BIOGRAPHY |
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| 1949 |
Born in Tehran, Iran |
| 1970 |
Graduated from School of Fine Art, Tehran |
| 1973 |
Emigrated to Australia |
| 1977 |
Graduated from South Australian School of Art, Adelaide |
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currently lives and works in Adelaide, South Australia |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2010 |
Hossein Valamanesh, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Time Travel, 1985-2009, Manning Regional Art Gallery |
| 2009 |
Hossein Valamanesh, AMA Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
NO LOVE LOST, GRANTPIRRIE Gallery, Sydney |
| 2008 |
Hossein Valamanesh, Turner Gallery, Perth |
| 2007 |
This will also pass, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2006 |
Hossein Valamanesh, Sherman Galleries, Sydney |
| 2005 |
Hossein Valamanesh, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2004 |
Hossein Valamanesh and Angela Valamanesh, Sherman Galleries, Sydney |
| 2003 |
Natural Selection, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
Bett Gallery, Hobart |
| 2002 |
Tracing the Shadow: Hossein Valamanesh Recent Works, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Travel Tales, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 2001 |
Hossein Valamanesh: A Survey, Art Gallery of South Australia
Hossein and Angela Valamanesh, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, Sydney |
| 2000 |
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1999 |
Internal Travel, National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Hossein Valamanesh, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney |
| 1998 |
Hossein Valamanesh, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1997 |
Tracing the Shadow, Art Front and Hillside Galleries, Tokyo |
| 1996 |
Hossein Valamanesh, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney |
| 1995 |
Hossein Valamanesh, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Viewers and Audiences, Wollongong City Art Gallery, NSW |
| 1994 |
The Lover Circles His Own Heart, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1993 |
The Lover Circles His Own Heart, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney |
| 1991 |
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
| 1990 |
Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne
Hossein Valamanesh, 1980-1990, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
Macquarie Galleries, Sydney |
| 1988 |
McQuarrie Galleries, Sydney |
| 1987 |
Bonython Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1986 |
Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne
Walter Reid Art Centre, Rockhampton |
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| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2009 |
Great Collections, Museums and Galleries of NSW, touring exhibition |
| 2008 |
Handle with Care, 2008 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of SA
Uneasy, Recent South Australian Art, Anne and Gordon Samstag Museum of Art, University of SA, Adelaide |
| 2006 |
Ephemeral, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan
Prism: Contemporary Australian Art, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo
2006 Clemenger Contemporary Art Award, Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne |
| 2005 |
MCA Collection: New Acquisitions in Context, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Mentor, Mentored, Contemporary Art Centre of SA, Adelaide
Text Me, Sherman Galleries, Sydney |
| 2004 |
One Of: Festivus 04, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Fire Dreaming, University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, Sydney
Skin, Salamanca Art Centre, Hobart |
| 2003 |
Festivus, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
A small private eye, Horsham Regional Gallery and touring |
| 2002 |
2002: The Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Shape of Air, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
Deeper Places, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney
BORDERPANIC, Performance Space, Sydney
Nelson + Valamanesh, Sherman Galleries Hargrave
Group Exhibition, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney |
| 2001 |
the self, freespace Project Space, S.C.A.A., Wynyard
Hermanns Art Award, Sherman Galleries Hargrave, travelling to Tamworth City Gallery, NSW; Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW; Hermanns Melbourne Stores, VIC; Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC; Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC; Wollongong City Gallery, NSW; New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, NSW; Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, NSW; Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery & Arts Centre, NSW; Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
A Century of Collecting 1901–2001, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
7th NICAF: International Contemporary Art Festival 2001 Tokyo, Tokyo International Forum, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Orbit, University of South Australia Art Museum, adelaide |
| 2000 |
ARCO, Madrid, Spain
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Japan
Chemistry: Art in South Australia 1990-2000, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Defiling the Object, Substation Gallery, Singapore |
| 1999-2000 |
The Rose Crossing, Brisbane City Art Gallery, Brisbane; Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Holmes à Court Gallery, Perth, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney |
| 1999 |
1999 Hermanns Art Award, Melbourne
Volume and Form, Singapore |
| 1998 |
Something, Sherman Galleries Goodhope, Sydney
Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne |
| 1997 |
Australian Perspecta, Between Art & Nature, SH Ervin Gallery, 8th Asian Biennial, Bangladesh
Other Stories, Five Australian Artists, Asialink exhibition |
| 1994 |
Aussemblage!, Auckland City Art Gallery, NZ |
| 1993 |
Fifth Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne
Inner Land, Gallery, Soko, Tokyo
Identities : Art from Australia, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan |
| 1989 |
Metro-Mania, Australia and Regions Art Exchange, Perth |
| 1987 |
Painters & Sculptors, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Australian Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, Siatama, Japan |
| 1985 |
Australian Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1983 |
Survey of Recent South Australian Sculpture, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
| 1981 |
Centenary Exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide |
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| SELECTED AWARDS |
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| 2008 |
Artist in Residence, Turner Galleries, and Central TAFE, Perth |
| 2006 |
Artist in Residence, Aomori, Japan
Artist in Residence, ANU School of Art, Canberra |
| 2005 |
Artist in Residence, Sydney Grammar School, NSW |
| 2001 |
Artist in Residence, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland |
| 1998 |
Australia Council Visual Arts/Crafts Fund Fellowship |
| 1997 |
Project Grant Arts SA, Grand Prize 8th Asian Biennial, Bangladesh |
| 1991 |
Visual Arts/Crafts Board Fellowship Residency, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
| 1982 |
Visual Arts Board Grant, Australia Council |
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| SELECTED COMMISSIONS |
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| 2009-10 |
Ginkgo Gate, Botanic Gardens, Adelaide |
| 2008 |
When The Rain Stops Falling, stage design, Brink Productions, Adelaide Festival |
| 2006 |
Here is love, editioned work on paper, Art Gallery of SA, Contemporary Collectors |
| 2005 |
14 Pieces, in collaboration with Angela Valamanesh, North Terrace, Adelaide |
| 2004 |
Unveiled, Australian Phenomics Facility, Australian National University, Canberra |
| 1999 |
An Gorta Mor, Memorial to the Great Irish Famine, in collaboration with Angela Valamanesh, Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney |
| 1996 |
Fault Line, Sculptural environment, Southbank, Melbourne |
| 1994 |
You just sit here... Faret Tachikawa Art Project, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1993 |
Journey, sculptural environment, Rookwood Necropolis, Sydney |
| 1989 |
Knocking from the Inside, sculptural environment, ASER Complex, Adelaide |
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| COLLECTIONS |
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National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
National Gallery of New Zealand
Alice Springs Art Centre, NT
Artbank
University of Melbourne, VIC
University of Queensland, Brisbane
University of South Australia, Adelaide
University of Western Australia, Perth
Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Western Australian Institute of Technology, Perth
Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Aomori, Japan
City of Melville, WA,
Edith Cowan University
Westfarmers
Parliament House Canberra
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
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