Title

Valamanesh, Hossein.

Author

Butler, Roger

Source

[Not applicable]

Publication date

1988

Type

Biography

Language

English

Country of context

Australia

Full text

Hossien Valamanesh

Hossien Valamanesh was born in Teheran, Iran, in 1949, where he graduated from the School of Fine Arts. He emigrated to Australia in 1973. In 1974 he travelled to Central Australia as art adviser to Aboriginal children. He settled in Adelaide where he studied at the South Australian School of Art, graduating in 1977. Primarily a sculptor, Valamanesh also exhibits drawings which are closely related to his lithographic prints. His prints have usually been printed by Robert Jones, Beehive Press, Adelaide.

© Roger Butler, 1988.

Published in With the Imprint of Another Culture, exhibition catalogue, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, 1988.

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