Born 1949, Tehran, Iran. Lives and works Adelaide, South Australia.
Hossein Valamanesh emigrated from Iran to Perth in 1973. Valamanesh works with different media from installation to sculpture, painting and collage. Inspired by personal experiences and memories, he uses ordinary objects and natural materials to create visual poetry that reflects on his life in Australia and his experiences of his birthplace, Iran.
Valamanesh’s work is held in major Australian state and regional galleries, and in collections in New Zealand, Finland, Paris and Japan. A monograph on his work, Hossein Valamanesh: Out of Nothingness, was published by Wakefield Press in 2011; another, by Paul Carter, was published by Art & Australia in 1996.
