Hossein Valamanesh b. 2 March 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.
Tags: sculptor, public art
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exhibited at
The Drawing Exchange 2018
Date
17 September 2018 - 19 October 2018
Place
Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, SA
Description

Joint exhibit between Adelaide Central School of Art and the National Art School with Louise Haselton, Damian Dillon, Bernadette Klavins, Toni Warburton, Michael Kutschbach, Marian Tubbs, Mary-Jean Richardson, Chelsea Lehmann, Hossein Valamanesh, Gary Deirmendijan, Laura Wills & Kirtika Kain

Type
Exhibition
Tags
drawing, Collaborative, exhibition
Website
http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-gallery/exhibitions/the-drawing-exchange-2018/
exhibited at
Epic Narratives - PICA Salon
Date
July 2015 - August 2015
Description

In 2015 an extended PICA Salon with a distinctly Western Australian focus explores recent artistic tendencies towards storytelling, ideas around humanity and empathy, and a renewed interest in experiences that are phenomenological, esoteric, or sensorially charged.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://pica.org.au/show/pica-salon-2015/
exhibited at
"In the Beginning..." 30 Years of Adelaide Central School of Art: Bloor Court, the first six years 1982 - 1988
Date
20 May 2013 - 15 June 2013
Place
Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, SA
Description

“In the Beginning…” Highlighted the School’s origin at Bloor Court (1982-1988), presenting the work of some of those who contributed to the School’s foundation, including works from the Bloor Court period, and recent works, by Peter Baka, John Hinds, Kay Lawrence, Leo Neuhofer, Christopher Orchard, Anna Platten, Rory Richardson, Rod Taylor and Hossein Valamanesh.

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-gallery/exhibitions/in-the-beginning/
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
Hossein Valamanesh: natural selection
Date
2003
Place
Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Description

This exhibition presents the first opportunity for Canberra audiences to view a large selection of Valamanesh’s installations and smaller sculptural works.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Drill Hall Gallery website: http://info.anu.edu.au/mac/Drill_Hall_Gallery/Program_2003.asp (05/08/03)

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Sculpture, Mixed media, Installation
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
BORDERPANIC
Date
2002
Place
Performance Space and Museum Of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
Deeper Places
Date
2002
Place
Casula Power House Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Tracing the shadow: Hossein Valamanesh recent works
Date
2002
Place
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW
Description

Free admission sponsored by Telstra; MCA Ambassadors; with thanks to the Art Gallery of South Australia. An exhibition of key works spanning the past decade of the career of Iranian born Australian artist Hossein Valamanesh.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
MCA archive printout

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Sculpture, Mixed media, Installation
exhibited at
Hossein Valamanesh
Date
2002
Place
University of South Australia
Description

A series of specially commissioned works by prominent South Australian practitioners in the Art Museum’s North Terrace display window, 24 hour viewing. The Windows series continued until the demolition of the art Museum building for the University of South Australia’s City West stage two development, including a new Art Museum.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
UNISAM exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Sculpture, Mixed media, Installation
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
Hossein Valamanesh: a survey
Date
2001
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

The first major survey of the artist’s work.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGSA annual report; National Library of Australia catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Thomas, Sarah, Hossein Valamanesh: a survey. Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2001.
ISBN 0730830527

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Solo Survey, Sculpture, Mixed media, Installation
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
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Periods active
  • 1970 -
  • 1970-
Residences
  • - Adelaide, SA
  • Adelaide, SA
Tags
  • sculptor
  • public art