Nobody’s Portrait is an exhibition by Misako Sugiyama featuring woodcut prints and paintings. Born in Japan in 1953, Sugiyama studied painting at the Central School of Arts in London before immigrating to Australia in 1989.

Sugiyama's work focuses on people but no one person in particular. Starting with the human face she utilises woodcut prints in a unique way. Through numerous prints Sugiyama captures the wide range of nationalities living in Australia. The individual prints are then cut and collaged and mounted on panels, expressing the interplay between cultures, experiences and personalities.

Moving away from the immediacy and simplicity of woodcut printing, Sugiyama has been exploring new dimensions to her work. Her paintings, in particular, are influenced by the contemplation of Zen, and the enigmatic and melancholy moods of the metaphysical period (1909–1919) of Greek-Italian artist de Chirico.

Our fears and hopes about multiculturalism, terrorism, global warming and even everyday life itself, are captured in the anonymous figures found in Sugiyama's contemplative cityscapes. As she says ‘Everyone has a story and in the exhibition if you look long enough you are sure to see yourself or someone you recognise’.