Hany Armanious

Biography

Hany Armanious, Sleeping Saint, 2022, cast polyurethane resin, 140 x 570 x 300 mm

Hany Armanious, Tabula Rasa (detail), 2022, cast resin, aluminium, suede, marble and brass, 1740 x 330 x 480 mm

Hany Armanious, Tabula Rasa, Installation view, Michael Lett 2022

Hany Armanious, Tabula Rasa, 2022, cast resin, aluminium, suede, marble and brass, 1740 x 330 x 480 mm

Hany Armanious, Water Lilies, 2018, solvent pigment print on canvas, 2550 x 6000mm

Hany Armanious, Water Lilies (detail), 2018, solvent pigment print on canvas, 2550 x 6000mm

Hany Armanious in Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own: The Chartwell Show. Sat 3 Sep 2022 — Sun 26 Mar 2023. Photo credit: © Exhibition installation view, courtesy of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2022

Hany Armanious, Truffles, 2022, as part of the exhibition ‘wiggling together, falling apart’ Installation view, Michael Lett, 2022

Hany Armanious, Hollow Earth, Installation view, Michael Lett, 2016

Hany Armanious, The Shadow, 2016, giclèe print, ultra chrome ink on cotton rag paper, 1110 x 1530 mm

Hany Armanious, Still Life, 2013, pigmented polyurethane resin, white bronze, 450 x 560 x 30 mm

Hany Armanious,Untitled, 2015, UV reactive dye on cut pile nylon carpet, 1000 x 1600 mm

Hany Armanious, Ejaculate and dick, 2013, pigmented polyurethane resin, 1300 x 400 x 500 mm

Hany Armanious, Set down, Installation view, Michael Lett, 2013

Hany Armanious, Ejaculate and dick (detail), 2013, pigmented polyurethane resin, 1300 x 400 x 500 mm

Hany Armanious, Relative Nobody, 2010, cast pigmented polyurethane resin, bronze, 1140 x 890 x 660 mm

Hany Armanious, Interface, 2011, cast pigmented polyurethane resin, pewter
1360 x 1200 x 150 mm

Hany Armanious, Fountain, 2012, marble, cast polyurethane resin, bronze, 2130 x 1830 x 2710 mm, MCA, Sydney

Hany Armanious, We Astrologers2010, uv stable polyurethane resin with pigment, 780 x 500 x 115 mm

Hany Armanious, Sleeping the entire length of a day during the night, 2010, uv stable polyurethane resin with pigment, 210 x 580 mm

Hany Armanious, Selflok1994–2001, Installation detail, City Gallery Wellington, 2014

Hany Armanious, rock cock bacon sock (detail), 2007, real mud, silicon, pigment, epoxy, polyurethane, cardboard, plaster, snooker table pockets, dimensions variable

Hany Armanious, Adventures with form in space: 4th Balnaves Foundation Sculpture ProjectInstallation view, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006

Hany Armanious, Centre of the Universe (central core, soft core, hard core), 2004, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Hany Armanious, Centre of the Universe (central core, soft core, hard core), 2004, Installation detail

Hany Armanious, Untitled Snake Oil, 1998, hotmelt, glass
24 pieces, dimensions variable

Hany Armanious, Tabula Rasa (detail), 2022, cast resin, aluminium, suede, marble and brass, 1740 x 330 x 480 mm

Hany Armanious, Tabula Rasa, 2022, cast resin, aluminium, suede, marble and brass, 1740 x 330 x 480 mm

Hany Armanious, Water Lilies (detail), 2018, solvent pigment print on canvas, 2550 x 6000mm

Hany Armanious, Truffles, 2022, as part of the exhibition ‘wiggling together, falling apart’ Installation view, Michael Lett, 2022

Hany Armanious, The Shadow, 2016, giclèe print, ultra chrome ink on cotton rag paper, 1110 x 1530 mm

Hany Armanious,Untitled, 2015, UV reactive dye on cut pile nylon carpet, 1000 x 1600 mm

Hany Armanious, Set down, Installation view, Michael Lett, 2013

Hany Armanious, Relative Nobody, 2010, cast pigmented polyurethane resin, bronze, 1140 x 890 x 660 mm

Hany Armanious, Fountain, 2012, marble, cast polyurethane resin, bronze, 2130 x 1830 x 2710 mm, MCA, Sydney

Hany Armanious, Sleeping the entire length of a day during the night, 2010, uv stable polyurethane resin with pigment, 210 x 580 mm

Hany Armanious, rock cock bacon sock (detail), 2007, real mud, silicon, pigment, epoxy, polyurethane, cardboard, plaster, snooker table pockets, dimensions variable

Hany Armanious, Centre of the Universe (central core, soft core, hard core), 2004, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Hany Armanious, Untitled Snake Oil, 1998, hotmelt, glass
24 pieces, dimensions variable

Hany Armanious

Born 1962, Ismaïla (EG). Lives and works in Sydney (AUS)

Hany Armanious is known for his fascination with the processes and problems of making sculpture –casting in particular. His work plays out these processes in a fantastical cycle of self-referentiality forged from an acute awareness of the analogous morphologies of form, material, and cultural resource.

Armanious was born in Egypt and grew up in Australia, where he gained a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the City Art Institute, Sydney in 1984. He has exhibited widely throughout Australasia, Europe and United States over the past two decades. In 2011 Armanious represented Australia in the 54th Venice Biennale with his exhibition The Golden Thread in the Australian Pavilion. In 2001, Armanious’ work was shown as part of a solo exhibition at the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and later at the Ian Potter Museum in Melbourne. Other solo exhibitions include: Tabula Rasa, Michael Lett (2022); Acheiropoieta, Fine Arts, Sydney (2022); O Week, Michael Lett (2019);  Hany Armanious: Frequently Asked Questions, Southard Reid, London (2016); Selflok, City Gallery, Wellington (2014); The Oracle, Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis (2008); and Morphic Resonances, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2007), and City Gallery, Wellington (2008). Armanious was awarded a Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Wollongong in 2021.

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Hany Armanious, Sleeping Saint, 2022, cast polyurethane resin, 140 x 570 x 300 mm

Hany Armanious, Tabula Rasa (detail), 2022, cast resin, aluminium, suede, marble and brass, 1740 x 330 x 480 mm

Hany Armanious, Tabula Rasa, Installation view, Michael Lett 2022

Hany Armanious, Tabula Rasa, 2022, cast resin, aluminium, suede, marble and brass, 1740 x 330 x 480 mm

Hany Armanious, Water Lilies, 2018, solvent pigment print on canvas, 2550 x 6000mm

Hany Armanious, Water Lilies (detail), 2018, solvent pigment print on canvas, 2550 x 6000mm

Hany Armanious in Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own: The Chartwell Show. Sat 3 Sep 2022 — Sun 26 Mar 2023. Photo credit: © Exhibition installation view, courtesy of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, 2022

Hany Armanious, Truffles, 2022, as part of the exhibition ‘wiggling together, falling apart’ Installation view, Michael Lett, 2022

Hany Armanious, Hollow Earth, Installation view, Michael Lett, 2016

Hany Armanious, The Shadow, 2016, giclèe print, ultra chrome ink on cotton rag paper, 1110 x 1530 mm

Hany Armanious, Still Life, 2013, pigmented polyurethane resin, white bronze, 450 x 560 x 30 mm

Hany Armanious,Untitled, 2015, UV reactive dye on cut pile nylon carpet, 1000 x 1600 mm

Hany Armanious, Ejaculate and dick, 2013, pigmented polyurethane resin, 1300 x 400 x 500 mm

Hany Armanious, Set down, Installation view, Michael Lett, 2013

Hany Armanious, Ejaculate and dick (detail), 2013, pigmented polyurethane resin, 1300 x 400 x 500 mm

Hany Armanious, Relative Nobody, 2010, cast pigmented polyurethane resin, bronze, 1140 x 890 x 660 mm

Hany Armanious, Interface, 2011, cast pigmented polyurethane resin, pewter 1360 x 1200 x 150 mm

Hany Armanious, Fountain, 2012, marble, cast polyurethane resin, bronze, 2130 x 1830 x 2710 mm, MCA, Sydney

Hany Armanious, We Astrologers2010, uv stable polyurethane resin with pigment, 780 x 500 x 115 mm

Hany Armanious, Sleeping the entire length of a day during the night, 2010, uv stable polyurethane resin with pigment, 210 x 580 mm

Hany Armanious, Selflok1994–2001, Installation detail, City Gallery Wellington, 2014

Hany Armanious, rock cock bacon sock (detail), 2007, real mud, silicon, pigment, epoxy, polyurethane, cardboard, plaster, snooker table pockets, dimensions variable

Hany Armanious, Adventures with form in space: 4th Balnaves Foundation Sculpture ProjectInstallation view, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006

Hany Armanious, Centre of the Universe (central core, soft core, hard core), 2004, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

Hany Armanious, Centre of the Universe (central core, soft core, hard core), 2004, Installation detail

Hany Armanious, Untitled Snake Oil, 1998, hotmelt, glass 24 pieces, dimensions variable