1967

Born in Leninakan Armenia, USSR – now Gyumri, Armenia

1979

Family moved to Australia

Lives in Sydney

EDUCATION

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Master of Fine Arts – Sculpture, National Art School, Sydney

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Bachelor of Engineering (Aeronautical), Honours, University of NSW, Sydney

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

13

MICROVIDS, touring exhibition produced by dLux MediaArts, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, QLD

12

MICROVIDS, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

12

outside wall work #22, Factory 49, Sydney

11

Skin, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

10

ECG, Project Space, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

10

Gary Deirmendjian – A Survey of a Broad Practice, University of Western Sydney, Werrington Campus, Sydney

09

Gary Deirmendjian works – Short Experimental Movies – invited artist, LOOP Project Space & Bar, Melbourne

07

Gary Deirmendjian, Esa Jaske Gallery, Sydney

06

Wrestling With Art – Monumental Expressions, MFA exhibition, NAS Gallery, National Art School, Sydney

04

Sandstone, Soul of the City – photography from Sydney Sandstone collection, CP Photogalleries, Sydney

03

Recent Sculpture, Maunsell Wicks Gallery, Sydney

02

Sydney Sandstone (Craftsman House, 2002), launched by David Malouf & Philip Cox, Museum of Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

13

Sculpture by the Sea – Aarhus, major public installation, Aarhus Denmark

13

Art Month and Rozelle Contemporary Art Precinct, invited artist, public MICROVIDS, Rozelle

13

22.2, in collaboration with John Adair, Factory 49, Sydney

12

22.2, in collaboration with John Adair, Factory 49, Sydney

12

Excavation: The Armory Exhibition 2012, Newington Armory, Sydney Olympic Park

12

Sculpture in the Vines, Wollombi, Hunter Valley New South Wales

12

Art Month and launch of Rozelle Contemporary Art Precinct, public installation, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

12

UWS Sculpture Award and Exhibition – finbalist, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Campus, Sydney

11

Sculpture by the Sea – Aarhus, major public installation, Aarhus Denmark

11

Willoughby Sculpture Prize – Willoughby Incinerator Art Space, Sydney

11

Sculpture by the Sea – Bondi – Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney

10

Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney

10

Sculpture at Sawmillers, Sawmillers Reserve, McMahons Point, Sydney,

10

Cranium, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

10

NAS MFA Graduates 02 to 09 – Survey Exhibition of first 20 MFA graduates, NAS Gallery, National Art School

10

Sculpture 2010, Brennda May Gallery

09

The Armory Exhibition 2009, Newington Armory, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney

09

Cut.Paste – survey, collage based practices, Australian National Capital Artists Inc. (ANCA), Canberra

09

Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe, Cottesloe Beach, Perth WA

09

Landscape, Gallery@28, Sydney

09

Liverpool City Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse, Sydney

09

46, Folk 1, SNO – Contemporary Art Projects, Sydney

09

Sculpture 2009, Global Gallery, Sydney

09

Drawcard 09, National Art School Fundraiser, NAS Gallery, Sydney

09

Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize – semi finalist

08

Artist at my Table – Plate Auction – artists invited to paint ceramic plates, FONAS fundraiser, Cellblock, National Art School, Sydney Nov 11

08

Sydney Visionaries – key individuals that transformed Sydney, photography from Sydney Sandstone collection, Museum of Sydney

08

57th Blake Prize – NAS Gallery, National Art School, Sydney

08

3D Painting, Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney

08

Five Lands Walk – Sculpture Exhibition, ephemeral site specific work, Gosford Regional Gallery, Avoca Beach NSW

08

UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award & Exhibition, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Campus, Sydney

08

Drawcard 08, National Art School Fundraiser, NAS Gallery, Sydney

08

Moran Contamporary Photographic Prize – semi finalist

07

Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney

07

McClelland Sculpture Survey & Award 2007 – McClelland Gallery, Melbourne Vic

07

National Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra ACT

06

The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Melbourne Vic

06

Drawcard 06, National Art School Fundraiser, NAS Gallery, Sydney

06

Dimensions, 4 person exhibition, Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney

05

Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney

05

East Coast Sculpture Show, Thursday Plantation, Ballina NSW

05

Sculpture Inside @ Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney

05

The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Melbourne Vic

05

Paradise, Purgatory & Hellhole, photography from Sydney Sandstone collection, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

05

Infusion 2005, Cellblock, National Art School, Sydney

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UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award & Exhibition, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Campus, Sydney

04

East Coast Sculpture Show, Thursday Plantation, Ballina NSW

04

National Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints, Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne Vic

04

Miniature Sculpture Show – 6x6x6 inches – Defiance Gallery, Newtown,

04

Willoughby City Art Prize 04, Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney

04

Sculpture 2004 @ Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Maunsell Wickes Gallery, Sydney

