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Nick Cave AO
Biography
Nick Cave AO (b. 1957), singer, songwriter and author, was born in Warracknabeal, Victoria, and educated at Caulfield Grammar School, where he formed his first band, The Boys Next Door.
7 portraits in the collection
Nick Cave by Howard Arkley
Portrait story
An interview with graffiti artist Marc de Jong about the art of Howard Arkley.
Nick Cave, 1999
Howard Arkley
Portrait, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Commissioned with funds provided by L Gordon Darling AC CMG 1999
Nick Cave, 1973 (printed 1991)
Ashley Mackevicius
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2006
Nick Cave, 1994
Bleddyn Butcher
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Nick Cave, 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.
Nick Cave and Rowland S. Howard (of The Birthday Party), 1983
Bleddyn Butcher
Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2002
Nick Cave, Susie Bick and Luke Cave, 1998 (printed 2020)
Dominique Issermann
Portrait, inkjet print on Hanhnemühle paper
Purchased 2022
The Boys Next Door, 1978
Michel Lawrence
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 1999
Nick Mourtzakis
Biography
Nick Mourtzakis (b. 1951) is Melbourne-based artist and teacher. Mourtzajkis migrated to Melbourne with his Greek family in the early 1950s and trained at the Preston Institute of Technology and Mercer House Teachers' College in the early 1970s.
3 portraits in the collection
Nick Seymour
Biography
Nick Seymour (b. 1958), bass guitarist, grew up playing music with his brother and sisters.
2 portraits in the collection
Nick Sinclair
Biography
Nick Sinclair is an acclaimed English photographer who works extensively in fashion and advertising.
2 portraits in the collection
Nick Enright AM
Biography
Nick Enright (1950-2003), playwright and screenwriter, attended Sydney University and the New York University School of the Arts before establishing himself as a dramatist with plays such as Summer Rain and Mongrels.
2 portraits in the collection
Nick Young
Biography
Full time professional artist represented by the Woollahra Times Gallery in Sydney and Hart Galleries in Queensland..
1 portrait in the collection
Tommy, 2019
Nick Kohler
Image
Carly, 2012
by Nick Bowers
Image