Vassilios Giavis

Education

After high school, Giavis earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Master of Arts and then served in the United States Army for two years.

Career

He currently resides and works in Lowell and has a studio in the Brush Gallery in downtown Lowell. His detailed, realistic paintings of scenes throughout the New England area and Greece are rendered in watercolor, oil and acrylic. Once Giavis has an idea for a painting, it becomes one of a theme series: diners, city halls, people, historic buildings, et cetera

The focus of one theme produced a series of paintings revolving around the life of Lowell born author, Jack Kerouac: birthplace, church, high school, various hangouts, and his memorial park.

Vassilios Giavis was born on December 21, 1929 in Lowell, Massachusetts. His include the Masters Invitational Exhibition at the Copley Society of Art in Boston, Master of Arts.

The Brush Gallery in Lowell, Master of Arts three of which were solo exhibitions. The New England Folklife Center in Lowell, Master of Arts. The Museum of National Heritage in Lexington, Massachusetts.

The Boott Cotton Mill Museum in Lowell, Master of Arts. The Museum on Transportation in Brookline, Master of Arts. The Lumina Gallery in New York City.

The Parker Gallery and Whistler House Museum of Art in Lowell, Master of Arts. The John Hancock Tower in Boston, Master of Arts. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Master of Arts.

The Boston City Hall in Boston, Master of Arts. Culinary Archives and Museum at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island (five year exhibit.

2003 to 2008).

Television specials featuring Giavis are Good Morning America, Columbia Broadcasting System.

Evening Chronicle, Boston Nursing and Midwifery Council. “The Acre Experience,” and “Dining in Lowell.”

His memberships include the Copley Society in Boston, Master of Arts. The Boston Printmakers in Boston, Master of Arts.

And the British Art Gallery in Lowell, Master of Arts.

Achievements

• Earned by Giavis include the Copley Society’s Copley Master. John Singleton Copley Award. Best Work on paper; Community Teamwork, Incorporated. Local Heroes Award and numerous other Honorable Mentions.

Membership

His memberships include the Copley Society in Boston, Master of Arts. The Boston Printmakers in Boston, Master of Arts. And the British Art Gallery in Lowell, Master of Arts.