EDUCATION
M. F. A. - Interdisciplinary Arts, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT (2010)
B.S., Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (2007)
Certificate – Weaving/Textiles, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA (2001)
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
Main Public Library of Schenectady, a collaboration with the children and faculty of Yates Arts-in-Education Magnet School, Schenectady, NY 2012
"Swatches of Gratitude", Historic Proctors Theater, a collaboration with the children and faculty of Yates Arts-in-Education Magnet School, Schenectady, NY 2011
SOLO/FEATURED ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
Schenectady Civic Players' Theater, Schenectady, NY 2012
Easton Mountain Retreat Center Gallery, Greenwich, NY 2011
Northville Library Gallery, Northville, NY 2011
Liminalities, Proctors Theater, Schenectady, NY 2011
Genesis, Mohawk Harvest, Gloversville, NY 2010
Interlacements, Haybarn Gallery, Plainfield, VT 2010
Confluence, Case Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 2007
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Woven Stories: Contemporary Tapestries, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY 2012
Saratoga Arts Council, Saratoga Springs, NY 2011
Good, Good, Good, Good Fibrations, T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT 2010
Sublime, Sensible, Serendipitous, Hawai'i Handweavers' Hui, Academy Art Center-Linekona, Honolulu, HI 2011
Good, Good, Good, Good Fibrations, T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT 2010
Woven Transformations, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA 2009
Focus on Surface Design: Teachers’ Exhibit, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA 2008
Art Fair Now - UGallery, NY, NY 2008
Teachers’ Exhibit, Peter’s Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ 2008
2nd Annual Members Show, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY 2008
Hotel 30/30, UGallery, NY, NY 2008
Showcasing Grand Inspirations: Leaders’ Exhibit, Convergence, Grand Rapids, MI
2006
The Men’s Show, Pumpkin Seeds Gallery, San Rafael, CA 2004
Invitational Holiday Gift Show, Artisans, San Rafael, CA 2004
The Best of the West: Leaders’ Exhibit, Denver, CO 2004
Fiber Display: Nominated, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee University, Johnson City, TN 2003
Invitational Holiday Gift Show, Artisans, San Rafael, CA 2002
National Juried Show, Artisans, San Rafael, CA 2002
Faces, Dwellings, and Adornments, Mendocino College Gallery, Ukiah, CA 2001
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching Artist: Yates Arts-in-Education Magnet School, Schenectady, NY 2012
Moderator: Sustainable Natural Dye Practice 2011
Teaching Artist: Yates Arts-in-Education Magnet School, Schenectady, NY 2011
Teaching Artist: Aesthetic Education, Capital Region Center for the Arts in Education, Albany, NY, 2008
Teaching Artist, Pro Bono, Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA 2008
Arts Workshop Faculty, NY State Museum, Albany, NY 2008
Arts Workshop Faculty, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ 2008
Arts Workshop Faculty, Convergence, Grand Rapids, MI 2006
Artist-in-Residence, David and Julia White Artists’ Colony, Costa Rica 2005
Artist-in-Residence, Polytechnic University, San Juan, PR 2005
Arts Workshop Faculty, Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA 2004
Arts Workshop Faculty, Convergence, Denver, CO 2004
Guest Artist/Lecturer: Arts and Crafts Marketing Class, Mendocino College, Mendocino, CA 2004
Show Coordinator, Innovations in Fiber Art, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA 2003
Guest Artist/Lecturer: Arts and Crafts Marketing Class, Mendocino College, Mendocino, CA 2003
PUBLICATIONS/BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bjornland, Karen. "Weaver Inspired by Mediterranean Colors to Exhibit at Theater". The Sunday Gazette March 2012: E4
Minor, Rodney. "Micropolis at the Market: Gallery Displays Art in Gloversville". The Leader Herald 26 June 2011: C1
Mayakis, Pavlos. “Pavlos Mayakis Balances Crafts with Community”, The Crafts Report, July 2011:37
Minor, Rodney. "Weaving Art: Gloversville Artist Overseeing Project that’s Going to Proctors". The Leader Herald 11 March 2011: C1,C5
Brackmann, Holly. Surface Design Handbook, 2007.
Dalton, Joseph. "New Galleries Keep Painting our Towns." Times Union 12 March 2006:B4
New York Threads, “Pavlos Mayakis-Fiber Artist, Weaver & Dyer.” Fall 2006:1
Rivera-Lassen, Carmen. "El Arte del Shibori." El Nuevo Día 6 February 2006: magacín 6
Rivera-Lassen, Carmen. "Anticipo Artesanal en Plaza." El Nuevo Día 14 January 2005:1
"Student Success: Emerging Artist.” Mendocino College Foundation News Spring 2003:2
New Art International, BAP, 2002/2003 edition, pg. 26.
Mayakis, Pavlos. "Shaving Cream Dyeing." Surface Design Newsletter Process Shoptalk Winter 2002:8
Zephyr Mendocino College Online Journal of the Arts May 2002
"Work by Mayakis featured during August-Hudson Valley Arts Center.” Hudson Valley Register-Star 2 August 2002:A9
AWARDS
Tusher Architectural Group Award-Sublime, Sensible, Serendipitous, Hawai'i Handweavers' Hui, Academy Art Center-Linekona, Honolulu, HI 2011
Scholarship, Skidmore College 2006
Premio Mejor Demonstracíon, Plaza las Americas, San Juan, PR 2005
Best New Weaver, Sonoma County Fair 2001
Mendocino College Foundation Scholarship of Promise 2001
Mendocino College Full-time Faculty Scholarship 2001
National Deans List 2001
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