CURRICULUM VITAE

1950 Born, Chalkis, Greece
1954 Arrived in Melbourne, Australia
1966 Collingwood Technical School, Melbourne
1972 Diploma of Fine Art, Preston Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1970 Diploma of Teaching, Mercer House Teacher's College
2004 Master of Fine Art, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne                                

Solo Exhibitions  

1976 Paintings and Drawings: Space / Time / Mass, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1981 Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours, The University Gallery, University of Melbourne
1998 Paintings, Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne
2004 The Analytical Portrait, Student Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
2005 Slow Burn: The Art of Nick Mourtzakis, RMIT Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne
2005 The Figure, MARS Gallery, Melbourne
2006 New Paintings, MARS Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Recent Drawings, MARS Gallery, Melbourne  
2009 Drawings: Ancient sculpture and architecture. Greece 2004 - 2009, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions  

1976 Artist’s Artists, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1976 Drawings: Some Definitions, Ewing and Paton Gallery, University of Melbourne
1977 Georges Invitation Prize, Georges Gallery, Melbourne
1977 LOVE, Realities Gallery, Melbourne
1978 Michell Endowment Acquisitions, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne           
1982 Preston to Phillip, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
1983 Figures and Faces Drawn from Life, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
1984 Painters’ Sculptures, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
1985 Renaissance References in Australian Art, The University Gallery, University of Melbourne
1986 Crosscurrents, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
1987 Backlash: The Australian Drawing Revival, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1987 Quiddity (A Still Life Exhibition), 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
1987 Antipodes, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne
1988 Artist’s Objects, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
1989 Antipodes, Roar Studios, Melbourne
1995 Australian Watercolours, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2000 The Dobell Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2003 The Dobell Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2003 The Dobell Prize for Drawing: The First Ten Years 1993-2002, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2004 The Dobell Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2005 This and Other Worlds: Contemporary Australian Drawing, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2006 The Dobell Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2008 Drawn Encounters, the gallery, Wimbledon College of Art, London, U.K.
2008 the Naked and the Nude, the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria
2008 Seventh Drawing Biennale, ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra
2009 The Archibald Portrait Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney  

Acquisitions  

1977 Georges Invitation Prize, Georges Gallery, Melbourne
1977 The Michell Endowment, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
2000 The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2006 The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales    

Awards & grants  

1977 Project Grant, Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council
1991 Project Grant, Visual Arts and Crafts Board, Australia Council
2000 The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales
2000 The Hellenic Distinction Award from the Australian-Greek Association, Melbourne
2000 The Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales  

Publications  

Churcher, B. Preston to Phillip: A Survey, Ten Years of Art Education, Exhibition Catalogue, Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne, 1982
Palmer, M. and Cross, E.  Figures and Faces Drawn from Life, Exhibition Catalogue, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 1983
Cass, N. et al., Renaissance References in Australian Art, Exhibition Catalogue, The University Gallery & Department of Fine Arts, University of Melbourne, 1985           
Cross, E. Crosscurrents, Exhibition Catalogue, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 1985
Gott, T. Backlash: The Australian Drawing Revival, Exhibition Catalogue, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1987
Neri, L. Quiddity (A Still Life Exhibition), Exhibition Catalogue, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, 1987
Cross, E. Artist’s Objects, Exhibition Catalogue, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 1988
Kolenberg, H. Australian Watercolours: 1880s to 1990s, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1995
De Stoop, D. F. The Greeks of Melbourne. Melbourne, Vic. Transnational Publishing, 1996
Kolenberg, H. The Dobell Prize for Drawing: The First Ten Years 1993 – 2002, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2003
Grant, K. This and Other Worlds: Contemporary Australian Drawing, Exhibition Catalogue, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2005
Cross, E. NICK MOURTZAKIS A SINGULAR ARTIST RESISTANT TO FASHION, LOOK Magazine, Art Gallery Society of New South Wales, 2007
Rostad, Aase. Selvportrett med blyant – en verdig prisvinner. Kunst for Alle, no.5. Magazine article. Oslo, Norway, 2007
Cross, E. the Naked and the Nude, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria, 2008
Cross, E. Seventh Drawing Biennale 2008, Exhibition Catalogue ANU Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, 2008 Archibald Prize, Exhibition Catalogue Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2009  

Collections

Art Gallery of New South Wales
National Gallery of Victoria
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Regional Galleries in Victoria and Queensland
LaTrobe and RMIT University Collections  

Professional Experience  

1971 - 1972 Assistant Tutor, Department of Architecture, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1974 Lecturer, Painting, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
1977 - 1993 Lecturer, Painting and Drawing, School of Art & Design, Phillip Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1994 - 2007 Lecturer, Painting and Drawing, School of Art, R.M.I.T
2007 - 2009 Lecturer, Studio Coordinator of Drawing, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Melbourne 1975 - 2009 Studio practice in painting, drawing and sculpture