KEN DONE A.M. F.D.I.A. (Hon)

Born in 1940, in Sydney, Ken left school at 14 to enter the National Art School in East Sydney. After 5 years study, he commenced a highly successful career as an art director and designer in New York, London and Sydney. Ken Done's first solo exhibition was held in Sydney in 1980. Since then, he has held over 50 one-man shows, including major exhibitions in Australia, Europe, Japan and the USA. Over the past few years, Ken has devoted most of his time to painting. His works have been shown in the Archibald, Sulman, Wynne, Blake, and Dobell Prizes. In 1992, Ken received the Order of Australia (A.M.), for services to Art, Design and Tourism.

Major projects in a very diverse career include the painting of a BMW Artcar, and the total decorative scheme for the Garden Restaurant at the Powerhouse Museum, in Sydney. In 1994, a major retrospective of Ken Done's work "Ken Done: the art of design" was mounted by the Powerhouse Museum. In 1999, Done was asked to create a series of works for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies programs of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. The artist's first European exhibition was held in Paris, in 1996 to great acclaim, and in 2000 the art of Ken Done was successfully premiered in both Los Angeles and London. Ken Done lives and works in Sydney.

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1994 - The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Australia
1995 - Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne Australia
1996 - Galerie Scot, Paris France Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Cairns Australia
1997 - Australia Centre, Manila Philippines Latrobe University Museum, Bundoora Australia Solander Gallery, Yarralumla Australia
1998 - Horsham Art Gallery, Horsham Australia Orange Regional Gallery, Orange Australia
1999 - Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton Australia
2000 - Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Los Angeles USA Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK Sogetsu Plaza, Sogetsu Keihan, Tokyo Japan Mosman Art Gallery, Mosman Australia Stafford Studios of Fine Art, Cottesloe Australia
2001 - One Bush Street, San Fransisco USA Pilbara Fine Art Gallery, Karratha Australia Volvo Showroom, Stockholm Sweden Jo Hyun Gallery, Pusan Korea
2002 - Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK
2003 - 44 Gurner Street, Sydney Australia The Blue Dot Gallery, Toronto Canada Xanadu Fine Art Gallery, Margaret River, Australia The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
2004 - The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK
2005 - Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane Australia
2006 - The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia
2006 - 7 - IXL Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery, Hobart Australia
2007 - Stafford Studios of Fine Art, Cottesloe Australia Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK
2008 -Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton Australia

SELECTED AWARDS

1967 - Cannes Gold Lion Award
1973 - Gold and Silver A.W.A.R.D.S.
1986 - New South Wales Tourism Award
1987 - Finalist, BHP Awards for the Pursuit of Excellence
1992 - Order of Australia (A.M.) for services to Art, Design and Tourism
1993 - Fashion Industries of Australia Grand Award
1993 - Spirit of Australia award for excellence in the Australian arts
1994 - Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International
1999 - Westpac Export Heroes Award, Australian Institute of Export Fellow of Design Institute of Australia (Hon)
2002 - Powerhouse Museu m Life Fellow Bach. of Design (Hon), Sydney Graphics College
2007 - The Japanese Foreign Minister’s Award

REPRESENTED

The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia
The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia
Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, Australia
Nolan Gallery, Lanyon, Canberra, Australia
Grafton Art Gallery, Grafton, Australia
Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, Australia
Horsham Art Gallery, Horsham, Australia
Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, Australia
Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery, Lake Macquarie, Australia
Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, Australia
Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth, Australia
Suntory Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Various International private collections