Background image (top of page) taken from her etching print, flooded dam.
About Me
Visual Artist & Printmaker
Bio
Sylvia Mekhitarian
ART
Sylvia takes her inspiration from her environment; influences and the issues of social structure and its impact on human condition. Currently her focus is where she lives in the Blackall Range and previously where she lived In Tweed & Byron Shire. These influences and the information are translated into her art form. Her work is primarily done in printmaking: intaglio, solar plate, stone lithography, relief and collagraph. First Sylvia spends sometime building up her images, pictures she recollects in her mind are then revealed by her mark she has made on paper or directly onto the plate.
BACKGROUND
Born in Egypt of Armenian parents, her family left the Suzie crisis in Egypt by aeroplane to England. Her parents immediately, got British citizenship and most of her schooling was spent there, by the time she was in her mid-teens family then emigrated to Sydney, Australia. Sylvia married and had three children.
EDUCATION
BA, Visual Arts. & DipEd, Southern Cross University, NSW. Post Graduate Computer Education, Griffith University QLD. Profession high school teacher. NSW, TAS & QLD Australia. Tutored art, at Queen Victoria museum and art gallery, TAS. Lived and taught in Byron shire, Tweed shire and rural area of NSW, currently on her son’s property in the Blackall Range Qld.
WORK
Sylvia does not have a lithography or large press for etching and relief. To print she travels to Brisbane impress printmakers studio and gallery, however, she has a small press in her garage where she can manage her small prints.
Sylvia Mekhitarian
Website: www.sylviamekhitarian.com
Social: Instagra.com sylviamek_artist
www.artsconnectinc.com.au
Contact: [email protected]
SYLVIA MEKHITARIAN CV 2024
EDUCATION Australia
2006-Post Graduate, Computer Education. Griffith University QLD.
2003-Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary) Southern Cross University NSW.
2001-Digital Arts & Media Certificate North Coast Institute of TAFE NSW
2000-Graphic Design Diploma North Coast Institute of TAFE NSW
1993-Bachelor of Visual Arts Southern Cross University NSW
1969-1970 Contemporary dance form at Bodenwieser Dance Centre Sydney, NSW.
1965-1969 Scully Borovansky Syllabus & RAD School of Ballet Sydney, NSW.
1960-1965 Tranning RAD school of Ballet, UK.
TEACHING PROFESSION
2004-2019 Teaching Secondary, High School Teacher NSW, TAS & QLD. Australia.
2012-2014 Tutoring art. Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, TAS.
1997-2004 Tutoring dance (contemporary) NSW.
EXHIBITION RECORD
2024 'Disintegrating', stone lithography, Digital presentation (continuous loop over 7 monitors). World Wide Art-Artavita gallery at Artexpo New York. ‘Desolate’ stone lithography art in VOGUE magazine Manhatten, April edition. NYC. 'Desolate’ stone lithography art Digital exhibition at Artifact projects. Manhatten. NYC. 'Kings Beach' Contra Fair, August House, Johannesburg. South Africa, (SA). FynArts Gallery, Hermanus, Western Cape. Gallery 2, Johannesburg. SA. The Room, Johannesburg. SA. The AVA Gallery, Cape Town. SA. Gallery 48, South Australia. Firestation, print studio. VIC Australia.
2023 Desolate, Represented by Art Screen TV and Artsy Platform. Exhibiting Florence Biennale (Italy).
Contemporary art curator, online International exhibition ‘Parallel Worlds’.
Artavita gallery, ‘Mt view road’ at the Tokyo Tower Art Fair, Japan. WWA-Artavita Booth ‘Mt view road’ at the Artexpo New York. WWA-Artavita Booth, ‘Desolate’ Art San Diego, USA. ‘Lismore flood’ Artist Book Exhibition, ‘by any other name’, Impress exhibition.
2022 ‘Lismore flood’ ‘ABBY’ artis book event Brisbane, QCA., qld. Mini Print, Impress printmakers studio and gallery, qld.
‘Spirt’, solo exhibition, Maroochydore Library Artspace, presented by Caloundra Reginal Gallery Sunshine Coast qld. ‘Borderless’ print exchange Impress Brisbane Australia and New Zealand Aotearoa print council.