03

8th East Coast Sculpture Show, Thursday Plantation, Ballina NSW

03

Less is Moore, BMG Art, Adelaide SA

03

Willoughby City Art Prize 03, Willoughby Civic Centre, Sydney

02

Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney

02

Woollahra National Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney

AWARDS & COMMISSIONS

13

colour of tease – kings cross (2013), permanent collection, ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark

12

core, winning proposal Echology: Making Sense of Data, Brisbane, major public art commission EOI, partners ANAT (Aust. Network for Art & Technology) Carbon Arts & Lend Lease

11

major public installation – consumer temple – aarhus, invited artis, commissioned by Sculpture by the Sea – Aarhus, Denmark

11

invited artist commission, Patron’s Miniature Series, Sculpture by the Sea

11

invited loan – flake, major work, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Melbourne Vic

11

permanent collection – inner, Werribee Mansion, Parks Victoria, Melbourne Vic

10

Public art commission – arc de triomphe individuel commissioned by Sydney Olympic Park Authority, commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Sydney Olympics

10

Public art commission – invited artist to redevelop public art commitment for existing development, Darling Island Apartments, Sydney

10

Permanent collection – From Kerbstone to Keystone – trachyte, photographic imagery, City of Sydney, Archives

09

Mentor – awarded by invitation to help support the work and career of Sydney artist Akira Kamada, The Clitheroe Foundation Mentoring Program

09

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).

09

Public art commission, Echo, public plaza, Ibis Hotel development, King Street Wharf, corner of Erskine & Sussex Streets, Sydney.

08

Public art EOI – invited artist (one of four), Stanley Street Upgrade, Johnson Pilton Walker, project suspended by City of Sydney

07

major public art (free to public) – a life, project resulting from the artist’s own intent and initiative, enabled through Sydney Harbour

07

Foreshore Authority and TransGrid, City of Sydney approval, adjacent ABC Building, Ultimo Pedestrian Network (UPN), Sydney.

07

Invited artist – public art commission Wyndham’s Refuse Disposal Facility, Wyndham City Council, Melbourne Vic, project postponed

06

Highly commended prize – Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award

03

Winner, main acquisitive award, East Coast Sculpture Show, Thursday Plantation, Ballina, NSW

02

Winner, people’s choice award, Woollahra National Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney

MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS

13

John McDonald, review “Coastal views”, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, June 15

13

Af Hans Petersen, article “Kæmpe skrotbunke er en skulptur”, Århus Stiftstidende, Denmark, May 28

13

National News, report “ Sculpture by the sea – Århus”, DR1, Denmark, 21:30, May 27

12

Michaël Picoron, review “GARY DEIRMENDJIAN”, Close to Art (distr. PDF), ANNÉE 2 # 9, France

12

Adam Geczy, article “Digging Deep – Excavation The Armory Exhibition 2012”, Art Monthly, Issue 254 – October

12

Joseph Brennan, article “FACTORY 49 – Substance Without Subject”, Australian Art Review, Issue 35 – September

12

National Art School – Sculpture Teachers, full page advert, Australian Art Review, Issue 35 – September

12

Jesse Cox, interview, Pedro de Almeida (Curator, EXCAVATION: The Armory Exhibition 2012), radio program Canvas, FBI (94.5 FM), June 24

12

Ben Garrard, article “Sydney Sandstone” (re the book), Australian Art Review, March, Issue 32

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Elizabeth Fortescue, article/interview “SIGN OF THE TIMES”, Best Weekend, The Daily Telegraph, October 29

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Elizabeth Fortescue, interview “BEST WEEKEND: Sculpture by the Sea”, online video, thetelegraph.com.au, 29 October

11

Sculpture by the Sea: The First Fifteen Years 1997 – 2011, Book, featured artist

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Susan Wellings, Lobby for change, Domain, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, October 15

11

Anders Aamand – documentary, Enken og ællingen – og andre værker i vandkanten, work consumer temple – aarhus (click) shown, DR k, 20:30, June 20

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article, Art market news, Art Market Report, Issue 39, 2nd Quarter

11

John McDonald – article, Creative Coast, work consumer temple – aarhus discussed, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, June 18

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Lisbeth Ellebæk Nielsen – interview, Mød fire af kunstnerne, consumer temple – aarhus featured, online video (click), Kunst Klubben, DR, June

11

Line Henriksen Riisager – article, Scultpure by the sea, work consumer temple – aarhus discussed, Kultur22 (click), June 6

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Anne Mette Thomsen – article, Sculpture by the Sea Aarhus – kunst til alle, work consumer temple – aarhus discussed, Kunsten.nu (click), June 3

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Erling Vester Jacobsen – article, Klar til kunstinvasion, work consumer temple – aarhus featured, JP Aarhus, June 2

