B. 1953, Milanda de Mont, Australian Contemporary Abstract Artist
Travelled extensively in Australia, Europe, the US, South East Asia, Republic of Armenia.
Education:
1973 Higher School Certificate, The Forest High, Frenchs Forest Sydney, Australia.
1974 Qualifying Diploma Fine Arts, National Art School Sydney, Australia. Studied: Anatomy, Life Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Photography.
1975 – 1977 Graphic Design Diploma, Sydney College Of The Arts.
1975-1981 Commercial Arts Diploma at the Sevier Valley College, Utah, USA.
Lived in the US from 1975 -1981.
1977 – 1980 Worked as Commercial Artist, Courtroom Illustrator, Airbrush Illustrator, USA.
1981 Returned to Sydney, conducted own Graphic Design & Freelance Art Director Agency, Sydney, Australia.
1991 Graduate Degree Dip.Education, University of Technology, UTS, Sydney, Australia.
Scholarship Awards:
1995 Scholarship Award, from ‘Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes’, Munich. Studied at the ‘Goethe-Institut’ Deusseldorf, Germany.
2001 Scholarship Award, ‘Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes’, Munich. Participant Artist at the ‘Cultural Seminar’ Goethe-Institut, Weimar & Berlin, Germany.
Official Appointments
1998 – 2010 Teacher & Lecturer, Employed by the Australian Federal Government, at the Arts & Media Sector, Hornsby College Campus, Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE, NSW, Australia.
2000 Conducted Workshops at the Gosford Regional Art Gallery NSW Australia
2014 relocated from Australia to Germany.
2019 – 2021 Teacher & Lecturer, Seminars, Art Courses at ‘Allensbach Kunstzeit Academy’ Lake Constance, Germany.
PRIZES & AWARDS
Award 2017 Capri Island of Art by Director GemlucArt & Aralya Edition France, Represented by Monteoliveto Gallery Naples & Nice.
2016 Finalist, New York Art Expo, Pier 92, New York City, USA.
Award 2014 ‘Premio Napoli’ Naples Contemporary Art. Two (2) Sponsor Awards by Director GemlucArt Monaco & Aralya Editions France. Represented Artist by Monteoliveto Gallery Naples & Nice.
Winner 2010 ‘First Prize’ Gosford Art Prize & Award, NSW, Australia.
Finalist 2000 – 2009, Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia.
Finalist 2007 Audi Art Prize & Award. Selected in top 6 National Multidisciplinary Arts. Museum of Contemporary Arts, MCA, Sydney, Australia. Juries: Collette Dinigen, Jasper Knight, Robin Nevin, Ignatius Jones, & Jan Mackey.
Winner 2001 First Prize Elcom Open Award. The 26th Central Coast Festival of Arts. Jury: James Deas, advisor to William Bowmore Collection & assistant Curator to Sir William Dobell’s last exhibition in New South Wales. Jury Statement: ‘Outstanding handling of paint producing an evocative atmospheric work ’.
Winner 1973 First Prize, Mural Design Competition, Mimosa Public School, Warringah Shire Council, Sydney, Australia.
Winner 1969 Gold Medal & Award, National Iranian Painting Competitions, Tehran, Iran.
Winner 1968 Gold Medal & Award, National Iranian Painting Competitions, Tehran, Iran.
Winner 1967 First Prize & Award, National Iranian Painting Competitions, Tehran, Iran.
PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
The New South Wales University Mathematics Department, Sydney, Australia.
Yerevan Modern Art Museum, Yerevan Republic of Armenia.
National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.
The QBE Insurance Corporate, Sydney, Australia.
GemlucArt Collection, Monte Carlo.
Late Pino Nicoletti Art Collection /Curator /Director, Palazzo dell Annunziata Museum, Matera, Italy.
The Elcom Corporate, NSW, Australia.
Edogawa Sogo Bunka Centre, Tokyo, Japan.
‘Tatul Arakyan Art Collection’, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.
The Engelthal Monastery, Budingen, Germany.
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
Australia: Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Central Coast NSW.
United States: New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco.
Germany: Düsseldorf, Wiesbaden, Essen, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Altenstadt.
France: Paris, Nice, Monaco, French Riviera.
London, Amsterdam, Belgium, Budapest, Tokyo, Barbados, New Zealand, Hong Kong.
