Hossein Valamanesh b. 1949

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Born in Iran, Hossein Valamanesh migrated to Australia in 1973. His sculptural and installation-based work, which combines cultural elements from Australia and his native Iran, relates to memory, cultural dislocation, loss, and the progression of time.
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exhibited at
This will also pass
Date
2007
Place
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Strange Cargo
Date
2006 - 2008
Place
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

Regional touring exhibition

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www1.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/strangecargo/pages/dispatch.html
exhibited at
Hossein Valamanesh
Date
2006
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
MCA Collection: New Acquisitions in Context
Date
2005
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.mca.com.au/default.asp?page_id=12&content_id=1498
exhibited at
Hossein Valamanesh
Date
2005
Place
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Mentor, Mentored
Date
2005
Place
Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Hossein Valamanesh & Angela Valamanesh
Date
2004
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Skin
Date
2004
Place
Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, Tas.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Natural Selection
Date
2003
Place
Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Tracing the Shadow: Hossein Valamanesh Recent Works
Date
2002
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.mca.com.au/default.asp?page_id=12&content_id=63
exhibited at
2002: The Year in Art
Date
2002
Place
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
7th NICAF: International Contemporary Art Festival 2001 Tokyo
Date
2001
Place
Tokyo International Forum, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Hossein Valamanesh: A Survey
Date
2001
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Defiling the Object
Date
2000
Place
Substation Gallery, Singapore
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Chemistry: Art in South Australia 1990 - 2000
Date
2000
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
ARCO
Date
2000
Place
Madrid, Spain
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Rose Crossing
Date
1999 - 2000
Place
Brisbane City Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Description

TOURING EXHIBITION: Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong; Singapore Art Museum, Singapore; Holmes a Court Gallery, Perth; S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney; Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Internal Travel
Date
1999
Place
National College of the Arts, Lahore, Pakistan
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Volume and Form
Date
1999
Place
Singapore
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Tracing the Shadow
Date
1997
Place
Art Front and Hillside Galleries, Tokyo, Japan
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
8th Asian Biennial
Date
1997
Place
Bangladesh
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Australian Perspecta, Between Art & Nature
Date
1997
Place
S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Hossein Valamanesh
Date
1996
Place
Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Hossein Valamanesh
Date
1995
Place
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Viewers and Audiences
Date
1995
Place
Wollongong City Art Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Description

SOLO

Type
Exhibition
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Related stub person groups
  • Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, SA (associate of)
Related people
  • Valamanesh, Angela (associate of)
  • Valamanesh, Angela (spouse of)
Related works
  • Falling (creator of)
  • Recent arrival (creator of)
  • Leave Your Shoes Here (detail) (creator of)
  • In praise of the beloved (creator of)
  • Untitled 2002 No. 1 (creator of)
  • Untitled (palm leaf) (creator of)
  • Don't say Anything 3 (creator of)
Related collections
  • Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori, Japan (collected in)
  • Western Australian Institute of Technology, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW (collected in)
  • University of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Gryphon Gallery (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • Alice Springs Art Centre, NT (collected in)
  • National Gallery of New Zealand (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Artist-in-residence, Aomori, Japan (received)
  • Artist-in-residence, Australian National University School of Art, Canberra, ACT (received)
  • "14 Pieces" - Collaboration with Angela Valamanesh (received)
  • 2005 : Artist-in-residence, Sydney Grammar School, NSW (received)
  • 2001 : Artist-in-residence, Stein am Rhein, Switzerland (received)
  • "An Gorta Mor, Memorial to the Great Irish Famine" commission - collaboration with Angela Valamanesh, Hyde Park Barracks (received)
  • Australia Council for the Arts - Visual Arts/Craft Fund Fellowship (received)
  • Project Grant, Arts SA (received)
  • Grand Prize, 8th Asian Biennial (received)
  • 1996 : "Fault Line" commission - Sculptural environment, Southbank, Melbourne, Vic. (received)
  • 1994 : "You just sit here..." commission - Faret Tachikawa Art Project, Tokyo, Japan (received)
  • Australia Council for the Arts - Visual Arts/Craft Board Fellowship Residency at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien (received)
  • 1982 : Australia Council for the Arts - Visual Arts Board Grant (received)
Related events
  • Strange Cargo (exhibited at)
  • This will also pass (exhibited at)
  • Hossein Valamanesh (exhibited at)
  • MCA Collection: New Acquisitions in Context (exhibited at)
  • Hossein Valamanesh (exhibited at)
  • Mentor, Mentored (exhibited at)
  • Hossein Valamanesh & Angela Valamanesh (exhibited at)
  • Skin (exhibited at)
  • Natural Selection (exhibited at)
  • Tracing the Shadow: Hossein Valamanesh Recent Works (exhibited at)
  • DBRef(u'xactivity', ObjectId('4da1b4e4b538b73d9301ecf6')) (exhibited at)
  • 2002: The Year in Art (exhibited at)
  • 7th NICAF: International Contemporary Art Festival 2001 Tokyo (exhibited at)
  • Hossein Valamanesh: A Survey (exhibited at)
  • Defiling the Object (exhibited at)
  • Chemistry: Art in South Australia 1990 - 2000 (exhibited at)
  • ARCO (exhibited at)
  • The Rose Crossing (exhibited at)
  • Internal Travel (exhibited at)
  • Volume and Form (exhibited at)
  • Tracing the Shadow (exhibited at)
  • 8th Asian Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Australian Perspecta, Between Art & Nature (exhibited at)
  • Hossein Valamanesh (exhibited at)
  • Hossein Valamanesh (exhibited at)
  • Viewers and Audiences (exhibited at)
  • Assemblage! (exhibited at)
  • The Lover Circles His Own Heart (exhibited at)
  • Identities: Art from Australia (exhibited at)
  • Survey of Recent South Australian Sculpture (exhibited at)
  • Centenary Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • [Solo exhibition] (exhibited at)
  • Hossein Valamanesh, 1980 - 1990 (exhibited at)
  • Painters & Sculptors: Diversity in Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • [Solo exhibition] (exhibited at)
  • [Solo exhibition] (exhibited at)
  • Fifth Australian Sculpture Triennial (exhibited at)