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Anthony McMenamin (born January 25, 1992) is an Australian artist best known for his self-portraiture—a practice developed across his time at University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts. He lives and works in Sydney. Among his most famous works is the digital composite diptych of his muse, Meng-Yu Yan, Concept (2013), and another diptych, Brothers (2012), an analogue self-portrait. McMenamin and Yan are regarded as two artists currently on the forefront of photographic self-portraiture, spearheading the emergent discipline of psychological autoportraiture.

Both his recent works and juvenilia are held in public and private collections worldwide. Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery has represented him since 2011. Interest in his juvenilia may largely be attributed to art critic John McDonald, whose 2012 Sydney Morning Herald article featured an interview with McMenamin and a glowing appraisal of his early work. This feature not only served to introduce his early work, but also facilitated the wide dissemination of his more recent practice to the general public.

Early life and education
McMenamin was born in Cape Town, South Africa, the first child of Colleen (née McKitterick) and Michael McMenamin. He was baptised Christian but later began to self-identify as an atheist. McMenamin's family is middle-class. His mother is currently a teacher's aide, and his father the General Manager of Strategy, Planning & Development for Caltex Australia. His father's work took him to Zimbabwe, Singapore, Connecticut, and Wellington before finally settling in Sydney in 2005. He attended Years 7-12 at Barker College, Hornsby, where his talent was encouraged by the visual arts faculty. He experimented in mixed media, culminating in various works, such as his acrylic Portrait of Sister in Style of Ben Quilty, and sculpture set of menu, salad and pie in homage to Tim Burton. During this time, McMenamin also created an information booklet about Banksy and Blek le Rat, that was later published as a zine in 2014 for purchase from the gift shop at his retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Exhibitions
McMenamin first exhibited in Sydney in 2010, in the Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, and was subsequently exhibited in Primavera at the Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art later that year. His first solo show was held at Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada, in 2011 as a result of the exposure generated from Primavera. In 2014, the Art Gallery of New South Wales inaugurated a retrospective of his practice. The exhibition is currently due to tour Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

Selected Exhibitions

 * 2010 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize (Highly Commended), State Library of New South Wales, Sydney; Barker College HSC Exhibition, Sydney; Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
 * 2011 The Pride Exhibition and Art Award, Tap Gallery, Sydney; Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
 * 2012 Tap Gallery's 23rd Birthday Exhibition, Sydney; Museum of Modern Art, New York
 * 2013 Illusion, Kudos Gallery, Sydney ; Sydney Contemporary; AUTOportrait, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
 * 2014 Retrospective, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Archive, UNSW Australia Art and Design, Sydney