Jim Thalassoudis
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Jim Thalassoudis is a well known Australian artist with a prolific professional exhibiting history, both within Australia and internationally. Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1962, Jim graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art from the South Australian School of Art in the mid 1980’s. During the last 26 years Jim has had 40 solo exhibitions, over 200 group exhibitions and has exhibited in all major cities in Australia, as well as exhibiting in New York, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Jim’s paintings are held in numerous museum collections including, The Art Gallery of South Australia, Ballarat Art Gallery in Victoria, Gold Coast City Art Gallery in Queensland, Mildura Arts Centre in Victoria and The Riddoch Art Gallery in Mount Gambier. Amongst the many Government, Corporate and Private collections which include his work are ArtBank, Parliament House Collection, Canberra, United Airlines , Singapore, Crown Casino, Melbourne, ANA Hotel , Sydney, Duxton Hotels, Perth & Sydney and The Economic Development Authority, Adelaide.
“My paintings result from the intense observation of the sky and it's minute changes in hue and colour. That magical period of the day leading up to sunset and soon after, a time where the sky changes dramatically, the colours can be both intense and subtle. The mystery of the night begins to envelope the land. The day ends, a marking of time. The seduction of momentary beauty in an evening sky is an elusive thing, but here it is frozen in paint on canvas in all it's luminosity”.
- Jim Thalassoudis