Australian Nationality | European Residence.
Travelled extensively in Australia, Europe, the US, South East Asia, Republic of Armenia.
Education:
1973 Higher School Certificate, The Forest High, 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, Richfield, Utah.
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 ‘Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes’ Scholarship Award, from Munich, studied at the ‘Goethe-Institut’ Deusseldorf, Germany.
2001 ‘Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes’ Scholarship Award from Munich. Participant ‘Cultural Seminar’ Goethe-Institut Berlin & Weimar, 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
2017 Award 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.
2014 ‘Premio Napoli’ Naples Contemporary Art Award / Two Sponsor Awards by Director GemlucArt Monaco & Aralya Editions France, Represented by Monteoliveto Gallery Naples & Nice
2010 Winner ‘First Prize’Gosford Art Prize & Award, NSW, Australia.
2000 – 2009 ‘Finalist’ Gosford Art Prize, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia.
2007 ‘Finalist’ Audi Art Prize & Award, selected in top 6 National Multidisciplinary Arts Museum of Contemporary Arts, Sydney, Australia. Juries: Collette Dinigen, Jasper Knight, Robin Nevin, Ignatius Jones, & Jan Mackey.
2001 Winner 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 ’.
1973 Winner First Prize Mural Design Competition Mimosa Public School, Warringah Shire Council, Sydney, Australia.
1969 Winner Gold Medal & Award National Iranian Painting Competitions, Tehran, Iran.
1968 Winner Gold Medal & Award National Iranian Painting Competitions, Tehran, Iran.
1967 Winner 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.
Winner Overall First Prize Gosford Art Prize 2010
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2014 International Premio Naples Contemporary Art Award
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