GARY DEIRMENDJIAN

Paul

2006, 23 cm (height) x 25 cm x 33 cm,
bisque fired ceramic soaked with Indian ink
Exhibited: 2007 Gary Deirmendjian Esa Jaske Gallery

GD: "He came often to Café Hernandez after 3AM.
He was very thin, small and over seventy. He sat and
smoked in the cold but had the shingles. He knew a lot
about Rolls Royces but drove a tiny red Hyundai - packed
tight it seemed with all his belongings. One day he
just stopped coming."

GARY DEIRMENDJIAN

2006
Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture, National Art School, Sydney

1990
Bachelor of Engineering (Aeronautical), Honours, University of NSW

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007
Gary Deirmendjian, Esa Jaske Gallery

2004
Sandstone – soul of the city, CP Photogalleries, Sydney

2003
Recent Sculpture, Maunsell Wicks Gallery, Sydney

Group Exhibitions

2008
3-D Painting, Connie Dietzchold Gallery, Sydney
Blake Prize '08, National Art School Gallery, Sydney

2007
McClelland Sculpture Prize, McClelland Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria

2006
The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Melbourne

2005
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney
10th East Coast Sculpture Show, Thursday Plantation, Ballina, NSW
The Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award, Werribee Park, Melbourne
Paradise, Purgatory & Hellhole, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

2004
UWS Acquisitive Sculpture Award & Exhibition, University of Western Sydney,
Macarthur Campus, Macarthur, Sydney
National Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints, Glen Eira City Gallery, Melbourne
Miniature Sculpture Show - 6x6x6 inches, Defiance Gallery, Sydney

2003
8th East Coast Sculpture Show, Thursday Plantation, Ballina, NSW
Miniature Sculpture Show - 6x6x6 inches, Defiance Gallery, Sydney

2002
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi to Tamarama coastline, Sydney
Woollahra National Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Council Chambers, Sydney
Miniature Sculpture Show - 6x6x6 inches, Defiance Gallery, Sydney

Awards, Commissions, Collections

2006 Winner – Highly Commended Prize, “fallen temple”, Helen Lempriere
National Sculpture Award 2006
2005 Major Public Art commission, monumental outdoor sculpture “LIFE”,
Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and TransGrid, given final approval by
City of Sydney, Ultimo Pedestrian Network, Sydney, installation due early 2007
2005 Permanent Collection, monumental sculpture - “chasm”, University of
Western Sydney, Macarthur Campus
2003 Winner - Main Acquisitive Award, sculpture - “divine proportion”, East
Coast Sculpture Show, Thursday Plantation, Ballina, NSW
2003 Permanent Collection, monumental outdoor sculpture - “us”, Macquarie University, Sydney
2002 Winner - People’s Choice Award, “she”, Woollahra National Small Sculpture Prize, Sydney
2002 Permanent collection, ”Sydney Sandstone” – entire photographic collection, City of Sydney


Bibliography

In addition to appearing in exhibition catalogues the work has featured as follows:

2006
Robert Nelson – review, Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award 2006, The Age, April 26

2004
Robert McFarlane – review, “sandstone – soul of the city” exhibition, Sydney
Morning Herald, September 21

2004
Merran Morrison – article, Artreach, Regional Arts NSW, winter issue
Caroline Bellinger – interview, The Daily Telegraph, March 92002

2002
Author and photographer of the book “Sydney Sandstone”, Craftsman House, 2002:
- large format photographic book providing an intimate portrait of the city’s own
building medium - features essay contributions by Dr Tim Flannery (Director, South
Australia Museum), Dr Shirley Fitzgerald (City Historian, City of Sydney), Assoc. Prof.
Philip Cox, AO (architect, UNSW) and Dr James Broadbent (Senior Curator, Historic Houses Trust)