Jim Pavlidis

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Jim Pavlidis Biography

Born in Melbourne in 1964, Jim Pavlidis studied Graphic Design at Swinburne Institute of Technology, and Visual Art at VCA, Melbourne.

Since 1985, he has been a freelance artist and illustrator for a variety of clients such as The Wilderness Society, Dynamo House, 21C Magazine and Move Records, and has worked as an artist for The Age newspaper, Melbourne, for over 20 years. Between 1995 and 1997, he worked in London for The Independent and Daily Mail newspapers, and in Paris where he was art director for The Paris Free Voice weekly newspaper.

As a painter and printmaker, Pavlidis has held regular solo exhibitions since 1994, and his work has been included in numerous group and invitation exhibitions in London, Hong Kong and throughout Australia.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006 You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory, Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne
2003 Crazy Heart, Chrysalis Publishing Gallery and Studio, Melbourne
2003 Paintings, Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
2001 In Their Element, Chrysalis Publishing Gallery and Studio, Melbourne
2000 Skywriting, Artefact International, Melbourne
1999 New Academy Gallery, London
1997 Endless Night, Coram Gallery, London
1995 Sleepless, Gallery IMT at Tolarno, Melbourne
1994 A Blot on the Landscape, Artefact Gallery, Melbourne

GROUP AND INVITATION EXHIBITIONS

2006 Robert Jacks Drawing Prize exhibition, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC ‘Passion Printing” Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne ‘The Hanover Collection 2006’ Chrysalis Gallery, Melbourne
2005 The Hanover Print Collection, Inaugural print release, Chrysalis Publishing Gallery and Studio, Melbourne
Double Take, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
The Year in the Studio, Chrysalis Publishing Gallery and Studio, Melbourne
Important Works On Paper, Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
The Coaches, The Artist’s Garden, Melbourne
About Face, 69 Smith St, Melbourne
Expansion, Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne
Swinburne Ecclectic, Delshan Gallery, Melbourne
2004 Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne
Great Grand Finals, The Artist’s Garden, Melbourne (winner Best picture of the show)
Finalist Swan Hill Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards, Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
Finalist Cromwell’s Art Prize, Cromwell’s Auction House, Sydney
Swinburne Ecclectic, Delshan Gallery, Melbourne
The Geelong Experience, Little Malop Gallery, Geelong
The Age of Cartooning, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Eat Street, Sofitel Melbourne
The Year in the Studio, Chrysalis Publishing Gallery and Studio, Melbourne
2003 Finalist, Hazelhurst Art Award, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, NSW
Finalist, Shell Fremantle Print Award, Western Australia
Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne
2002 Finalist, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Works on Paper exhibition
Finalist, The Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart
Crossley & Scott, Melbourne
2001 Finalist, Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, Warrnambool Art Gallery
Finalist, Darebin-Latrobe Acquisative Art Prize, Bundoora, Malebourne
Finalist, The Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart
The Garden of Earthly Delights, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne
Salon des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2000 Eccentricity, Montsalvat, Melbourne
Shell Fremantle Print Award exhibition, Western Australia
ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship exhibition, Melbourne
1999 Group exhibition Metropolis Gallery, St Kilda
Group exhibition Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza, Victoria
Show and Tell, PGR art auction, St Kilda, Melbourne
1998 Salon des Graphiques, New Academy Gallery, London
1997 First prize London Print Workshop Open exhibition
The Hunting Art Prizes, London & Glasgow
The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, London
Short-listed for The Villiers David Prize, London
Art ’97, London Contemporary Art Fair (Coram Gallery)
Glasgow Art Fair (Coram Gallery)
1996 Border Crossings, London Goodenough Trust, London
1994 Australia Week exhibition, Quo Quo Gallery, Hong Kong
1993 The St Kilda Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne
1991 Multitude of Piece, Malthouse Gallery, Melbourne
Cartoonists for Amnesty, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne

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