Milanda de Mont
‘ Art is Life, instinct, imagination, innovation, and intellectual stimulation that encourages creation ‘
Internationally represented Australian Artist, Milanda de Mont Gregorian, is known for her distinct signature flowing style, unique colour sense, with liberated brush strokes that express a poetic quality. Her works have captured the public interest and gained her recognition, on the international art platform. She has 40 years of artistic career, highly successful solo, group, collaborative exhibitions represented by various galleries and museums, in Paris, Nice, New York, Monte Carlo, Florence, Naples, Milan, Berlin, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden, Yerevan, Frankfurt and more. Further, her works have been critically reviewed by Art Critics & Art Historians worldwide. Her paintings have been purchased by numerous private art investors, and public organisations worldwide. De Mont’s oeuvre encompass: small to mid and large contemporary paintings on canvas, performance artworks, drawings, and works on paper.
Extensively travelled in the world, painting in various countries, she is born into artistic Armenian family in Persia, further in the 60’s, her parents migrated to Sydney, and became Australian Citizens.
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She is Recipient of Two (2) Scholarship Awards presented to her by the Goethe Institut-Inter Nationes from Munich in 1995 and 2001. Further, she participated at the ‘Culture Symposiums’ in Weimar & Berlin. She was introduced by the Goethe-Institut to the well known ‘Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany.
She has collaborated in a number of group exhibitions with German artists since 1996, and she is represented on the international Art Fairs by Germany’s Arte Kunstmessen organisation since 2016 to this Date, exhibiting in various Arte Kunstmessen in Wiesbaden, Stuttgart, Konstanz, and Burg Stettenfels. As well, she has been participating at the Discovery Art Fair Frankfurt, ART MUC Munich, & Art Main Aschaffenburg.
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In 2011 she was Selected Artist by the international Art Committee of the Florence Biennale. She participated at the 8th Edition of the International FLORENCE BIENNALE 2011, at the Fortezza Da Basso, Florence. and represented Australia in the Florence Biennale.
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From 2012 – 2017, she was a Selected Artist by the Curators to participate in the well known International Contemporary GemlucArt Monte Carlo, under the Patronage of HRH Princess Carolyn of Hanover in Monaco. She has participated for a number of years with the international and Monaco artists, in particular with the notable: Jacque Renoir, the Grandson of the famous French Dynasty Painter: ‘Renoir’.
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She has held numerous national and international exhibitions with Gravis Art Galerie, Nice, The French Riviera, Etienne de Causans Galerie Saint Germain, Paris, Yerevan Modern Art Museum, National Gallery of Armenia, Palazzo Dell Annunziata Museum Matera, major Group Art Collector exhibition at the Cafesdjian Fine Arts Gallery, Yerevan, Crelala Kunst Art Galerie, Germany. Including participating in 2013 and 2016 in Art Expo New York, as well she was represented artist from 2010 – 2016 in Manhattan New York galleries.
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Since 2011 – to this Date, Monteoliveto Gallery in Nice & Naples, has regularly been representing her works in various notable international Art Fairs & Museums. In 2012 the Gallery presented her works at the GRIMALDI FORUM Monaco, followed by Art Monaco’12, Art Milan, Art Expo Paris, Art 3F Nice, Art3F Mulhous, Art Capri, and in 2013, the Gallery presented her works at the exhibition of ART of the PROM on the Promenade des Angles in Nice, the French Riviera.
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In 2017, Milanda de Mont was selected one of the six international artists, exhibiting with Italy’s well known four times entry; Venice Biennale artist; Achile Pache, and in a collaborative project curated by Italy’s well known Art Critic and Historian, Prof. Pino Nicoletti, at Palazzo Dell Annunziata Museum, Matera, Italy. The Official Public Opening in Matera, with Italian Media coverage, with a long term broadcast on the RAI TV Italia.
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In 2025, Milanda de Mont was Selected Artist by the Committee of the Salon des Artistes Independants, France. She participated with her work to exhibit at the renown ‘ART CAPITAL PARIS’, an international exhibition, officially under the Patronage of President E. Macron, conducted in the historical GRAND PALAIS PARIS.
She will be participating in 2027 Art Capital Paris.
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Since 2014 – to this Date, her works have been featured regularly for auction in the international auction Houses, namely by the renowned Drouot Paris, and Hôtel des Ventes de Lausanne.
Since 2014 – to Date, she is Published ‘Artiste Cotes – Ranked Valued Artist’ in the well known GUID’ARTS Dictionnaire des Artistes Cotes, since 15thCentury France.
https://de-mont.dictionnairedesartistescotes.com
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Further, Milanda de Mont’s early artworks; ‘ Sensitivity completed in 1999’ , was listed Lot 23, in the Collectors Art Catalogue, published on February 15, 2024, and auctioned in the secondary Art Market by the well known Australian auctioneer Leonard Joel, and was Sold under the Hammer on March 5, 2024 in Sydney. Furthermore, her painting: ‘Red Umbrellas & Bay’ completed in 2002 was listed Lot 52, and it was auctioned on July 22, 2025, by Sydney’s well known Shapiro Auction House in Chippendale, Sydney.
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2016 Write Up By Chantal Lora Director
Galleria Monteoliveto
Naples – Nice – Paris
Gibert Ciervo Director
The artistic career of Milanda de Mont Australian Contemporary Artist, struck the attention of our Gallery since 2011, when we offered her a solo exhibition of paintings in our Gallery in Naples. Her work at the same time represented full of energy, strength and colour, juxtaposed with emotion and poetry, rich, and fresh approach with her experimental ideas, including her body of works with her performances, collaborated with other art niches and immediate sensitivity, which met our desire art: “off the beaten track” which is the theme of the Gallery. The exhibition was hosted by a great public, success and critical attention from Naples, where her deep cultural and international experiences earned her the best in her appraisal of ‘Neapolitan style’, as well return to the place where she could express her research. Her multicultural experience comes from her life journey: Australian nationality, born into artistic Armenian family in Persia, further world travels to the USA, from a young age. The artist lives and works in Germany.
With many successful exhibitions at national and international level, her cultural richness expressed in many art collaborations with artists from various professional art disciplines; dancers and musicians. She has recorded very interesting performances, a true artistic bridge between music, dance and painting , her works have a gestural flow on large formats.
Monteoliveto Gallery has enjoyed her work with singular harmony blend of Eastern and Western cultures that have come together in her life. In 2012, we presented her work at the GRIMALDI FORUM Monaco, during the Contemporary Art Fair, ART MONACO ’12, her works were appreciated by the public and the organizers of International Monaco GEMLUCART, she was invited by the Director to participate in the Contest Monaco GEMLUCART 2012, with the Theme: ‘Colours of the World’ . The following year, in 2013, she again was represented by our Gallery, a great success with the presentation on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, during the exhibition period of ‘ART of the PROM’. In 2014, collaboration with our Gallery followed two directions:
‘Back to Naples’ with her participation in the second edition of the contest ‘2014 PREMIO NAPOLI for Contemporary ART’ where her work ‘Head #2’ received 2 Prizes, from Communication Stratege Art Prize GEMLUCART sponsored by Director Laurence Garbatini, and second Prize by the ‘ARALYA editions’ France, with publication, dedicated article to her work. In addition, with participation in Gallery 2 major Contemporary ART FAIRS ‘ART 3F Nice’ and ‘Art 3F Mulhouse’ . With exhibitions in Naples & Nice, including on the North East France, her works are also in private collections in Australia, UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Yerevan. Certainly the success that she deserves.