Hany Armanious
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia. Born 1962, Ismailia, Egypt.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
(Upcoming) Henry Moore Institute, ‘Stone Soup, ’Leeds, United Kingdom
Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia
2022
Fine Arts, Sydney, ‘Acheiropoieta’, Sydney, Australia
Michael Lett, Auckland, ‘Tabula Rasa’, Auckland, New Zealand
2021
Fine Arts, Sydney, Australia
2019
Michael Lett, ‘O Week’, Auckland, New Zealand
2018
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, ‘Hany Armanious’, Sydney, Australia
2016
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, ‘Cavities, Platforms, Footings - Selected Work 2007-2012’, Sydney, Australia
Southard Reid, ‘Hany Armanious: Frequently Asked Questions’, London, United Kingdom
2015
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, ‘Hany Armanious’, Sydney, Australia
2014
City Gallery Wellington, ‘Selflok’, Wellington, New Zealand
Galerie Allen, Paris, France
2013
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, ‘we go out inside’, Sydney, Australia
Michael Lett, ‘Set Down’, Auckland, New Zealand
2012
Monash University Museum of Art, ‘The Golden Thread’, Melbourne, Australia
Southard Reid, ‘The Plagiarist of My Subconscious’, London, United Kingdom
2011
Australia Pavilion, 54th Venice Biennale, ‘The Golden Thread’, curated by Anne Ellegood, Venice, Italy
2010
Foxy Production, ‘Birth of Venus’, New York, United States
2009
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, ‘Uncanny Valley’, Sydney, Australia
Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy
2008
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis, ‘The Oracle’, curated by Anthony Huberman, St Louis, United States
2007
City Gallery Wellington, ‘Morphic Resonance’, Wellington, New Zealand
Foxy Production, ‘Year of the Pig Sty’, New York, United States
Michael Lett, ‘Year of the Pig Sty’, Auckland, New Zealand
2006
Institute of Modern Art, ‘Morphic Resonance’, Brisbane, Australia
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, ‘Intelligent Design’, Sydney, Australia
Michael Lett, ‘The Frontiers Are My Prison’, Auckland, New Zealand
2005
Ocular Lab Inc., ‘Hany Armanious: Central Core Component from the Centre of the Universe’, Melbourne, Australia
2004
Auckland Art Gallery, ‘The Centre of the Universe (Central Core/Hard Core/Soft Core)’, Auckland, New Zealand
Michael Lett, ‘Michael Parekowhai/Hany Armanious’, Auckland, New Zealand
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, ‘The Cult’, Sydney, Australia
Michael Lett, ‘Stopping the World’, Auckland, New Zealand
2003
Michael Lett, ‘Hany Armanious’, Auckland, New Zealand
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, ‘Art Nouveau Barbeque’, Sydney, Australia
2002
Ian Potter Museum of Art, ‘Selflok’, Melbourne, Australia
First Floor, ‘Space Cake’, Melbourne, Australia
Sarah Cottier Gallery, ‘Datura’ (collaboration with Mary Teague), Sydney, Australia
2001
Lord Mori Gallery, ‘neo phantom thing’ (collaboration with Mary Teague), Los Angeles, United States
Hammer Museum, ‘Selflok’, Los Angeles, United States
Sarah Cottier Gallery, ‘Selflok’, Sydney, Australia
2000
Sarah Cottier Gallery, ‘Semi-Automatic’, Sydney, Australia
1999
Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1997
Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand
Thomas Taubert, Düsseldorf, Germany
1996
Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, Australia
CBD Gallery, Sydney, Australia
CBD Gallery, ‘Circus (Three ring)’, Sydney, Australia
Side-On Studio, Sydney, Australia
1995
David Pestorius Gallery, ‘Well Water Under a Tree’ (collaboration with Tony Schwensen), Brisbane, Australia
Sarah Cottier Gallery, ‘Second Hand Political’, Sydney, Australia
CBD Gallery, ‘F.A.C.’, Sydney, Australia
1994
Sarah Cottier Gallery, ‘Snake Oil’, Sydney, Australia
CBD Gallery, ‘Worksheet’, Sydney, Australia
David Pestorius Gallery, ‘Self-lok’, Brisbane, Australia
1993
CBD Gallery, ‘The Frontiers are my Prison’, Sydney, Australia
Daniel Johnstone Memorial Gallery, Cite des Arts Internationale, Paris, France
1992
Julie Green Gallery, ‘Ripped in Peace’, Sydney, Australia
1991
Julie Green Gallery, ‘Legacy’, Sydney, Australia
1989
EMR Gallery, ‘Hex’, Sydney, Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Fine Arts, Sydney, ‘Francis Upritchard, Hany Armanious, Fiona Connor, Ricky Swallow’, Sydney, Australia
Gertrude Contemporary, ‘Stupid As’, Melbourne, Australia
SCA Gallery, ’At Home with Painting’, Sydney, Australia
2023
Phillida Reid, ‘Group Portrait’, London, United Kingdom
Michael Lett, ‘Group Portrait’, Auckland, New Zealand
2022
Minerva, ‘Farr St’, Sydney, Australia
