Hany Armanious

Hany Armanious is an Egyptian-born Australian sculptor whose work is predominantly concerned with the magical properties of the casting process. Many of his works deal with the alchemical transformation of one object into another via what the artist has described as the ‘cult of casting’. His practice often deliberately skirts the fine line separating 'something' from nothing', and toys with notions of value and its contemporary ambiguities.

He has exhibited widely throughout Australasia, Europe and United States. In 2024 The Henry Moore Institute presented the artist’s first solo institutional exhibition in Europe, Hany Armanious: Stone Soup, and included 30 works from throughout Armanious’ career, including nine made since 2023. 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.