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The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

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Wandjuk Marika

Wandjuk Marika OBE

Wandjuk Marika OBE (1927–1987), artist and activist, was a Rirrratjingu (Yolgnu) Elder, and a member of the Marika family of artists from the Gove Peninsula, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.

1 portrait in the collection

Wandjuk Marika

Wandjuk Marika

Wandjuk Marika

Wandjuk Marika, 1979

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned on paper

Purchased 2004

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Dr B Marika AO

Dr B Marika AO (1954–2021), Yolgnu leader, printmaker, arts administrator, environmentalist and cultural activist, was a member of the renowned Marika family of artists and activists.

2 portraits in the collection

Mawalan Marika

Mawalan Marika

Mawalan Marika (c. 1908–1967), ceremonial leader, political activist and artist, was leader of the Rirratjingu clan, upon whose Arnhem Land country the Yirrkala Mission was established in the mid-1930s.

1 portrait in the collection

Dr B Marika AO, 2020 Mihail Tsikas

Dr B Marika AO

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Dr B Marika AO, 2020

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Gift of the artist 2022

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Dr B Marika AO, 1990

Portrait, type C Duraflex print on paper

Gift of Leo Christie 2003. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.

Mawalan Marika

Mawalan Marika

Mawalan Marika

Mawalan Marika, c. 1963

Portrait, oil on canvas on board

Purchased 2015

Gayili Marika - Galupa Safety House, 2016 by Peter McConchie

Gayili Marika - Galupa Safety House, 2016

by Peter McConchie

Dulcie Sharpe and Rhonda Sharpe in a room with a brown tile floor, next to a wooden table with soft animal sculptures

Yarrenyty Arltere Artists

Artists and Collectives

A not-for-profit Aboriginal owned and run art centre, Yarrenyty Arltere Artists in Mparntwe/Alice Springs are known for their unique and distinctive soft sculptures that reveal stories and experiences of life in their community.

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Rhonda Sharpe

Luritja woman Rhonda Sharpe was born in 1977 in Alice Springs and is an artist working out of Yarrenyty Arltere Artists, in the Larapinta Valley Town Camp.

2 portraits in the collection

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Acknowledgments

Disability Inclusion Action Plan 2023–25

The Gallery would like to acknowledge and thank the people who contributed their time and expertise to participate in the development of this DIAP.

Trevor Jamieson, 2016 by Brett Canet-Gibson

The more things change...

NPPP 2017 exhibition essay

General content

Dr Sarah Engledow, National Photographic Portrait Prize judge and curator, introduces the 2017 Prize.

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