2021 Artavita Contest USA. Gained Sponsorship, one of two finalists. Exhibition at Spectrum-Red Dot Miami Art Fair. USA. Also gained Sponsorship for Masters’ book. ‘Postcards from the North & South’ Travelled to: Umbrella Gallery, Townsville. Fire station print studio Print Council members Armadale and New Zealand Print Council members Stanford. ‘Impress15’ exhibition, impress printmakers, Kedron qld. travelled to Gladstone Regional Gallery qld. ‘Friends of Stone’ Exhibition. Impress printmakers Kedron qld. ‘Of Foresters, Farmers and Fish’ Acquired 2019-2020, ‘Latest & Gratest’ 2021 recent acquisition exhibition. Caloundra reginal art gallery qld.
2020 ‘Of foresters, farmers and fish’ and Aberystwyth printmaking UK, exhibition at Impress printmakers, Kedron qld. ‘Miniprint Kazanlak international’ exhibition, Bulgaria.‘Getting together-impress 14’, impress printmakers, Kedron qld.
2019 ‘IPE’ mini print exhibition, Cataloged, UK. Impress at Sydney Contemporary Paper. nsw. at Kedron qld. ‘Seven on Seven’ exhibition, (the Jolly centre seven hills cultural hub), Glass Box exhibition Brisbane qld. Impressions13 Kedron qld. ‘Feathers of the Forest’ MPM exhibition, Cataloged, MCSR, Maleny qld.
2018 Sydney Contemporary Caridgeworks, works on paper,nsw.
PCA Biennial print exchange, Fitzroy, vic. ‘9In Hand Press’ International print exchange, Cataloged, USA. ‘Authentic Marks’ 2nd International miniature exhibition, Dubai, UAE. Catalogued. Traveling Sketchbook & Canvas Project, NY, USA. ‘compact print exchange’ Cairns, qld.
Onpaper contest, Cataloged, UK. Miniprint Kazanlak international exhibition, Bulgaria. After Dark, MPM exhibition, MCSR, Maleny qld.
2017 Montville Gallery MPM Show, Montville qld. ‘Collectables’ exhibition, maleny printmaker forest hart, Maleny qld.
2016 ‘Across the ditch’ exhibition, Impress Printing Gallery & CAN Gallery Napier. Australia & New Zealand. ‘50/50 Impressions’ print prize, Impress printing gallery, Kedron qld.
2015 ‘Impressions 9’, Impress printmakers gallery, Kedron qld. Dam series, Maleny library qld. Sunshine coast council qld.
2004 Exhibition solo ‘Diamonds of the Desert’ Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah nsw.
1997 Exhibition of Women’s Art Collection from the Byron Bay Shire to travel to China.
1996 Exhibition Curatorship, Across the Media (Curated, the women of the tweed valley art works). Old Regents Remnants Hall, Murwillumbah nsw.
1995 Dirty Secrets, Secret Dirt, Women’s art show, Epicentre, Byron Bay nsw.. Byron Bay North Coast Art Show, Byron Bay NSW.
1994 Solo Prints exhibition, Sitting Duck café, West End, Brisbane. qld.
1993 Open Bite, Rowntree Gallery, Balmain nsw. Connections #1.93, WattSpace, Newcastle University, Newcastle nsw. Bodywork, Solo exhibition Caddie Lismore nsw. Art exhibition travelled to West End qld. Echo Easter Art Classic, Byron Bay nsw. Connections, Solo Exhibition, Get Stuffed Gourmet Gallery Bangalow nsw. CPM, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah nsw. Making a Living, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah nsw. Kooralbyn Art show, acquisition Acquired, International School, Kooralbyn qld. CPM, prize’ acquisition awarded, Tweed Regional Gallery Murwillumbah nsw. North Coast Art Show, Byron Bay nsw.
1991 CPM, Tweed Regional Gallery Murwillumbah, nsw. Kooralbyn Art Show, Kooralbyn International School Kooralbyn, qld. Student Art Show, UNE-NR Lismore nsw.
