Sculptor
Member of Flag since:
2019
Ellen’s Bio:
Ellen Pavlakos’ commitment to art originated with classical studies in Athens, Greece, her place of birth. She grew up where sculpture was very present in her everyday life and created a profound effect on her awareness and love of art.
Ellen studied with sculptor Luis Montoya at the Norton Museum School of Art in West Palm Beach. Later she studied with Bruno Lucchesi and Ruth Nickelson at the National Academy of Design in New York. With strong encouragement, Ellen was advised to goto her studio and work on her own.
Since then, Pavlakos has had work in many statewide and national competitions starting in 1979 with a national Academic Artists Juried Exhibit in Springfield, MA. The next year her work was featured in the International Sculpture Conference’s Exhibit in Washington D.C. and received the Realist Sculpture Bronze Award. The same year, she received First in Sculpture in the Brevard Museum Juried Exhibit along with a solo exhibit at the Brevard Museum.
Very active years followed with statewide and national competitions, and solo shows that led to international solo shows in Paris, France and Athens, Greece.
Pavlakos was invited by the Greek Department of Cultural Affairs for a two month long solo exhibit. Subsequently, her bronze sculpture “Mother Earth” and her painting “Interlude” were purchased by the Municipality of Athens. Other international exhibits included Thessaloniki, Greece, and in
1994, she competed at the Cyprus Symposium in Nicosia, Cyprus, where she worked next to artists from all parts of the world.
Pavlakos has continued to exhibit on regular basis. Her work can be found in her home town, Melbourne Florida, at the 5th Avenue Art Gallery.
Ellen studied with sculptor Luis Montoya at the Norton Museum School of Art in West Palm Beach. Later she studied with Bruno Lucchesi and Ruth Nickelson at the National Academy of Design in New York. With strong encouragement, Ellen was advised to goto her studio and work on her own.
Since then, Pavlakos has had work in many statewide and national competitions starting in 1979 with a national Academic Artists Juried Exhibit in Springfield, MA. The next year her work was featured in the International Sculpture Conference’s Exhibit in Washington D.C. and received the Realist Sculpture Bronze Award. The same year, she received First in Sculpture in the Brevard Museum Juried Exhibit along with a solo exhibit at the Brevard Museum.
Very active years followed with statewide and national competitions, and solo shows that led to international solo shows in Paris, France and Athens, Greece.
Pavlakos was invited by the Greek Department of Cultural Affairs for a two month long solo exhibit. Subsequently, her bronze sculpture “Mother Earth” and her painting “Interlude” were purchased by the Municipality of Athens. Other international exhibits included Thessaloniki, Greece, and in
1994, she competed at the Cyprus Symposium in Nicosia, Cyprus, where she worked next to artists from all parts of the world.
Pavlakos has continued to exhibit on regular basis. Her work can be found in her home town, Melbourne Florida, at the 5th Avenue Art Gallery.
Artist Statement:
My figurative sculptures stem from a solid, classical background enhanced by my personal point of view.
My source of inspiration is the human form; I have found it an endless source of expression and see it as a part of nature that expresses and elevates the figure to perfection.
The human figure and its range of emotions offers me a rich and constantly varied source of forms and subject mater.
In drawing, I use line to define the human forms;
In sculpture, I build upon the way these forms relate to each other in volume.
I try to use line, shape and volume to communicate my thoughts about human conditions, our joys and sorrows.
Exhibitions:
Selected Exhibits:
2021 FLAG 71st Annual Symposium and Exhibition –
Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
2021 FLAG Area 5, City Arts Gallery – Orlando FL
2020 Foosaner Art Museum – Melbourne, FL
2019 FLAG, 69th Annual Exhibition Symposium –
Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Fl
Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Fl
2019 Academic Artist Association, National Exhibition –
Arts Center East, Vernon, CT
Arts Center East, Vernon, CT
2019 Naples Art Association Art Gallery – Naples, FL
2017 Derek Gores Gallery – Melbourne, FL
2016 Fifth Avenue Art Gallery – Melbourne, FL
2015 Court House Cultural Center – Stuart, FL
2014 National Juried Exhibition, Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, –Delray Beach, FL
2012 Marietta/ Cobb Museum of Art – Atlanta, GA