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own: The Chartwell Show, Auckland, New Zealand
2021
Australian National University, Drill Hall Gallery, ‘Out of Place’, Canberra, Australia
Southard Reid, Old Folks Association, ‘Day/Night’, Auckland, New Zealand
2020-2021
The Dowse, ‘Lost Heads & Hobgoblins’, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
2019
Fine Arts, Sydney, ‘Yona Lee, Hany Armanious, Phillip Lai’, Sydney, Australia
Griffith University Art Museum, ‘The Abyss’, Brisbane, Australia
National Art School, ‘Caught Stealing’, Sydney, Australia
2018
Buxton Contemporary, ‘The shape of things to come’, Melbourne, Australia
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, ‘The Like Button’, Sydney, Australia
Southard Reid, ‘Condo’, London, United Kingdom
2017
National Gallery of Victoria, ‘Every Brilliant Eye: Australian Art of the 1990s’, Melbourne, Australia
COMA Gallery, ‘Cross Currents’ curated by Caroline Taylor, Sydney, Australia
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, ‘New World Order’, Sydney, Australia
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, ‘State of Play’, Sydney, Australia
Monash University Museum of Art, ‘Future Eaters’, Melbourne, Australia
2016
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, ‘Soft Core’, Liverpool, Australia
2015
National Art School, ‘Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize’, Sydney, Australia
Margaret Lawrence Gallery, ‘The Melting Point of Reason’ curated by Mark Feary, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Hopkinson Mossman, ‘Touch your brain’, Auckland, New Zealand
Minerva Gallery, ‘Australian Painting’, Sydney, Australia
2014
Museu Picasso, ‘Post-Picasso. Contemporary Reactions’, Barcelona, Spain
Minerva, ‘Sunny and Hilly’, Sydney, Australia
Rob Tufnell, ‘On the Devolution of Culture’, London, United Kingdom
Auckland Art Gallery, ‘A World Undone’, Auckland, New Zealand
2013
Prism Gallery, ‘Cast Recording’, Los Angeles, United States
Monash University Museum of Art, ‘Direct Democracy’, Melbourne, Australia
UTS Gallery, ‘Living in the Ruins of the Twentieth Century’, Sydney, Australia
MUMA | Monash University Museum of Art, ‘Reinventing the Wheel’, Melbourne, Australia
2012
ltd Los Angeles, ‘Chinatown: the sequel’ curated by Liv Barrett, Los Angeles, California
Secession, ‘Mutatis Mutandis’ curated by Catherine David, Vienna, Austria
Anderson Gallery, ‘You, Your Son and Shadow’, Richmond, USA and VCU Arts, Virginia, United States
2011
Heide Museum of Modern Art, ‘Colour Bazaar’, Melbourne, Australia
2010
Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, ‘Before and After Science’ curated by Charlotte Day and Sarah Tutton, Adelaide, Australia
2009
The Modern Institute, ‘Tonite’, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Zero Gallery, ‘Zero...’, Milan, Italy
Foxy Production, ‘Double Hemisphere’, New York, United States
Michael Lett, ‘0.K.’, Auckland, New Zealand
2008
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, ‘Jesuvian Process’, New York, United States
Michael Lett, ‘Noli Me Legere’, Auckland, New Zealand
Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘Ceramica’, Sydney, Australia
TarraWarra Biennial, ‘Lost and Found: An Archeology of the Present’, curated by Charlotte Day, Healesville, Victoria, Australia
2007
Hats Plus, ‘Nueva Dimension’ curated by Dick Evans, London, United Kingdom
Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, ‘Artist Makes Video, Art Rage Survey 1994-1998’, Brisbane, Australia
Foxy Production, ‘Surface Wave’, New York, United States
‘Strange Cargo: Contemporary art as a state of encounter’ touring: Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, ‘Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and Tweed River Regional Gallery, Australia
2006
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, ‘Stolen Ritual’, Sydney, Australia
Monash University Museum of Art, ‘Before the Body-Matter’, Melbourne, Australia
Peloton, ‘Examples’, Sydney, Australia
Busan Biennale, Busan, South Korea
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project, ‘Adventures with form in space’, Sydney, Australia
West Space, ‘Selekta’, Melbourne, Australia
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Uncanny Nature’ curated by Rebecca Coates, Melbourne, Australia
2005
National Gallery of Australia, National Sculpture Prize, Canberra, Australia
Spacement, ‘Travelling Light’ curated by Deborah Ostrow, Melbourne, Australia
Bus projects, ‘re/thinking’, Melbourne, Australia
The Broadway Café, Chippendale organized by Giles Ryder and Mathys Gerber, Sydney, Australia
MOP Projects: Gallery + Project Space, ‘Alien Invasion’ curated by George and Ron Adams, Sydney, Australia