1990 Kooralbyn Art Show, Kooralbyn International School Kooralbyn. qld. Solo, Caddies, Lismore, nsw.
1988 Drawing awards, RSL Murwillumbah nsw. Drawing exhibition. Knock Park Hall, Murwillumbah nsw. Mixed Media, Drawing Group exhibition. RSL Murwillumbah nsw.
REPRESENTED & SPONSORSHIP
2023 ‘Mt view road’ digital disply. represented by WWA-Artavita, at Tokyo Tower Art Fair, Japan. Artexpo New York art fair, USA. San Diego art fair. USA.
2021 Artavita Contest USA. Gained Sponsorship, one of two finalists. Exhibition at Spectrum-Red Dot Miami Art Fair. USA. Also gained Sponsorship for Masters’ book.
PRINT MEDIA:
2024 Show Catalogue24, P.5. for Artxpo, Booth 107. NY, April 4th – 7th.
2023 AATONAU face book: sylvia Mekhitarian ‘Fusig Global Narratives Into A Unique Lexicon’. By Haira Saileas, November 8th December 2023.
2023 December, Visit article feature is live on AATONAU bliog:
Your feature is live on our blog: https://aatonau.com/sylvia-mekhitarian-fusing-global-narratives-into-a-unique-lexicon/
2023 Represented by Art Screen TV and Artsy Platform
Exhibiting Florence Biennale (Italy).
Instagram @ARTSY
WWArt Book: International contemporary Mastes XV. Online: file:///Users/sylviamekhitarian/Desktop/International%20Contemporary%20Masters%20XV%20–%20World%20Wide%20Art%20Books.webarchive
“Parallel Worlds”
https://www.contemporaryartcuratormagazine.com/online-exhibition-parallel/worlds/sylvia-mekhitarian
Instagram: https://instagram.com/contemporaryartcurator
'Mt view road’ digital display, at Tokyo Tower Art Fair, Japan. & Artexpo New York art fair, USA. WWA-Artavita Booth, ‘Isolated’ Art San Diego, USA.
2022 Spirit, Maroochydore library Artspace, presented by Sunshine coast council web site, 9th August to 17th September, QLD.
Sylvia Mekhitarian: Spirit (sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au)
Caloundra Regional Gallery (@caloundraregionalgallery) • Instagram photos and videos
2021 Of Foresters, Farmers and Fish Acquired 2019-2020, Latest & Gratest 2021 recent acquisition exhibition. Caloundra reginal art gallery, Website QLD.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLh_cBOrDbQ/?igshid=6lz1e59bcxx9
2019 Profile on their web site, Art Connect INC, Maleny QLD.
2015 Dam, Sunshine coast council website QLD.
2004 Diamonds of the Desert, Tweed Regional Gallery, Website, NSW.
1989-1997 Lost Records of earlier work.
1994 Periphery, Issue No 18 Feb Visual Arts, Norman Ingram. Weekend Review, June 18-19.
1996 Across the Media, Daly News, NSW.
1995 Dirty Secrets Secret Dirt, Women’s art show, Northern Star, NSW.
1993 Connections, Northern Star, NSW.
1993. Creative Village Casino, NSW. Art Team, sponsored by arts council of NSW and Casino municipal council. NSW, Express Examiner News.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE/ASSOCIATIONS
2023 Current Life drawing group Maleny QLD.
2019 Current, Inductions at Impress Studio & Gallery, Kedron QLD. Australia.
2018 Current, Studio Bookings Coordinator at Impress Studio & Gallery, Kedron QLD. Australia.
2018 Current, PCA Melbourne VIC. Australia.
2017-19 MPM Maleny Printmaker, Maleny Sunshine Coast, QLD. Australia.
20216-18, Life drawing group Montville QLD.
2016 Current, NAVA NSW. Australia.
2015 Current, Member of the Impress Printmakers Studio and Gallery, Kedron QLD.Australia.
1985-1996 CPM Member of Community, Printmakers, Bray Park Tweed Shire, NSW. Australia.
1985-1989 Michael Baartz Life Drawing Group Murwillumbah Tweed Shire, NSW. Australia.
1983-1989 Member of Murwillumbah Fernvale Potters, Fernvale, Tweed Shire, NSW. Australia.
1983-1985 Bob Connery Student ceramic group Stokers Siding pottery Byron Shire NSW. Australia.
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