Jim Pavlidis born Melbourne, 1964
Contact: pavlidis.jim@gmail.com
Solo Exhibitions
| 2019 | ‘Kitchen Sink Dramas’, Queenscliff Gallery |
| 2018 | ‘Footy’, PG Printmaker Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2017 | ‘Recent Work’, Langford 120, Melbourne |
| 2015 | ‘Once Upon This Time‘, Langford 120, Melbourne |
| 2014 | ‘Accounts Of My Dancing Evenings – Season 1914’, Geelong Gallery |
| ‘Accounts Of My Dancing Evenings – Season 1914’, Dianne Tanzer + Projects, Melbourne | |
| 2013 | ‘Prints’, Gecko Studio & Gallery, Fish Creek, Victoria |
| 2012 | ‘Seven Stories’, Melbourne Writers Festival |
| ‘Mongrel Punt’, Antipodes Bookshop & Gallery, Sorrento | |
| 2011 | ‘Winter Masterpieces’, Letitia Morris Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2009 | ‘Piraeus, Girt by Sea’, Chrysalis Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2007 | ‘Dream Home’, Chrysalis Gallery, Melbourne |
| ‘New Works 2007’, Chrysalis Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2006 | ‘You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory’, Chapman & Bailey, Melbourne |
| 2003 | ‘Crazy Heart’, Chrysalis Publishing, Melbourne |
| ‘Paintings’, Crossley & Scott, Melbourne | |
| 2001 | ‘In Their Element’, Chrysalis Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2000 | ‘Skywriting’, Artefact International, Melbourne |
| 1999 | New Academy Gallery, London |
| 1997 | ‘Endless Night’, Coram Gallery, London |
| 1995 | ‘Sleepless’, IMT at Tolarno Cafe, Melbourne |
| 1994 | ‘A Blot on the Landscape’, Artefact Gallery, Melbourne |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2021 | ‘Holding Ground’, Silver Leaf Art Box, Online |
| 2020 | ‘Doctors and Nurses’, Satellite Projects, Melbourne |
| ‘Robert Hague, Peter Lancaster, Jim Pavlidis, Geoffrey Ricardo’, Queenscliff Gallery | |
| ‘Antipodean Palette – In Isolation’, Greek-Australian Cultural League online | |
| 2019 | ‘Editions 2019’, Tacit Galleries, Melbourne |
| ‘B(g)ravura, Barn Gallery Montsalvat, Melbourne | |
| ‘Historia’ Print exchange, Queenscliff Gallery | |
| ‘Out of the Cupboard’, Satellite Projects, Melbourne | |
| Print Commission, Print Council of Australia | |
| 2018 | ‘Edge’, Langford 120, Melbourne |
| ‘Antipodean Pallete’, Steps Gallery, Melbourne | |
| ‘Behind The Lines’, Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra | |
| 2017 | ‘Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards’, Geelong Gallery |
| ‘Leather Poisoning: Football Possessions’, Counihan Gallery, Brunswick | |
| ‘Art On The Page’, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne | |
| ‘VCA 9×5 Now’, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne | |
| ‘Imaginings’ curated by Rona Green, Neospace, Collingwood | |
| ‘Ink In The Blood, City Gallery, Melbourne Town Hall | |
| ‘Let Them Stay’, European Beer Museum, Stenay, France | |
| ‘Between A Rock and a Hard Place’, Art Vault, Mildura | |
| ‘Behind The Lines’, Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra | |
| ‘The Art Of Football’, Art Vault, Mildura | |
| 2016 | ‘National Works On Paper’, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery |
| ‘Between A Rock and a Hard Place’, Megalo Print Gallery, Canberra | |
| ‘Between A Rock and a Hard Place’, Queenscliff Gallery | |
| ‘Lettered’ Print exchange, Queenscliff Gallery | |
| ‘Bellarine Printmakers’, Queenscliff Gallery | |
| ‘Red Ball: the Fine Art Of Footy, Red Gallery, Melbourne | |
| ‘The Art Of Football’, Art Vault, Mildura | |
| 2015 | Winner, Rick Amor Print Prize, Montsalvat, Melbourne |
| Queenscliff Gallery opening exhibition | |
| ‘Magical’ curated by Rona Green, Neospace, Collingwood | |
| 2014 | ‘The Bloke Show’ (invited artist RMIT Print Imaging Practice Residency), RMIT Project Space, Melbourne |
| ‘Knowing Me Knowing You’, Arts Project, Melbourne | |
| ‘People I have worked with, People I have worked for and friends: Illustrated and other books – assembled by George Matoulas’, Langford 120, Melbourne | |
| 2013 | Geelong Print Prize, Geelong Art Gallery |
| ‘Footy exhibition’ The Artist’s Garden, Melbourne | |
| 2012 | Beautiful Soup curated by Rona Green, St Helliers Street Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2011 | Pressing Matters, Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne |
| Methodist Ladies College Art Show, Melbourne | |
| Finalist, Rick Amor Print Prize, Montsalvat, Melbourne | |
| 2010 | ‘Stone Love’, Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne |
| 52 Print Folio, Geelong Gallery, Victoria | |
| Portrait Exchange, Arts Project, Melbourne | |
| ‘Footy exhibition’ The Artist’s Garden, Melbourne | |
| 2009 | Prizewinner, Williamstown Art Prize, Melbourne |
| Finalist, R & M McGivern Art Prize, Maroondah Art Gallery, Melbourne | |
| Geelong Print Prize, Geelong Gallery | |
| Collaborations, Lancaster Press, Melbourne | |
| BSG Works on Paper exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2008 | Winner, King Valley Art Prize, King Valley, Victoria |
| Lancaster Press Exhibition, Griffith Regional Art Gallery | |
