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Sayers, Andrew, b. 1957

Andrew Sayers was one of the great curatorial communicators and enthusiasts for Australian art. His time at the National Gallery of Australia led to significant ...

Nolan, Sidney, b. 1917

Sir Sidney Nolan, the son of a Melbourne tram driver, became one of Australia's most celebrated and honoured artists. His Ned Kelly series made him ...

Sleeth, Matthew, b. 1972

artist born in Melbourne in 1972. His practice is conceptually driven across a range of media, including photography, video, sculpture and public installation.

Spooner, John Henry, b. 1946

Popular contemporary Melbourne cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator, printmaker (etchings and drypoints), painter and lawyer.

McCrae, Stewart, b. 1919

Late 20th century Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane cartoonist. He won the Walkley Award in 1978.

Stewart-Killick, Hugh

Late 20th century cartoonist. In 1984 Stewart-Killick self-published a collection of cartoons on suicide called 'Goodbye Cruel World'.

Stringer, John, b. 1937

John Stringer was the innovative exhibition officer at the National Gallery of Victoria who was the guiding spirit behind The Field of 1968. Later he ...

Strizic, Mark, b. 1928

Mark Strizic is one of the remarkable generation of photographers who migrated to Australia in the years after World War II.

Crumpler, Stuart

Crumpler developed the initial 1992 "Crumpler" half-moon shoulder bag design as a bike courier accessory for an organisation formed by Dave Roper, Will Miller and ...

Tandberg, Ron, b. 1943

Prolific contemporary Melbourne newspaper cartoonist and poster artist. He created the much-publicised poster supporting the condom campaign in the fight against AIDS, with the slogan ...

Tanner, Les, b. 1927

Influential mid 20th century political cartoonist. Tanner worked as a cartoonist for the Melbourne Age for 30 years as well as contributing to a number ...

Taylor, Howard, b. 1918

Howard Taylor began to draw and explore his interest in art while a prisoner of war in Europe in the early 1940s. After studying at ...

Taylor, Howard Hamilton, b. 1918

Painter, sculptor and teacher, his work was presented in two retrospectives, in 1985 at the AGWA, and from 2003-06 at ten-venues organised by the MCA ...

Thomas, Daniel, b. 1931

Daniel Thomas is has been a continuing major force in Australian art curatorship since he was first appointed to the Art Gallery of NSW as ...

McMonagle, Tim, b. 1971

Contemporary Melbourne painter and cartoonist. McMonagle did all the drawings in 'Australian Journal of Comedy' volume 3, number 2, 1997.

McCormack, Colin Tjakamarra, b. 1961

Walangari Karntawarra is an Aboriginal elder and internationally exhibited painter originally from Alice Springs whose work uses his traditional 'Central Western Desert' iconography to tell ...