Pamela Irving

Pamela Irving has worked as a full time artist for over 30 years, she lives in Melbourne, Australia. Her sense of humor, love of irony and respect for storytelling are apparent in her varied body of work – from prints and paintings to large-scale mosaic installations.
Pamela Irving is well known for her quirky images of dogs, cats, birds and other mythical creatures. Larry La Trobe, her sculptured bronze dog, lives permanently in front of the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston St,he is among her best known public artworks. Larry, is her dog-formed alter-ego. Larry has been Irving’s faithful companion throughout her long successful career. Family holidays to exotic and foreign lands, often influence new works which see Larry appearing in many guises in her art. Pamela’s love of ancient mythology, patterns, traditional textiles, primitivism and above all sense of bold colors may be seen in all her works.
Pamela’s art has infiltrated many other public spaces around Melbourne, including her enormous mosaic reverie at Luna Park, titled ‘Dreaming with Open Eyes’, this works covers the Luna Palace Building inside Luna Park, Melbourne. Her paintings and prints depict many of the characters which appear in these mosaic murals.
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1979 - 1982 Bachelor of Education (Art/Craft) Melbourne State College

1984- 1989 Master of Arts, University of Melbourne

Recent Exhibitions:
SOLO:
2018 “Yolo Man & The Apocalyptic Alphabet” Deakin University, Downtown Gallery
2017 “Dreaming With Open Eyes”, Without Pier Gallery
2017 “Irreverent Tales” City of Whitehorse, ARTSPACE
2015 “Yolo Man & The Apocalpyptic Alphabet” Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics, Chicago
2015 “Ballarat Bestiary” CONTAINART exhibition, City of Ballarat.
2014 “Doggeral Dreams” Montsalvat Gallery

RECENT GROUP SHOWS:
2017 Ravenna Mosaico, Ravenna, Italy
2017 SOFA, Chicago
2017 Tasmanian Perspectives in Mosaic, Waterside Pavillion, Hobart
2017 Art in Pieces, City Museum, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
2016 “International 2016” Kyoto, Japan
2016 “Savage Curiosities” Karen Ami + Pamela Irving Gallery of Contemporary Mosaics Chicago.
2016 “Works on Paper” Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne
2016 “Highlights from the Ceramics Victoria Collection”, Whitehorse Arts Space.Australia
2016 “MOSAIC: AIMC in the Contemporary World” Palazzo Tadea, Spilimbergo, Italy.
2016 “A Passover Story” Museum of Biblical Arts, Dallas Texas, USA
2015 “Works on Paper 2”, Walter Granek Art Consultants. Australia
2015 “Bibliomosaico” Biennale de Mosaique d’Obernai Municipality of Obernai, France
2015 + 2016 “Mosaics Abroad” Exhibition o...