gary deirmendjian selected works
gary deirmendjian selected works |
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personal :::: born 1967, Leninakan Armenia (formerly a Republic of USSR) :::: family moved to Australia in 1979 :::: resides in Sydney with partner Nyree and their son, Jasper |
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education 2006 Master of Fine Arts - Sculpture, National Art School, Sydney 1990 Bachelor of Engineering (Aeronautical), Honours, University of NSW, Sydney |
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selected exhibitions solo 2010 gary deirmendjian - a survey of a broad practice, invited artist, University of Western Sydney, Werrington Campus, Sydney (click) Dec 16 - Feb 28 2009 gary deirmendjian works - short experimental movies - invited artist, LOOP Project Space & Bar (click), Melbourne Apr 7 - Apr 18 2007 gary deirmendjian - Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney Mar 21 - Apr 14 2006 wrestling with art - monumental expressions - MFA exhibition, NAS Gallery, National Art School, Sydney 2004 sandstone, soul of the city - photography from Sydney Sandstone collection, CP Photogalleries, Sydney 2003 Recent Sculpture - Maunsell Wicks Gallery, Sydney 2002 Sydney Sandstone (Craftsman House, 2002), launched by David Malouf & Philip Cox, Museum of Sydney (click) |
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group 2010 2010 - NAS MFA Graduates 02 to 09 - Survey Exhibition of first 20 MFA graduates, NAS Gallery, National Art School, Sydney Feb 24 - Mar 9 Sculpture 2010 - invited artist, Brennda May Gallery, Sydney Jan 13 - Jan 31 2009 The Armory Exhibition 2009 - invited artist, Newington Armory, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney Jun 28 - Sep 27 cut.paste - survey, collage based practices, Australian National Capital Artists Inc. (ANCA), Canberra Jul 14 - Jul 26 Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe - invited artist, Cottesloe Beach, Perth WA Mar 5 - Mar 24 Landscape - invited artist, Gallery@28, Sydney Jul 21 - Aug 11 Liverpool City Art Prize - Casula Powerhouse, Sydney Nov 7 - Jan 10 46, Folk 1 - invited artist, SNO - Contemporary Art Projects, Sydney Mar 7 - Mar 29 Sculpture 2009 - invited artist, Global Gallery, Sydney Jan 20 - Feb 14 Drawcard 09 - National Art School Fundraiser, NAS Gallery, Sydney Apr 8 - Apr 16 Moran Contamporary Photographic Prize - semi finalist 2008 Artist at my Table - Plate Auction - artists invited to paint ceramic plates, FONAS fundraiser, Cellblock, National Art School, Sydney Nov 11 Sydney Visionaries - key individuals that transformed Sydney - invited artist, permanent exhibition, photography from Sydney Sandstone collection, Museum of Sydney Sep onwards 57th Blake Prize - NAS Gallery, National Art School, Sydney Sep 5 - Oct 4 3D Painting - invited artist, Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney Aug 30 - Oct 8 Five Lands Walk - Sculpture Exhibition - invited artist, ephemeral site specific work, Gosford Regional Gallery, Avoca Beach NSW Jun 21 UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award & Exhibition - University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Campus, Sydney May 3 - Jun 1 Drawcard 08 - National Art School Fundraiser, NAS Gallery, Sydney Apr 30 Moran Contamporary Photographic Prize - semi finalist 2007 Sculpture by the Sea - Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney Nov 1 - 18, 2007 McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award 2007 - McClelland Gallery, Melbourne Vic Nov 18, 2007 - Jul 6, 2008 National Photographic Portrait Prize - National Portrait Gallery, Canberra ACT Dec 6, 2007 - Mar 23, 2008 2006 The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award - Werribee Park, Melbourne Vic Drawcard 06 - National Art School Fundraiser, NAS Gallery, Sydney Dimensions - invited artist, 4 person exhibition, Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney 2005 Sculpture by the Sea - Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney East Coast Sculpture Show - Thursday Plantation, Ballina NSW Sculpture Inside @ Maunsell Wickes Gallery - invited artist, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award - Werribee Park, Melbourne Vic Paradise, Purgatory & Hellhole - invited artist, photography from Sydney Sandstone collection, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Infusion 2005 - Cellblock, National Art School, Sydney 2004 UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award & Exhibition - University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Campus, Sydney East Coast Sculpture Show - Thursday Plantation, Ballina NSW National Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints - Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne Vic Miniature Sculpture Show - 6x6x6 inches - Defiance Gallery, Newtown, Sydney (also in 2003, 2002) Willoughby City Art Prize 04- Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney Sculpture 2004 @ Maunsell Wickes Gallery - invited artist, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney 2003 8th East Coast Sculpture Show - Thursday Plantation, Ballina NSW less is moore - invited artist, BMG Art, Adelaide SA Willoughby City Art Prize 03 - Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney 2002 Sculpture by the Sea - Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney Woollahra National Small Sculpture Prize - Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney |
