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Lilya Pavlovic-Dear

Lilya Pavlovic Dear is a Franco-American artist, born on 30 May 1947 in Topola-Oplenac, Yugoslavia (now Serbia).[1][2] She is a painter, print-maker, photographer and video artist. She has participated in more than 200 group shows and 60 solo shows.[3]

She has exhibitions in the United States, Europe and China. Some of her most important shows took place at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice during the 56th Venice Biennale,[4][5] Museum of Shanxi province in Xi'An, and Museum of Modern Art in Madrid. She is featured in multiple private and public collections, such as Los Angeles County Museum, U.S.A Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, France,[6][7] Neue Galerie Graz, Austria, and Museum of Art of Shanxi province in Xi'An, China.[3]

Life and education

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Pavlovic Dear graduated in 1970 with a B.A. in Fresco, Painting and Mosaic at the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade.[8] She obtained a scholarship from the British Council and studied and graduated in Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from Chelsea College of Arts, London, in 1973.[8][9] In 1974 she moved to Los Angeles where she exhibited and taught at UCLA from 1974 to 1977.[8] Since the 1980s, she has been working and living between France and the United States of America.

Work

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The main themes of Pavlovic Dear's work are organic structures,[10] maps of the world,[11][12] Marco Polo on the Silk Road, angels, and water. For the last 50 years, nature and ecology have always been present and have oriented her work.[11]

The art critic Thomas Albright wrote about Pavlovic Dear's work in the San Francisco Chronicle: "Imagine a cross between Dubuffet, Escher and William T. Wiley. Lilya is a kind of landscapist of the inner psyche whose principal tools are an intricate, all-encompassing web-like structure and a fantastic quality of interior space."[13]

The art critic Pierre Rouve said about her show in Bradford University: "She portrays the unspoken and the unspeakable".[10]

In 2007, Pavlovic Dear published the book Marco Polo on the Silk Road.[14] It is listed in several libraries: American Museum of Natural History; National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum; The British Library, St. Pancras; Worcester Art Museum, Library of Congress; New York Public Library; Bibliothèque Marciana, Venice.[15] For her book, she received the Grand European Prize Botticelli in 2008.[3]

In 2010, she published a retrospective book on her career Lilya Pavlovic-Dear: Art Works 1970-2010. The book is listed in Worcester Art Museum, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[16]

Since 2019, she has been a contributing expert to the Silk Sustainable Development Institution, a Washington D.C.-based thinktank.[17]

Main exhibitions

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Main collections

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Pavlovic Dear is also listed in le Dictionnaire d'Art Bénézit, la Cotation d'Art Drouot, and Dictionnaire d'Art Akoun.[3]

Awards and honors

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  • Chevalier Artistique, Accademia Internacionale Greci Marino, Italy, 1998
  • Silver Medal, Arts Category, Mérite et Dévouement Français, 1988[21]
  • Médaille d'Argent dans la catégorie des Arts, Le Mérite et Dévouement Français, 1998
  • European Arts Prize, Léopold Senghor, 2007[3]
  • Grand European Prize Botticelli 2008, for her art book Marco Polo on the Silk Road[3]
  • Golden Medal for the work "Ancient China in the Eyes of Artists", Guiyang, Confucius Academy, China, 2017[22]

Personal life

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Pavlovic Dear married Richard Hamilton Bryarlie Dear Junior in 1975. They have three daughters: Natasha, Katarina and Alexandra.

