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. He 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

2009            Piraeus, Girt by Sea, Chrysalis Gallery & Studio, Melbourne
2007            Dream Home, Chrysalis Gallery & Studio, Melbourne       
2007            New Works 2007, Chrysalis Gallery & Studio, Melbourne
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 & INVITATION EXHIBITIONS

2009

Prizewinner, Williamstown Art Prize, Melbourne
Finalist, R & M McGiverm Art Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery, Melbourne
BSG Works on Paper Exhibition, Brunswick Street, Melbourne

2008

Winner, King Valley Art Prize, King Valley, Victoria
Lancaster Press Exhibition, Griffith Regional Art Gallery
Finalist, Black Swan Portrait Prize. Perth, W.A.
‘Footy exhibition’ The Artist’s Garden, Melbourne
Finalist, Macarthur Cook Art Award. Melbourne, Vic.
Lancaster Press Exhibition Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Vic.
‘Swinburne Centenary Exhibition’ Delshan Gallery, Melbourne, Vic.

2007

‘Under the Southern Cross’ Deakin Museum of Art-Stonnington, Vic.
Banyule Works on Paper’ Banyule City Council, Melbourne, Vic
‘Footy Exhibition’ The Artists’ Garden, Melbourne, Vic.

2006             

Finalist, ‘Robert Jacks Drawing Prize’, Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC                                                                         

‘Passion Printing” Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne                                                                                       

'The Hanover Collection 2006’ Chrysalis Gallery, Melbourne

‘Swinburne Eclectic’, Delshan Gallery, Melbourne

2005            

The Hanover Print Collection, Inaugural print release, Chrysalis  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

BIBLIOGRAPHY

‘A Pavlidian Odyssey Through Greece’, 6 minutes, theage.com.au, November 2007
‘Jim Pavlidis – Homeric Ode in Paint’ by Fotis Kapetopoulos, Neos Kosmos, November 12, 2007
'Citius, Altius, Fortius, as the eggheads say’ by Nick Richardson, The Australian Literary Review, July 2007
‘Four Quarters – A Collection of Poems’ by Tome Petsinis, Art by Jim Pavlidis, Published by Thompson Walker, 2006
‘Meanjin on Rock ’n Roll’, 2006
‘New McCullochs Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, 2006
‘Sightlines - Critical Guide’ by David Hansen, The Age, April 7, 2006
’Seeing Life in the Stillness’ by Chris Beck, The Age, November 8, 2003
‘When the Sun Sets Over Carlton‘, The Age, May 3, 2003
‘The Game They Paint in Heaven’ by Georgina Safe, The Australian, August 3, 2001
‘Icons of Belonging’ by Martin Flanagan, The Age, May 19, 2001
‘The Haunted Heart of Darkness’ by Anna King Murdoch, The Age, March 20, 1995

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Sport, Melbourne
St Vincents Hospital