with funds provided by donors 2024
Rennie Ellis
Biography
Rennie Ellis (1940–2003), photographer and writer, began taking photographs while travelling around the world in the 1960s.
21 portraits in the collection
Ken Done, 1987
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2006
Rex Battarbee, c. 1970
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
The Bee Gees, Kings Cross, 1970-1971
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper
Purchased 2021
Tim Burstall, Andamooka (filming of the Last of the Knucklemen), c. 1979
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Ron Barassi, 1975
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Purchased 2006
Graeme Blundell (on bike as Alvin Purple), c. 1973
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Lang Hancock, 1985
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Angus Young, AC/DC, LA, 1978
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Fred Dagg (John Clarke), 1982
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Rosaleen Norton, Witch of Kings Cross, 1970-1971
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Robert Di Pierdomenico "Dipper", 1986
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2006
Helen Reddy, 1978
Rennie Ellis
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2006