Following a lengthy stint creating large scale guerrilla-type public artworks in and around Melbourne, artist Mary Lou Pavlovic is back in the pristine space of the gallery with an exhibition that elegantly tears apart the institution of contemporary art itself.

Pavlovic engages in role-playing to explore the relationship between artists and art institutions.  Through her sculptural objects and glossy photographs, she questions the nature of power, cultural trends and the role of the artist in society.  Pavlovic pulls no punches with her confronting, and often disturbing, images.

Mary Lou Pavlovic holds a Bachelor of Arts in Painting, from the Canberra Institute of the Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from Goldsmiths College, London.  She has held solo exhibitions in Australia, Germany and Great Britain, and has been included in important group exhibitions in Australia and overseas.  In addition to her exhibition profile, Pavlovic has lectured at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne and throughout the United Kingdom.

In 2002 Pavlovic established her floating art museum PavModern inconjunction with Modular Records. PavModern brought British art critic Matthew Collings to Australia for a series of talks, and in 2004  PavModern hosted the 2004 Jake Chapman Lecture Tour.  Pavmodern has also carried out a number of public art projects such as skywriting over the National Gallery of Victoria and putting up posters outside the Ian Potter Centre.  These activities were specifically designed to critique museum culture.

MARY LOU PAVLOVIC - ABBREVIATED CV

Education

1989
B.A. Painting Canberra Institute of Art
1996
M.A. Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, University of London

Solo Exhibitions (since 2002)

2008
Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Philistine Jenny Port Gallery, Melbourne
Conny Dietzschold Gallery Sydney
2007
Julie Panini Performs (Performancefor "This Crazy Love' opening night) Linden Art Gallery Melbourn     
Terms of Endearment at Rules of Engagement outside Westspace Melbourne
Fab Art Darling xx Celebration Exhibition and Mailout  Counterpoint Melbourne
PavModern is Added Value Australian Art Collector Magazine 50 Most Collectable Artists Issue Jan 2007
2006
The Banner Project Public Art Project  Melbourne
Let the Protests Begin: PavModern, Art Museums and the Games
Poster project outside Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
Sky Writing Project over National Gallery Victoria
Performance outside Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
2005
AFL Grand Final Sky Writing Project, Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne
Mary Lou Mini POL Oxygen Magazine and Mini Project for Sydney
Esquisse Art and Design Festival, Sydney  and Federation Square, Melbourne    
2004   
Art Only on Sundays Event Season Australian Centre for Photography Sydney
Liar!, Public Art Project, Melbourne
2003
I Want To Play With Boys, Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
2002
Identity, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney

Group Exhibitions (since 2002)

2008
Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Art and Violence, LaTrobe University Melbourne           
2007 
Eye to I Ballarat  Fine Art Gallery VIC and touring
2006
Recent Aquisitions City of Port Phillip Linden Gallery VIC
2005
Material Boys and Girls, Deloitte Offices Sydney   
The Shangri-La Collective, Green Papaya Art Centre,  The Phillipines
2004 
Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize, Woollahra Municipal Council, Sydney
Imaging the Apple, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria and touring        
New Works Hazelhurst Regional Gallery NSW
Southside Art, Deputy Premier John Thwaites Office, Melbourne
The Shangri La Collective, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
 ABN Amro Emerging Artists Award, ABN Amro Tower, Sydney
2003
Art Cologne Conny Dietzschold Gallery Sydney, Cologne
Six Australian Artists Conny Dietzschold Gallery Cologne
La Trobe University Collection, La Trobe University VIC
2002
Melbourne Art Fair 2002, Conny Dietzschold Gallery
Sculptures, Objects, Installations, 12 Galleries Sculpture Exhibition, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney
Sculpture, 12 Galleries Sculpture Exhibition, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, NSW

Collections

City of Port Phillip Collection
La Trobe University Collection
Hobbs Collection, Australia
Sidler Collection, Australia
Vierhig Fluxus Collection, Cologne
Johnnie Walker Collection, Tokyo
Private Collections, Australia and New Zealand