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awards commissions & collections 2009 mentor - awarded by invitation to help support the work and career of Sydney artist Akira Kamada, The Clitheroe Foundation Mentoring Program invited curatorial panelist, Sculpture by the Sea - selected the 13th annual Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Exhibition, with co-panalists Brenda May (Director, Brenda May Gallery) and Axel Arnott (Head Curator, Sculpture by the Sea) public art commission - echo (click) public plaza, Ibis Hotel development, King Street Wharf, Cox Richardson design, City of Sydney approval, cnr Erskine & Sussex Streets, Sydney - completed Jan 09 permanent collection - photographic collection art deco - detail, City of Sydney, Archives permanent collection - photographic collection dust storm - fanta day, City of Sydney, Archives 2008 public art EOI - invited artist (one of four), Stanley Street Upgrade, Johnson Pilton Walker, project suspended by City of Sydney permanent collection - urban real (click), major work, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Melbourne Vic 2007 major public art (free to public) - a life (click), project resulting from the artist's own intent and initiative, enabled through Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and TransGrid, City of Sydney approval, adjacent ABC Building, Ultimo Pedestrian Network (UPN), Sydney - completed May 07 invited artist - public art commission Wyndham's Refuse Disposal Facility, Wyndham City Council, Melbourne Vic, project postponed 2006 highly commended prize - fallen temple (click), Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award public art - push (click), existing work acquired to commemorate 1998 Patrick’s Dispute, Maritime Union of Australia, East Darling Harbour waterfront redevelopment, approval by Premiers Department and Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority - expected installation mid to late 2009 permanent collection - chasm (click), a major work, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Campus 2003 winner, main acquisitive award - divine proportion (click), East Coast Sculpture Show, Thursday Plantation, Ballina, NSW permanent collection - us, a major work, Macquarie University, Sydney 2002 winner, people’s choice award - she, Woollahra National Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney permanent collection - entire photographic collection produced in preparation of the book sydney sandstone (click), Craftsman House, 2002, City of Sydney |
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presentations, publications & media In addition to appearing in exhibition catalogues ... 2010 H. Slawik [et al.] - consumer temple - broken icon (click) featured Container Atlas, major book on container architecture, Gestalten, Berlin (click), March artist talk - gary deirmendjian - a survey of a broad practice, exhibition, University of Western Sydney, Art Gallery, Werrington Campus, February 13 & 25 John Matthews – critical review, Sculpture 2010 @ Brenda May Gallery, ArtKritique Blogspot (click), January 16 2009 invited speaker - the developing practice: with emphasis on working in scale, Art Forum Lecture Series, National Art School, Sydney, September 16 Fenella Kernebone - report, Armory Art, interview and feature of work consumer temple - broken icon (click) Sunday Arts, ABC, August 9 Alison Mills - article Art's shipping tales, Parramatta Sun, July 8 anonymous article Armory Exhibition accused of censorship, Artist Milestones News, Australian Art Collector Magazine, July 7 featured work - sediment true, New Work Friday #17, The Art Life blog spot (click), May 29 invited speaker - my work & practice, Guest Lecture Series, Sydney Gallery School, Meadowbank TAFE, April 9 2008 featured work - the yellow hoop, New Work Friday #11, The Art Life blog spot (click), November 7 Jethro Lyne - controversy in christian art, lecture in relation to the Blake Prize, work sediment-I discussed, National Art School, September 17 Brian Robins - article Hungry Mile to be set in stone, Sydney Morning Herald, June 11 review - Photographic Portraiture, National Photographic Portrait Prize, Sunday Arts, ABC1 TV, March 9 invited speaker - sandstone - its poetry beckoned an artist, Architectural Review seminar, The Dome, Sydney Showground, April 17-18 2007 Jethro Lyne - panel discussion at conference - the work a life (click) used as case study, Sculpture in Public Space, invited speaker - presentation regarding the work subject to coindition (click), Sculpture in Public Space, J. Lemann [et al.] - work lantern (click) featured in the book, The Gib: Mount Gibraltar, Southern Highlands, 2006 Jethro Lyne - lecture The hand of the artist: creativity, intimacy and the texture of art, work chasm discussed, National Art School, December 13 Robert Nelson – critical review, Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award 2006, The Age, April 26 2004 Robert McFarlane – critical review, exhibition sandstone – soul of the city, Sydney Morning Herald, September 21 Merran Morrison – article, Thursday's Child, Artreach, Regional Arts NSW, winter issue Caroline Bellinger – interview/article, The leader of the packers, The Daily Telegraph, March 9 2002 author and photographer of the book Sydney Sandstone, Craftsman House, 2002 (click here for details) Large format photographic book providing an intimate portrait of the city’s own building medium - features essay contributions by Dr Tim Flannery (Director, South Australia Museum), Dr Shirley Fitzgerald (City Historian, City of Sydney), Assoc. Prof. Philip Cox, AO (architect, UNSW) and Dr James Broadbent (Senior Curator, Historic Houses Trust). For a list of related media coverage click PDF |
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background - prior to full time art practice 1999 – 2002 author/photographer - in preparation for publication of, Sydney Sandstone, Craftsman House, 2002 1996 – 2000 lecturer - Industrial Design, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Campus - largely responsible for establishing the Honours program 1992 – 2000 private practice - active in product design and the development and commercialisation of own intellectual property 1990 – 1992 research engineer - Aeronautical Research Laboratory, Department of Defence, Melbourne |