References

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  1. ^ Harambourg, Lydia (29 November 2013). "L'eau éternelle". La Gazette Drouot (41). Trésor essential du monde et de la vie, l'eau s'est impose à l'artiste Lilya, née en 1947 en Yougoslavie.
  2. ^ Anonymous (20 January 1973). "The Chaos Falls into Order". Bradford Day. Coping with two simultaneous art shows, one in Belgrade and the other at Bradford University, proved somewhat hectic for Yugoslav artist Lilya Pavlovic, who lives in London.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g M.-C.A (26 July 2008). ""Sur la route de la soie" avec Lilya Pavlovic-Dear". Nice-Matin. Une peintre rare, habituée des expositions à travers le monde : quarante expos personnelles à Paris, New York, Washington, Londres, Los Angeles, Bruxelles et Hambourg et 200 présentations en groupe. Lilya a également décliné le thème de Marco Polo dans un livre d'art récompensé par le prix Botticelli. En 2007, l'artiste a également reçu le prix européen d'art Léopold Senghore. Avec des œuvres intégrées dans la collection de la Bibliothèque nationale à Paris, Art bank à Washington, Neue Galerie à Graz et la New York Public Library. Elle figure dans de nombreux dictionnaires d'art tels que la Cotation d'Art Drouot, le dictionnaire d'Art Akoun, ou le dictionnaire d'Art Bénézit.
  4. ^ a b "Water by Lilya" (PDF). Querini Stampalia.
  5. ^ a b Rodenigo, Veronica (4 May 2015). "Intorno alla Biennale: le mostre da non perdere". Il Giornale Dell' Arte.com Edizione Online. la Fondazione Querini Stampalia riunisce accanto al personale «Alfabeto della memoria» del russo Grisha Bruskin, Jimmie Durham, il progetto site specific «Water» di Lilya Pavlovic-Dear » Veronica Rodenigo – « Intorno alla Biennale: le mostre da non perdere.
  6. ^ a b Lilya; Lilya; Lilya (1985), Spaceman: [estampe], OCLC 1081123227
  7. ^ a b "BnF Catalogue général". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  8. ^ a b c d UCLA Design Faculty Artists Catalogue. Vol. February 1 through March 13, 1977. Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles. 1977. pp. 2, 24. Pavlovic-Dear earned a bachelor of arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. She completed postgraduate studies at Chelsea College of Arts in London. Painting, mosaic and fresco were predominant areas of study for Pavlovic-Dear. Education : Postgraduate study at Chelsea College of Arts, London, 1973; Academy of Applied Arts, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, B.A., 1970. Teaching experience: University of California, Los Angeles, 1974 to present.
  9. ^ Carvoyeur, Gilles (24 August 2013). "Regard d'une artiste internationale sur Bandol". Var Matin. Durant ses études, elle s'est distinguée, recevant, en 1972, une bourse du British Council pour poursuivre ses études à Londres au Chelsea College of Arts. Après ses études, Lilya immigre aux États-Unis et s'établit à Los Angeles où elle enseigne l'art à l'Université de Los Angeles (UCLA).
  10. ^ a b c Rouve, Pierre (1973). "Pavlovic, Bradford University Gallery". Arts Review. She portrays the unspoken and the unspeakable.
  11. ^ a b Chomin, Linda Ann (11 March 1991). "Nature: rich backdrop for painter's creations". The Farmington Observer - Section Creative Living. Yugoslavian born Pavlovic-Dear, said she uses "two different themes" in her current exhibit "The Land and the Sea". Pavlovic-Dear's art abstractly stated her philosophy in a steady stream of exhibitions over the last 20 years. "Man is destroying nature with pollution" Pavlovic-Dear said. "Man should live with nature. We are part of nature".
  12. ^ "The land and sea: Nature collides with Civilization in Works by Lilya Pavlovic-Dear". Metro Times Ann Arbor. 5 March 1991.
  13. ^ Albright, Thomas (14 March 1974). "An intricate structure fantastic interior space". San Francisco Chronicle, Section the Art World, Around the Galleries. Imagine a cross between Dubuffet, Escher and William T. Wiley. Lilya is a kind of landscapist of the inner psyche whose principal tools are an intricate, all-encompassing web-like structure and a fantastic quality of interior space.
  14. ^ Pavlovic-Dear, Lilya (2007). Marco Polo : sur la route de la soie = sulla via della seta = on the Silk Road. Angela Bonavita. [Beograd]: Lj. Pavlović-Dear. ISBN 978-86-910785-0-8. OCLC 500403741.
  15. ^ Pavlovic-Dear, Lilya; Bonavita, Angela (2007). Marco Polo: sur la route de la soie = sulla via della seta = on the Silk Road. Beograd: Lj. Pavlović-Dear. ISBN 978-86-910785-0-8. OCLC 500403741.
  16. ^ a b Pavlovic-Dear, Lilya (2010). Lilya Pavlovic-Dear : art works 1970-2010 = les œuvres d'art 1970-2010. Lydia Harambourg, Parish Gallery, Aktinos Gallery. Washington, D.C.: Parish Gallery. ISBN 978-86-910587-1-5. OCLC 760885614.
  17. ^ "Lilya Pavlovic-Dear". Silk Sustainable Development Institution. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  18. ^ Dendrinos, Charalambos; Pavlovic-Dear, Lilya; Pro Art & Co; Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (2007). Splendour perfected: trade relations between Byzantium and the countries of the Silk Road. London: Pro Art & Co. OCLC 751792381.
  19. ^ "Permanent collection of LACMA". LACMA Museum (Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
  20. ^ "New York Public Library catalogue". New York Public Library.
  21. ^ Gilles, Carvoyeur (24 August 2013). "Regard d'une artiste internationale sur Bandol". Var Matin: 180. Elle a obtenu la médaille d'argent dans l catégorie des Arts, par le Mérite et Dévouement Français en 1988.
  22. ^ "Winners of 2017 Philosopher Wang Yangming Caricature & Ancient China in the Eyes of Artists International Competition & Exhibition". Culture & Multimedia International Association.