MOP Projects: Project Room, ‘The Centenary of Wild Beasts’ curated by Ian Geraghty, Sydney, Australia
Deloitte, ‘Material Girls and Boys’ curated by Barbara Flynn, Sydney, Australia
UTS Gallery, University of Technology, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ curated by Tara D’Cruz Nobel, Sydney, Australia
2004
Michael Lett, ‘Fantasy Island - A Block Project’, Auckland, New Zealand
2003
S.H. Ervin Gallery, ‘The Year in Art’ Sydney, Australia
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, ‘Bloom mutation, toxicity and the sublime’, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Artspace, ‘Islands in the Stream’, Sydney, Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘MCA Unpacked II’, Sydney, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘Citigroup Private Bank Australian Photographic Portrait Prize’, Sydney, Australia
BLOCK, ‘Surface Tension’, Sydney, Australia
2002
National Gallery of Victoria, ‘Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968 - 2002’, Melbourne, Australia
DeChiaria Gallery, ‘Necessary Fictions’, New York, United States
The Happy Lion Gallery, ‘Line Up’, Los Angeles, United States
2001
Ian Potter Museum of Art, ‘Painting: an arcane technology’ Melbourne, Australia
Ivan Doherty Gallery, ‘A Century of Collecting: 1901-2001’, Sydney, Australia
Artspace, ‘Necessary Invention’, Sydney, Australia
2000
Palazzo Dorio Pamphilly, ‘Verso Süd’ curated by Franz West, Rome, Italy
Sarah Cottier Gallery, ‘GOLD!’ Sydney, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘Moet et Chandon Fellows Exhibition’, Sydney, Australia
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, ‘Drive’, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, ‘Plastika’, New Plymouth, New Zealand
1999
Stills Gallery, ‘The Queen is Dead’, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Sarah Cottier Gallery, ‘Opening Exhibition’, Sydney, Australia
Auckland Art Gallery, ‘Home and away’, Auckland, New Zealand
1998
National Gallery of Australia, ‘Moet and Chandon Touring Art Prize’, Canberra, Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘EAT!’, Sydney, Australia
1997
Haus am Waldsee, ‘On Dialogue’, Berlin, Germany
Artspace, ‘Child Bride’, Auckland, New Zealand
National Gallery of Victoria, ‘Contempora 5’, Melbourne, Australia
1996
Sarah Cottier Gallery, ‘Raindrops on Roses’, Sydney, Australia
David Pestorius Gallery, ‘Unpainting’, Brisbane, Australia
Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ‘33 ⅓’, curated by Trevor Smith, Canberra, Australia
Pendulum, ‘Occular’ curated by Trevor Smith, Sydney, Australia
Singapore Art Museum, ‘Rapport: Eight Artists from Singapore & Australia’, Singapore, and Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Sherman Galleries Goodhope, ‘Flagging the Republic’, Sydney, Australia
1995
Johannesburg Biennale, Museumafrica, ‘Volatile Colonies’, Johannesburg, South Africa
Roger Merians Gallery, ‘Smells Like Vinyl’, New York, United States
David Pestorius Gallery, ‘Discovering the Feminine?’, Brisbane, Australia
1994
National Gallery of Australia, ‘Virtual Reality’, Canberra, Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Localities of Desire’, Sydney, Australia
Sarah Cottier Gallery, ‘Paperwork’, Sydney, Australia
Sarah Cottier Gallery, ‘White’, Sydney, Australia
Christine Konig, ‘Jeden Tag’, Vienna, Austria
Auckland Art Gallery, ‘Aussemblage’, Auckland, New Zealand
1993
Plimsoll Gallery, ‘Scrounge Time’, Hobart, Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Plastic Fantastic’, Sydney, Australia
Venice Biennale, ‘Aperto’, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, Venice, Italy
Monash University Gallery, ‘Luminaries’, Melbourne, Australia
Institute of Modern Art, ‘Soaked’, Brisbane, Australia
Ivan Doherty Gallery, ‘Monster Field’, Sydney, Australia
Mori Annexe, ‘Shirthead’, Sydney, Australia
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Wit's End’, Sydney, Australia
1992
9th Biennale of Sydney, ‘The Boundary Rider’, Sydney, Australia
Black, ‘First Group Show’, Sydney, Australia
200 Gertrude Street, ‘3D’, Melbourne, Australia
1991
Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘1991 Australian Perspecta’, Sydney, Australia
1989
S.H. Ervin Gallery, ‘Fresh Art’, Sydney, Australia
Residencies
2004
Elam School of Fine Arts International Arts Residency Programme, Auckland, New Zealand
2002
Australia Council, Green Street, New York, United States
1993
Australia Council, Los Angeles Studio, Los Angeles, United States
Prizes
2005
National Sculpture Prize Shortlist, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
1998
Moet et Chandon Fellow
1997
Contempora5 (Finalist), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia