Angela Valamanesh

Angela Louise Valamanesh (née Carter; born 1953) is an Australian visual artist, especially known for her ceramic art and sculpture that are based on forms found in the natural world. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, she is also known for her past large-scale public art collaborations with her husband Hossein Valamanesh. Her work has been represented in several solo exhibitions and many group exhibitions, and are held in public and private collections around the world.

Early life and education Angela Louise Valamanesh, was born as Angela Carter in Port Pirie, South Australia, in 1953.

She graduated from the South Australian School of Art in 1977 Valamanesh completed a studio-based PhD, "focusing on early scientific illustrations drawn with the use of microscopes".

Art practice and career Based in Adelaide, South Australia,

While at the Glasgow School of Art in 1997, she created For a Long While There Were Only Plants, in which her love of shape and form became apparent, particularly those with their origins in biology. Other series by Valamanesh include her Natural History Collection and A Little Bit of Everything series, the latter consisting of 11 wall-mounted works in pale plaster.

She has also created watercolour paintings, including a series called Observations (2009–19), which she started while doing her doctorate at the University of Adelaide, inspired by discoveries of early botanist Nehemiah Grew and natural philosopher Robert Hooke. She has also worked in fabric and film, including a video collaboration with her husband, Hossein Valamanesh (1949–2022). What Remains in 2012.

Exhibitions Selected solo exhibitions 1995: Angela Valamanesh: birds have fled, at University of South Australia Art Museum, Underdale, South Australia 2014: The Microscope Project, an exhibition developed by Flinders University Art Museum in 2014, which included work by South Australian artists Valamanesh, Nic Folland, Ian Gibbins, Deb Jones, and Catherine Truman, as well as writer and artist Melinda Rackham. Emeritus professor Ian Gibbins was a neuroscientist, and Catherine Truman had worked with him as an artist-in-residence. The idea was to repurpose decommissioned scientific equipment and repurpose it into artworks. The exhibition, curated by Fiona Salmon and Maddie Reece, was installed at Flinders University's City Gallery, included sculpture, installation, moving image, sound, photography, and text.

Collections Among many institutional collections and private collections around the world,