2011 Museum of Florida Art – Deland, FL
Gateway center for the Arts – DeBary, FL
2010 Seminole State College – Sanford, FL
Gray / Robinson – Melbourne, FL
Terrace Gallery, Orlando City Hall – Orlando, FL
BCC/UCF Library – Cocoa, FL
Seminole State College – Sanford, FL
2009 Tampa International Airport – Tampa, FL
2008 Melbourne International Airport – Melbourne, FL
Thomas Center Galleries – Gainesville, FL
2007 The Deland Museum of Art – Deland, FL
2006 Turner Center for the Arts – Valdosta, GA
Albany Museum – Albany, GA
2005 Fish House Gallery – Stuart, FL
Brevard Museum – Melbourne, FL
Museum of Florida Art – Avon Park, FL
2004 Lake Wales Art Center – Lake Wales, FL
Seminole Community College -Sanford, FL
2003 Gadsden Art Center – Quincy, FL
Brevard Museum of Art – Melbourne, FL
2002 Visual Arts Center- Panama City, FL
Osceola Art Center- Kissimmee, FL
Deland Museum of Art – Deland, FL
Armory Art Center-Competition – West Palm Beach, FL
2001 University of FL Art – Gainesville, FL
Santa Fee College Gallery – Gainesville, FL
2000 Mount Dora Art Center – Mount Dora, FL
Louisiana State University – Shreveport, LA
1999 Fifth Ave. Art Gallery – Melbourne, FL
Alliance of the Arts- Solo – Lee County, Fort Myers, FL
621 Gallery – Tallahassee, FL
1998 Dunedin Fine Arts Center – Dunedin, FL
Orlando City Hall Gallery – Orlando, FL
1997 Sculpture 1997 – Thessalonika, Greece
Le Moyne Center for the visual Arts -Tallahassee, FL
The Appleton Museum of Art – Juried- Ocala, FL
The Thomas Center Galleries – Gainesville, FL
Sarasota Visual Arts Center – Sarasota, FL
1996 Brevard Museum – Melbourne, FL
Martin County Council of Arts – Stuart, FL
1995 Martin County Council of Arts – Cultural Center – Stuart, FL
1994 Kennedy Space Center – Cape Canaveral, FL
Symposium, Juried – Chamber of Fine Arts and Ministry of Education and Civilization – Nicosia, Cyprus
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery – Solo Exhibition – Melbourne, FL
1993 Outstanding American Women Artists Invitational, Foster Harmon Galleries – Sarasota, FL
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, A Visual Dialog – Melbourne, FL
1991 Lighthouse Gallery – Tequesta, FL
1990 Cultural Center of Athens –Solo Exhibition –
Athens, Greece
1989 Brevard Performing Art center – Melbourne, FL
1988 The Capitol Gallery – Capitol Building – FL Department of Cultural affairs – Tallahassee, FL
– Ten Women in Art
Lighthouse Gallery Tequesta, Celebration of Arts –
Tequesta, FL
1987 Center for the Arts – Juried Exhibition –
Vero Beach, FL
1986 Center For The Arts – Vero Beach, FL
1985 Foster Harmon Galleries – Major Artists Invitational – Sarasota, FL
National Juried Exhibition – Enduring Triumph of Realism – Springfield, MA
Springville Museum of Art, 61st Annual National April Salon, National Juried Exhibition – Springville, UT
Spaceport USA, Space Experience – Cape Canaveral, FL
Tequesta Gallery Tequesta – Tequesta, FL
Sampson Gallery, Stetson University – DeLand FL
1984 Edison Community College, Juried Exhibition –
Fort Myers, FL
National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art – Springfield, MA
Paris exhibition, Le Salon des Nations – Paris, France
1983 Hess Galleries, Solo Exhibition – Allentown, PA
Major Florida Artists Show, Foster Harmon Galleries – Sarasota, FL
Muhlenberg College Art Exhibition – Allentown, PA
1982 Open Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, Brevard Art Gallery and Museum – Melbourne, FL
Major Florida Artists Show, Foster Harmon Galleries – Sarasota, FL
Lighthouse Gallery Tequesta, Celebration of Arts –
Tequesta, FL
1981 Brevard Art Center & Museum – Solo Exhibition – Melbourne, FL
Museum of Science, Invitational Fine Arts Show – Miami FL
1980 International Sculpture Conference,
Realist Sculpture in Bronze Exhibit – Washington, DC
1979 National Academic Artists Juried Exhibit –
Springfield, MA
Greek Culture Center – Springfield, MA
2017 Derek Gores Gallery – Melbourne, FL
2016 Fifth Avenue Art Gallery – Melbourne, FL
2015 Court House Cultural Center – Stuart, FL
2014 National Juried Exhibition, Cornell Museum of Art and American Culture, –Delray Beach, FL
2012 Marietta/ Cobb Museum of Art – Atlanta, GA
2011 Museum of Florida Art – Deland, FL
Gateway center for the Arts – DeBary, FL
2010 Seminole State College – Sanford, FL
Gray / Robinson – Melbourne, FL
Terrace Gallery, Orlando City Hall – Orlando, FL
BCC/UCF Library – Cocoa, FL
Seminole State College – Sanford, FL
2009 Tampa International Airport – Tampa, FL
2008 Melbourne International Airport – Melbourne, FL
Thomas Center Galleries – Gainesville, FL
2007 The Deland Museum of Art – Deland, FL
2006 Turner Center for the Arts – Valdosta, GA