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general footage – news report, Frederik og Mary åbnede kunstudstilling, work consumer temple – aarhus shown, Nyhederne, TV2 Denmark, June 2

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Louise Schwartzkoff – SKIN, Open Gallery, Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, May 14

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artist talk – skin, exhibition, Artereal Gallery, Sydney

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H. Slawik [et al.], Consumer Temple – Broken Icon, featured Container Atlas, major book on container architecture, Gestalten, Berlin (click), March

10

General footage – news report, Sculpture by the Sea Bondi 2010, work flake (click) featured, Channel 10 News, October 26

10

Dr Lisa Anderson – interview, radio program What were you thinking, 89.7 Eastside FM, October 4

10

Anna Maria Nicholson – report, Sculpture at Sawmillers Prize, work sawmillers worm (click) featured, ABC1 News, September 17

10

General footage – news report, 10th Anniversary Sydney Olympics, work Arc de Triomphe Individuel (click) featured, ABC1 News, September 15

10

Rhianna Walcott – article, On Gary Deirmendjian’s “out of existence” …, Das 500 (click), August 19

10

Elizabeth Fortescue – article, Sculptor’s overarching ideas, work Arc de Triomphe Individuel (click) featured, The Daily Telegraph, August 16

10

Cranium, Metro Picks, Metro, Sydney Morning Herald, May 14 – 20

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Cranium, full page exhibition advert featuring the artist’s work, out of existence (click), Art Almanac, May issue

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SNO Catalogue: Sydney Non Objective 2005 – 2010, book, SNO Gallery (click), March

10

Artist talk – Gary Deirmendjian – A Survey of a Broad Practice, exhibition, University of Western Sydney, Art Gallery, Werrington Campus.

10

John Matthews – critical review, Sculpture 2010 @ Brenda May Gallery, ArtKritique Blogspot (click), January 16

10

Lissa Christopher – Sculpture 2010, Open Gallery, Sydney Morning Herald, January 23

09

Invited speaker – The developing practice: with emphasis on working in scale, Art Forum Lecture Series, National Art School, Sydney, September 16

09

Fenella Kernebone – report, Armory Art, interview and feature of work consumer temple – broken icon, Sunday Arts, ABC, August 9.

09

Alison Mills – article, Art’s shipping tales, Parramatta Sun, July 8.

09

Anonymous article, Armory Exhibition accused of censorship, Artist Milestones News, Australian Art Collector Magazine, July 7.

09

Featured work – Sediment True, New Work Friday #17, The Art Life blog spot, May 29.

09

Invited speaker – My work & practice, Guest Lecture Series, Sydney Gallery School, Meadowbank TAFE, April 9

08

Featured work – The Yellow Hoop, New Work Friday #11, The Art Life blog spot, November 7

08

Jethro Lyne – Controversy in Christian Art, lecture in relation to the Blake Prize, work Sediment-I discussed, National Art School, September 17

08

Brian Robins – article Hungry Mile to be set in stone, Sydney Morning Herald, June 11

08

Review – Photographic Portraiture, National Photographic Portrait Prize, Sunday Arts, ABC1 TV, March 9

08

Invited speaker – Sandstone – its poetry beckoned an artist, Architectural Review seminar, The Dome, Sydney Showground, April 17-18

07

Jethro Lyne – panel discussion at conference – the work a life, used as case study, Sculpture in Public Space,

07

Sculpture by the Sea and Art Gallery of NSW Conference, AGNSW, November 1, Invited speaker – presentation regarding the work Subject to Condition, Sculpture in Public Space,

07

J. Lemann [et al.] – Work Lantern, featured in the book, The Gib: Mount Gibraltar, Southern Highlands, Mount Gibraltar Landcare and Bushcare,

06

Jethro Lyne – lecture The hand of the artist: creativity, intimacy and the texture of art, work Chasm discussed, National Art School, December 13

06

Robert Nelson – critical review, Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award 2006, The Age, April 26

04

Robert McFarlane – critical review, exhibition sandstone – soul of the city, Sydney Morning Herald, September 21

04

Merran Morrison – article, Thursday’s Child, Artreach, Regional Arts NSW, winter issue

04

Caroline Bellinger – interview/article,The leader of the packers, The Daily Telegraph, March 9

02

Author and photographer of the book Sydney Sandstone, Craftsman House, 2002

COLLECTIONS

Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Ultimo Pedestrian Network (public art)

Maritime Union of Australia, Barangaroo, New South Wales

Parks Victoria, Werribee Mansion, Victoria

Ibis Hotel and Plaza, King Street Wharf (public art)

Darling Island Apartments (public art)

City of Sydney, Archives

McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Melbourne, Victoria

University of Western Sydney

Macquarie University

Thursday Plantation, Ballina, NSW