| Finalist, Black Swan Portrait Prize, Perth Town Hall | |
| ‘Footy exhibition’ The Artist’s Garden, Melbourne | |
| Finalist, MacarthurCook Art Award, Melbourne | |
| ‘Swinburne Centenary Exhibition’, Delshan Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2007 | ‘Under the Southern Cross’, Deakin Museum of Art – Stonington Stables, Melbourne |
| ‘Banyule Works on Paper’, Banyule City Council, Melbourne | |
| ‘Footy exhibition’ The Artist’s Garden, Melbourne | |
| 2006 | ‘Passion Printing’, Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne |
| Finalist, ‘Robert Jacks Drawing Prize’, Bendigo Art Gallery | |
| ’The Hanover Collection 2006’, Chrysalis Gallery, Melbourne | |
| ‘Swinburne Eclectic’, Delshan Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 2005 | ’The Hanover Collection’ Inaugural print release, Chrysalis Gallery, Melbourne |
| ‘Double Take’ Arts Project Australia, 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 Eclectic’, Delshan Gallery, Melbourne | |
| ‘The Year in the Studio’ Chrysalis 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 Eclectic’, Delshan Gallery, Melbourne | |
| ‘The Geelong Experience’, Little Malop Gallery, Geelong | |
| ‘The Age of Cartooning’, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| Group exhibition & auction ‘Eat Street,’ Sofitel Melbourne | |
| ‘The Year in the Studio’ Chrysalis Gallery, 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-La Trobe Acqusitive Art Prize, Bundoora, Melbourne | |
| Finalist, The Hutchins Art Prize, Long Gallery, Hobart | |
| ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’, Methodist Ladies College, Melbourne | |
| ‘Salon des Refusees’, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney | |
| 2000 | ‘Eccentricity’, Montsalvat, Melbourne |
| Finalist, Shell Fremantle Print Award, Western Australia | |
| ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship exhibition, Melbourne | |
| 1999 | Metropolis Gallery, St Kilda |
| Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza, Victoria | |
| ‘Show and Tell’, PGR art auction, St Kilda, Melbourne | |
| 1998 | ‘Salon des Graphiques’, New Academy Gallery, London |
| 1997 | London Print Workshop Open exhibition (first prize winner) |
| 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 |
Collections
National Gallery of Australia, Victoria and Albert Museum London, State Library of Victoria, Deakin University, Monash University, University of Melbourne, State Library of Queensland, State Library of New South Wales, Geelong Gallery, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, National Library of Australia, Swinburne University, St Vincents Hospital Melbourne, Museum of Sport, Melbourne Cricket Club, RACV Club Victoria, Pizzini Wines Victoria
2010 – Awarded Creative Fellowship, State Library of Victoria
2015 – Awarded Churchill Fellowship
Melbourne Press Club Quill Awards: Best Artwork 2015, Best Cartoon 2019
Bibliography
‘Walking My Parents Into The Twilight’ by Jim Pavlidis, The Age, 1 May 2021
‘Marking Time’ by Jim Pavlidis, Good Weekend, 15 September 2018
Deakin University Art Collection – A Selection Of Works, 2017
‘Tale Of The Unexpected’ by Jim Pavlidis, Imprint, Winter 2017
‘For The Record’ by Victor Griss, Leather Poisoning catalogue essay, March 2017
‘Lithography with an all star cast’ review by Sasha Grishin, Canberra Times, 14 May 2016
‘Mixing Oil and Water’ by Jim Pavlidis, Imprint, Summer 2015
‘On a Roll Through the Past and Future’ by Jim Pavlidis, The Age, 16 October 2015
‘The Bloke Show’ by Jazmina Cininas, Imprint, Autumn 2015
‘Knowing Me Knowing You’ documentary by Shelley Farthing-Dawe
‘Where to draw the line?’ by Peta Mayer, ArtsHub, 28 August 2014
‘Multi-Storied’ radio 3RRR, 25 June 2014
‘Pulse TV’ Channel 31, 29 July 2014
‘Dancing As War Breaks Out’ by Jim Pavlidis, The Age, April 19, 2014
‘Pictures of an Intimate War’ by Jim Pavlidis, Imprint, Volume 49, Number 1, Autumn 2014
‘Egalitarian Space’ Spin’ by Megan Backhouse, Art Guide, March/April 2014
‘Best Australian Political Cartoons 2014’ Edited by Russ Radcliffe, High Horse Books, 2014
‘Best Australian Political Cartoons 2013’ Edited by Russ Radcliffe, High Horse Books, 2013
‘Hindus Upset at Fairfax Cartoon’s Spin’ by Sarah Adams, artsHub.com, March 4, 2013
‘Narratives In The Fine Prints’ by Jim Pavlidis, The Age, August 25, 2012
’Dance to the Music of Time’ by Jim Pavlidis, State Library of Victoria News 46, March 2011
’Jim Pavlidis’ book published by Macmillan Art Publishing 2010
’Portrait Exchange’ Art Nation, ABC TV, Sunday 27 September 2010
Book review by Lorien Kaye, The Age A2, July 3, 2010
Book review Neos Kosmos, July 8, 2010
’A Fresh Perspective’ by Suzy Freeman-Greene, The Age, May 22, 2010
‘Talking Pictures’ Insiders, ABC television, June 13, 2010
Exhibition review by Dan Rule, The Age A2, August 1, 2009
’Humble and Happy, to me’ by Jim Pavlidis, The Age, May 9, 2009
‘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
Exhibition review by David Hansen, The Age A2, April 7, 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