KEN DELZOPPO: BIOGRAPHY   

1949       BORN, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA 

1967-69 DIPLOMA OF ART (INDUSTRIAL DESIGN)  RMIT 

1970-71 DESIGN ASSISTANT, ABC TELEVISION, MELBOURNE 

1972       SETTLED HUONBROOK,  NORTHERN NSW 

1977       BEGAN PAINTING AND DRAWING LOCAL LANDSCAPE 

1980-81 TRAVELLED IN INDONESIA, SE ASIA, INDIA AND NEPAL 

1985       BEGAN PAINTING FULL TIME 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

1985       'HUONBROOK'  LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY 

1988       WESWAL GALLERY,  TAMWORTH; CAPE GALLERY,  BYRON BAY 

1990       WESWAL GALLERY,  TAMWORTH; GRIFFITH PARK GALLERY,  MURWILLUMBAH 

1991       BELLINGER RIVER GALLERY,  BELLINGEN 

1993       WESWAL GALLERY,  TAMWORTH 

1996       GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND; WESWAL GALLERY, NSW 

1999       BROOKLET HOUSE GALLERY, BYRON BAY 

1987, 1989, 1994, 2000 & 2004       LAKE RUSSELL GALLERY, COFFS HARBOUR 

JOINT EXHIBITIONS 

1985       CAPE GALLERY, BYRON BAY; IAN McCONNELL 

1990       GASWORKS GALLERY,  LISMORE;  WITH BONNEY BOMBACH AND JUDITH SUTTON 

1996       WESWAL, TAMWORTH:  LAKE RUSSELL GALLERY 

LAKE RUSSELL GALLERY:             WITH POTTER JEFF MINCHAM (1985), WITH SCULPTOR DAVID TUCKER (1994), NEW YEAR GROUP SHOW (1998) 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

1985       STOKERS SIDING POTTERY 

                WESWAL GALLERY 

1988       'ARTISTS OF THE NORTH COAST',  LAKE RUSSELL GALLERY 

                'ARTISTS / TREES'   GRAFTON REGIONAL GALLERY 

                '9 X 5 MAIL'  GOLD COAST ART CENTRE 

1989       MULLUMBIMBY ARTS GALLERY 

                TWEED RIVER REGIONAL GALLERY 

1990       'NORTH COAST PERSPECTIVE'  LAKE RUSSELL GALLERY 

                LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY 

                GRAFTON REGIONAL GALLERY 

1991       'GOLD COAST INVITATIONAL ART PRIZE' 

                'DOORS'  GOLD COAST ART CENTRE 

1993       CAPE GALLERY,  BYRON BAY 

1996       REDLANDS WESTPAC ART PRIZE EXHIBITION, SYDNEY 

AWARDS  

1984       TWEED ACQUISITIVE PRIZE 

1985       BALLINA QUAYS ACQUISITIVE PRIZE; DRAWING,  MURWILLUMBAH ART PRIZE 

1986       OPEN PAINTING PRIZE,  KYOGLE ART PRIZE 

1987       BANANACOAST CREDIT UNION ACQUISITIVE  PRIZE,  COFFS HARBOUR; SUMMERLAND                                         ACQUISITIVE PRIZE-;NORTHERN STAR ACQUISITIVE PRIZE-   BALLINA 

                ST ALBANS PURCHASE PRIZE,  SOUTHPORT 

1988       CONTEMPORARY PAINTING PRIZE,  SOUTHPORT-GRAPHICS PRIZE-TWEED SHIRE                                                    PURCHASE-   MURWILLUMBAH ART PRIZE 

1989       SUMMERLAND ACQUISITIVE PRIZE,  BALLINA; MURWILLUMBAH ART PRIZE 

                OPEN PAINTING PRIZE,  CURRUMBIN 

1992       MIXED MEDIA PRIZE,  BALLINA 

1994       CARINYA ACQUISITIVE AWARD - TWEED VALLEY ART PRIZE 

1995       BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL ACQUISITION: BRUNSWICK HEADS 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

ARTICLES IN NEWSPAPERS  THROUGHOUT THE NSW NORTH COAST & GOLDCOAST. 

PERIPHERY MAGAZINE: ARTICLES BY RICHARD CORNISH; RAY RIXON;JIM BURNS 

COLLECTIONS