| Hossein Valamanesh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 March 1949 |
| Field | Sculpture, Painting |
| Training | Tehran School of Art and South Australian School of Art |
| Awards | Visual Arts Board Grant, Australia Council, Grand Prize at the Dacca Biennale, Bangladesh |
Hossein Valamanesh (born Tehran, Iran, 1949) is one of Australia's contemporary artists. Valamanesh emigrated to Australia in 1973, and lives and works in Adelaide, South Australia.
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Valamanesh attended the Tehran School of Art, graduating in 1970, and later attended the South Australia School of Art, graduating in 1977. [1]
He has completed a number of major public art commissions including An Gorta Mor, memorial to the Great Irish Famine (1999), Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney and 14 Pieces on North Terrace, in Adelaide both with Angela Valamanesh
He was awarded an Australia Council Fellowship 1998. His work is included in most major public Australian art collections. A major survey of his work was held at the Art Gallery of South Australia in 2001 and a survey of his more recent work was held at Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney in 2002.
Valamanesh's field is contemporary art and he has had his work exhibited in numerous galleries, mainly in Australia.[2]
The following museums exhibit his work: