Known as Milanda de Mont, and born into an artistic Armenian family, she has painted since childhood. Proud of her Armenian cultural identity, she was raised and educated in Sydney, Australia. As an abstract artist she has also staged performance arts and action painting.

Artist Statement: Art is a celebration of the unity that explodes in the act of creation; I let myself be carried away without resistance in the direction guided by my imagination and visual interplay of the creative process. By and through the creative process, the artistic expression takes its form and colour as a living imagery, so independent, real, enigmatic and mysterious with an entity of its own spirituality and breath. This is my journey into abstraction.

Collections: De Mont’s paintings are purchased in numerous and important collections in major cities in Australia, America, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Barbados.

Education
1973 - Higher School Certificate, graduated with “High Distinction” in Art, Forest High School, Sydney, Australia.
1974 – 1975 - Diploma of Fine Arts, at National Art School, Sydney, Australia.
1975 – 1977 - Diploma of Graphic Design, Randwick College, and Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia.
1978 - Diploma of Commercial Art, Sevier Valley College, Richfield, Utah, USA.
1991 - Dip Ed. Post Graduate Degree, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.


Foreign Languages: English, German, Armenian, Farsi (Persian).
1993 – 1996 - German Language studies: Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Sydney, Australia and Düsseldorf, Germany.

Prizes, Awards and Scholarships.
2007 - Finalist Award Audi Art Prize, selected by Australian Adjudicators: (Collette Dinigen, Jasper Knight, Robin Nevin, Ignatius Jones, Jan Mackey), in top 6, National Multidisciplinary Arts, Museum of Contemporary Arts, (MCA), Sydney, Australia.
2001 - Winner First Prize & Elcom Open Award, the 26th Central Coast Arts Festival, Australia. Adjudicator-James Deas, (advisor to the William Bowmore Collection and assistant Curator to Sir William Dobell’s last exhibition in NSW). His Statement: “Outstanding handling of paint producing an evocative atmospheric work”.
2001 - Scholarship Award Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Munich, Germany.
1996 - Scholarship Award Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Munich, Germany.
1973 - Winner First Prize, Mural Design Competition, Mimosa Public School, Warringah Shire Council, Sydney, Australia.
1969 - Winner Gold medal & Award, National Iranian Painting Competition, Tehran, Iran
1968 - Winner Gold Medal & Award, National Iranian Painting Competition, Tehran, Iran.
1967 - Winner First Prize & Award, National Iranian Painting Competition, Tehran, Iran.


Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 - “Flow II”, presented by Hilton Mainz City, Mainz, Germany.
2009 - “From Colour to Idea –Incrustatio 2”, Arakyan Art Gallery, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.
2007 - Harris Courtin Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2007 - “Flow”, Horus & Deloris Gallery, Pyrmont, Sydney, Australia.
2006 - Major Solo, National Gallery of Armenia, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.
2006 - Bredeney Gallery, with Michael Siewert, & Georg Weber, Essen, Germany.
2005 - Harris Courtin Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2004 - Major solo “Circling a Trail a Cultural Journey” Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Australia.
2004 - “Von Natur Aus” with Herbert Siemandel-Feldmann and Georg Weber, Leichlingen Buerger Haus, Leichlingen, Germany.
2004 - “Von Natur Aus” with Herbert Siemandel-Feldmann and Georg Weber, Bredeney Gallery, Essen Germany.
2004 - Harris Courtin Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2003 - “From Body To Energy”, Australian Ballet Patrons Program, In association with the Hong Merchant of Australia Gallery Sydney, Australia.
2002 - Harris Courtin Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2002 - Invited guest artist, Australian Ballet Patrons Programme, Sydney, Australia.
2001 - The Cancer Care Centre, Nepean Hospital Arts for Health Program, Sydney, Australia.
2001 - “Rising of the Sun” Edogawa Sogo Bunka Centre, Tokyo, Japan.
2000 - “Figure Dynamics” Libby Edwards Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2000 - Major Solo “Fantasia & Dynamism” Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Australia.
1998 - “Australian Landscape” with Herbert Siemandel-Feldmann, Bredeney Gallery, Essen, Germany.
1997 - “Feature Artist” Gosford City Art Centre, East Gosford, Australia.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 - Finalist, Gosford City Art Prize, Gosford Regional Gallery, Australia.
2009 - “Incrustatio 2”, with Armenian abstract artists “Art Gallery”, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.
2009 - Harris Courtin Gallery, Gallery 2, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2008 - “Sense of Place”, local Government project, only well known invited artists, Gosford Regional Gallery, Gosford, NSW, Australia.
2008 - Harris Courtin Gallery, Gallery 2, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2007 - Finalist Award Audi Art Prize, selected in top 6, National Multidisciplinary Arts, Museum of Contemporary Arts, (MCA), Sydney, Australia.
2007 - Harris Courtin Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2007 - Selected artist, International Women’s Day, Multi Arts Confederation Central Coast.
2006 - “Incrustatio”, “Art Gallery”, collaboration with Armenian, French, Italian and Japanese abstract artists, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.
2006 - Harris Courtin Gallery, Gallery 2, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2006 - Finalist, Gosford City Art Prize, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Australia.
2006 - Invited artist, 31st Central Coast Festival of Arts, Australia.
2006 - Finalist, Gosford City Art Prize, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Australia.
2005 - Finalist, Gosford City Art Prize, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Australia.
2005 - Harris Courtin Gallery, Gallery 2, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2004 - Invited artist, 29th Central Coast Festival of Arts, Australia.
2004 - Finalist, Gosford City Art Prize, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Australia.
2004 - Harris Courtin Gallery, Gallery 2, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2003 - Invited artists “a look at laughter”, Greg James Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia.
2003 - Harris Courtin Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2003 - Invited artist, the 28th Central Coast Festival of Arts, Australia.
2003 - Finalist, Gosford City Art Prize, selected finalists group, Gosford Regional Art Gallery.
2002 - Harris Courtin Gallery, Gallery 2, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2002 - 6 European artists, Bredeney Gallery, Essen, Germany.
2002 - Invited artists, the 27th Central Coast Festival of Arts, Australia.
2001 - International Artists Symposium, Weimar and Berlin, Germany.
2001 - One of 15 artists selected internationally by “Goethe-Institute Inter Nationes” in Munich.
2001 - Harris Courting Gallery, Gallery 2, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
2001 - Winner - 2001 Elcom Open Award & First Prize, the 26th Central Coast Festival of Arts.
2000 - The Libby Edwards Galleries, Melbourne, Australia.
2000 - The Libby Edwards Galleries, Sydney, Australia.
2000 - TAP Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2000 - Invited Australian artists, the 25th Central Coast Festival of Arts, Australia.
1999 - Horizon Committee Auction, work presented with Brett Whitely and Elizabeth Durak.
1999 - Gallery Link International, (now Gallery at the Wentworth) Sydney, Australia.
1999 - Invited Australian artists, the 24th Central Coast Festival of Arts, Australia.
1999 - Gosford City Art Exhibition, Gosford Regional Art Gallery, Australia.
1998 - Gallery Link International, (now Gallery at the Wentworth), Sydney, Australia.
1997 - Gallery Link International, Sydney, Australia.