Albany Museum – Albany, GA
2005 Fish House Gallery – Stuart, FL
Brevard Museum – Melbourne, FL
Museum of Florida Art – Avon Park, FL
2004 Lake Wales Art Center – Lake Wales, FL
Seminole Community College -Sanford, FL
2003 Gadsden Art Center – Quincy, FL
Brevard Museum of Art – Melbourne, FL
2002 Visual Arts Center- Panama City, FL
Osceola Art Center- Kissimmee, FL
Deland Museum of Art – Deland, FL
Armory Art Center-Competition – West Palm Beach, FL
2001 University of FL Art – Gainesville, FL
Santa Fee College Gallery – Gainesville, FL
2000 Mount Dora Art Center – Mount Dora, FL
Louisiana State University – Shreveport, LA
1999 Fifth Ave. Art Gallery – Melbourne, FL
Alliance of the Arts- Solo – Lee County, Fort Myers, FL
621 Gallery – Tallahassee, FL
1998 Dunedin Fine Arts Center – Dunedin, FL
Orlando City Hall Gallery – Orlando, FL
1997 Sculpture 1997 – Thessalonika, Greece
Le Moyne Center for the visual Arts -Tallahassee, FL
The Appleton Museum of Art – Juried- Ocala, FL
The Thomas Center Galleries – Gainesville, FL
Sarasota Visual Arts Center – Sarasota, FL
1996 Brevard Museum – Melbourne, FL
Martin County Council of Arts – Stuart, FL
1995 Martin County Council of Arts – Cultural Center – Stuart, FL
1994 Kennedy Space Center – Cape Canaveral, FL
Symposium, Juried – Chamber of Fine Arts and Ministry of Education and Civilization – Nicosia, Cyprus
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery – Solo Exhibition – Melbourne, FL
1993 Outstanding American Women Artists Invitational, Foster Harmon Galleries – Sarasota, FL
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, A Visual Dialog – Melbourne, FL
1991 Lighthouse Gallery – Tequesta, FL
1990 Cultural Center of Athens –Solo Exhibition –
Athens, Greece
1989 Brevard Performing Art center – Melbourne, FL
1988 The Capitol Gallery – Capitol Building – FL Department of Cultural affairs – Tallahassee, FL
– Ten Women in Art
Lighthouse Gallery Tequesta, Celebration of Arts –
Tequesta, FL
1987 Center for the Arts – Juried Exhibition –
Vero Beach, FL
1986 Center For The Arts – Vero Beach, FL
1985 Foster Harmon Galleries – Major Artists Invitational – Sarasota, FL
National Juried Exhibition – Enduring Triumph of Realism – Springfield, MA
Springville Museum of Art, 61st Annual National April Salon, National Juried Exhibition – Springville, UT
Spaceport USA, Space Experience – Cape Canaveral, FL
Tequesta Gallery Tequesta – Tequesta, FL
Sampson Gallery, Stetson University – DeLand FL
1984 Edison Community College, Juried Exhibition –
Fort Myers, FL
National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art – Springfield, MA
Paris exhibition, Le Salon des Nations – Paris, France
1983 Hess Galleries, Solo Exhibition – Allentown, PA
Major Florida Artists Show, Foster Harmon Galleries – Sarasota, FL
Muhlenberg College Art Exhibition – Allentown, PA
1982 Open Arts Alliance Juried Exhibition, Brevard Art Gallery and Museum – Melbourne, FL
Major Florida Artists Show, Foster Harmon Galleries – Sarasota, FL
Lighthouse Gallery Tequesta, Celebration of Arts –
Tequesta, FL
1981 Brevard Art Center & Museum – Solo Exhibition – Melbourne, FL
Museum of Science, Invitational Fine Arts Show – Miami FL
1980 International Sculpture Conference,
Realist Sculpture in Bronze Exhibit – Washington, DC
1979 National Academic Artists Juried Exhibit –
Springfield, MA
Greek Culture Center – Springfield, MA
Pavlakos Art in Public Places:
Mother and Child, life-size bronze. Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne,FL.
Welcoming Jesus, life-size bronze. Holy Name of Jesus, Catholic Church, Indialantic, FL.
The Flame Keeper, hydrostone. Space Education Center, Kennedy Space Center, FL.
Stephen Girard Monument, bronze. Girard College, Philadelphia, PA.
Land Aphrodite 94, clay. Chamber of fine Arts,
Nicosia, Cyprus
Florida Waters, 9’H. polyurethane. Satellite Beach Library, FL.
Mother Earth, bronze. Museum in Athens, Greece.
Interlude, pastel. Penakotheke, Athens, Greece,
Knowledge from A to Z. Central Brevard Library, Cocoa, FL.
Scaling the Charts, life-size, bronze. International Business Park, Heathrow, FL.
The Young Scientist, over life-size bust, bronze. Allan Broussard Monument,
The Harry T. Moore Monument, larger than life size bust, bronze. Titusville Social Service Center, Titusville, FL.
Mother and Child, cold cast bronze. Holmes Medical Center, Melbourne,FL.
Membership in Professional Soceties:
Elected Member: National Academic Artists Association
The Chamber of Visual Arts In Greece
Member: The Medallic Sculpture Association
The International Federation of Medal (FIDEM)
The Ten Women in Art (Founding member 1982-Present)