Armando Chant Biography

Born 1974, Seville, Spain 

EDUCATION
2022-ongoing     Lecturer at National Art School, Sydney, NSW
2020-2022          Masters of Fine Art at the National Art School, Sydney, NSW
2008-2010          Graduate Diploma in Arts Administration at the University of NSW, Sydney, NSW
1997-1999            Masters of Constructed Textiles at Royal College of Art, London, UK
1993-1997            Bachelor of Fashion and Textile Design (Hons) at Brighton University, UK

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023         ‘NAS/DMG Award’, Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2019         ‘X-Rorschach’, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2018         ‘Residue’, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2017         ‘Mise en Abyme’, ‘Arts of Research 2017’ Conference, Aalto University, Finland
2017         ‘Liminal’, Blackeye Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2017         ‘BYOBU’, Barometer Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2016         ‘Stillness’, Contact Sheet Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2016         ‘Transition’, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2015         ‘Inter: Reflections’, Basilica de Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
2015         ‘Reflections’, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2011         ‘Phase Dab’, Lab Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2011         ‘Phase-in’, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney, NSW

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023         ‘Two sides of the same coin’, Bondi Pavillion Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2023         ‘Elements’, Woollahra Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2022         ‘Retrograde/Anterograde’, AIRspace Projects, Sydney, NSW
2022         ‘National Art School Postgrad Exhibition’, Sydney, NSW
2021         ‘Tracks and Traces’, Wangaratta Regional Gallery, Wangaratta, VIC
2020        ‘Topographic Reflections’, Tamworth Textile Triennale, Tamworth, NSW
2020         ‘Fit for Purpose’, UTS Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2019         ‘Reflections on Rorschach’, Amiffattura Tabacchi, Florence, Italy
2019         ‘Skri:n’, Wangaratta Regional Gallery, Wangaratta, VIC
2014         ‘Cloudscape’, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW
2013         ‘Feel and Think – A new era of Tokyo fashion’, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, NSW
2013         ‘Transitions II’, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, NSW
2013         ‘Transitions’, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
2012          ‘Constructions’, Damien Minton Gallery Annex, Sydney, NSW

AWARDS
2023         Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award – Finalist
2023         Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize – Finalist
2023         Dobell Drawing Prize – Finalist
2022         NAS/DMG Award – Winner
2021         Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award Biennale – Finalist
2020        ‘Tensions 20/20’ Tamworth Textile Triennale – Finalist
2019         Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award Biennale – Finalist
2014         ‘Group Exchange’ Tamworth Textile Triennale – Finalist, acquired for the Tamworth Regional Gallery collection

RESIDENCIES
2018         DRAW International, Caylus, France

ARTICLES
2021         “The New Fashion Container Project.” Linda Loppa and Milan Skira (Eds).
2018         “Mise en Abyme: Drawn Intersections between Image, Body and Space.” Presented at the ‘Arts of Research: 2017’ conference at Aalto University, Finland. Synnt: Catalysis, Interventions, Transformations.
2018         “De-Stabilizing the Frame: The transitional and transformative nature of the image within fashion practice.” Presented at ‘Momenting the momento: 5 day international fashion research conference on fashion, design and culture’ in Florence. Edizioni Polistampa.
2016          “Moments: A Research Laboratory on Fashion Culture” (pp. 231-240). Linda Loppa and Milan Skira (Eds).
2015          “Imaginative voyaging: fashion practice as a ‘site’ for wonder and enchantment.” Jospeh F., Smith M., Smitheram M., Hamon J. (Eds). Presented at ‘Conference Proceedings: Shapeshifting’ at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.
2013          “A Conversation about Collaborative Practice by MAKE.SHIFT Concepts.” Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, vol. 1, no. 1 (pp. 93-108).
2013         “Craft, Magic and Excellence: Love Looks Not with the Eyes.” Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture, vol. 17, issue 4 (p. 53).