born
1967, Armenia (formerly USSR)
- migrated to Sydney in 1979
resides in
Sydney with partner Nyree and
their son, Jasper
education
2006
Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture,
The National Art School, Sydney,
aiming for completion in November
2006
1990
Bachelor of Engineering (Aeronautical),
Honours, University of NSW
selected
solo shows
2004
Sandstone – soul of the city,
CP Photogalleries, Sydney
2003
Recent Sculpture, Maunsell Wicks
Gallery, Sydney
selected
group shows
2006
The Helen Lempriere National
Sculpture Award, Werribee Park,
Melbourne Vic
2005
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
to Tamarama coastline, Bondi
NSW
2005
10th East Coast Sculpture Show,
Thursday Plantation, Ballina
NSW
2005
The Helen Lempriere National
Sculpture Award, Werribee Park,
Melbourne Vic
2005
Paradise, Purgatory & Hellhole,
Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo NSW
2004
UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award
& Exhibition, University
of Western Sydney, Macarthur
Campus, Macarthur NSW
2004
National Silk Cut Award for
Linocut Prints, Glen Eira City
Gallery, Melbourne Vic
2004
Miniature Sculpture Show - 6x6x6
inches, Defiance Gallery, Newtown
NSW, also in 2003, 2002
2003
8th East Coast Sculpture Show,
Thursday Plantation, Ballina
NSW
2002
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
to Tamarama coastline, Bondi
NSW
2002
Woollahra National Small Sculpture
Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers,
Woollahra NSW
selected
awards/commissions/collections
2006
Winner – Highly Commended Prize,
“fallen temple”, Helen Lempriere
National Sculpture Award 2006
2005
Major Public Art commission,
monumental outdoor sculpture
“LIFE”, Sydney Harbour Foreshore
Authority and TransGrid, given
final approval by City of Sydney,
Ultimo Pedestrian Network, Sydney,
installation due early 2007
2005
Permanent Collection, monumental
sculpture - “chasm”, University
of Western Sydney, Macarthur
Campus
2003
Winner - Main Acquisitive Award,
sculpture - “divine proportion”,
East Coast Sculpture Show, Thursday
Plantation, Ballina, NSW
2003
Permanent Collection, monumental
outdoor sculpture - “us”, Macquarie
University, Sydney
2002
Winner - People’s Choice Award,
“she”, Woollahra National Small
Sculpture Prize, Sydney
2002
Permanent collection, ”Sydney
Sandstone” – entire photographic
collection, City of Sydney
publications
In
addition to appearing in exhibition
catalogues the work has featured
as follows:
2006
Robert Nelson – review, Helen
Lempriere National Sculpture
Award 2006, The Age, April 26
2004
Robert McFarlane – review, “sandstone
– soul of the city” exhibition,
Sydney Morning Herald, September
21
2004
Merran Morrison – article, Artreach,
Regional Arts NSW, winter issue
2004 Caroline Bellinger – interview,
The Daily Telegraph, March 9
2002 author and photographer
of the book “Sydney Sandstone”,
Craftsman House, 2002
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)
outside
of art practice
1999
– 2002 author and photographer,
“Sydney Sandstone”, Craftsman
House, 2002
1996
– 2000 lecturer, Industrial
Design, University of Western
Sydney, Macarthur Campus - largely
responsible for establishing
the Honours program
1992
– 2001 private practice - consultancy
active in R&D, product design,
innovation and commercialisation
1990
– 1992 research engineer – Aeronautical
Research Laboratory, Melbourne
