Ken Done

Ken Done

  • Biography

    Ken Done (1940-)

    From artist's website:

    "Born 29 June, 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.

    At the age of 40, after painting for many years, he gave up his advertising career to become a painter full-time. Since then, he has held over 100 one-man shows, including major exhibitions in Australia, Europe, Japan and the USA. His works have been shown in the Archibald, Sulman, Wynne, Blake, and Dobell Prizes.

    In 1991, a major touring exhibition in Japan attracted over 200,000 visitors. 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.

    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 2002 the Museum acquired his commercial art and design archive of more than 300 items.

    In 1988, Hanako, a Tokyo fashion and lifestyle magazine, was launched, and featured a Ken Done painting on the cover every week for over 15 years. In 1999, Done was asked to create a series of works for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies programs of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

    Ken's paintings became the creative source of a unique, and highly successful Australian business which continues to promote Australian art and design to a world-wide audience.

    In 1993, Ken, together with his wife Judy, won the Fashion Industries of Australia's Grand Award for Fashion.

    Although he has worked extensively for many charitable organisations, the welfare of underprivileged children has always been a special concern of Ken's. Father of the Year in 1989, Ken Done has been a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1988.

    Ken received the Order of Australia (A.M.), for services to Art, Design and Tourism in 1992. In many parts of the world, Ken Done has come to symbolise Australia and Australians: creative, optimistic and bold."

  • Awards

    See https://kendone.com.au/about-awards.php

    1967
    Cannes Gold Lion Award

    1973
    Gold and Silver A.W.A.R.D.S.

    1974
    D. & A.D. Awards O.A.A.A. Award

    1975
    Melbourne A.D.C. Awards

    1976
    Caxton Award

    1977
    F.A.C.T.S. Award

    1986
    New South Wales Tourism Award

    1987
    Finalist, BHP Awards for the Pursuit of Excellence

    1989
    Father of the Year

    1992
    Order of Australia (A.M.) for services to Art, Design and Tourism

    1993
    Fashion Industries of Australia Grand Award

    Mosman Citizen of the Year

    Rotary International Award for Excellence

    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

    Finalist, Business Asia Awards

    Fellow of Design Institute of Australia (Hon)

    2001
    Finalist, Business Star Awards

    2002
    Powerhouse Museum Life Fellow

    Bachelor of Design (Hon), Sydney Graphics College

    2007
    The Japanese Foreign Minister’s Award

    2013
    Design Institute of Australia Hall of Fame

    2016
    GQ Iconic Artist

    2022
    Australian Fashion Laureate Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Exhibitions

    See https://kendone.com.au/about-exhibitions.php

    Solo Exhibitions:

    1980
    Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney Australia

    1981
    Art Directors Gallery, Sydney Australia

    1982
    Art Directors Gallery, Sydney Australia

    1983
    Art Directors Gallery, Sydney Australia

    Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane Australia

    1984
    Art Directors Gallery, Sydney Australia

    1985
    Art Directors Gallery, Sydney Australia

    Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide Australia

    Chapman Gallery, Canberra Australia

    1986
    Gallery Tamon, Tokyo Japan

    1987
    Black Swan Gallery, Fremantle Australia

    Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide Australia

    Chapman Gallery, Canberra Australia

    Mt Gambier Gallery, Mt Gambier Australia

    Orange City Centre, Orange Australia

    1988
    Bridgewater Mill, Adelaide Australia

    Hilton, Cairns Australia

    Seibu Ikebukuro Art Gallery, Tokyo Japan

    1989
    Chapman Gallery, Canberra Australia

    Moore Park Gallery, Sydney Australia

    Yomiyuri Shimbun/Seiko Instruments Exhibition, Laforet Museum, Tokyo Japan

    1990
    Aces Gallery, Tokyo Japan

    Amics Gallery, Tokyo Japan

    Art Gallery of Yokohama Takashimaya, Yokohama Japan

    Ciel Gallery, Tochigi Japan

    Gallery Tamon, Tokyo Japan

    Caulfield Arts Complex, Melbourne Australia

    Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong Australia

    Mildura Art Gallery, Mildura Australia

    1990-91
    Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney Australia

    1991
    Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul Korea

    Daimaru Museum, Tokyo Japan

    Daimaru Museum Umeda, Tokyo Japan

    Shimonoseki Daimaru, Shimonoseki Japan

    Hakata Daimaru, Fukuoka Japan

    Nagasaki Daimaru, Nagasaki Japan

    Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly Australia

    1992
    Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Emu Plains Australia

    Tamworth City Art Gallery, Tamworth Australia

    Moree Plains Gallery, Moree Australia

    Orange Regional Gallery, Orange Australia

    Keihan Gallery of Arts and Science, Moriuchi City Japan

    Lake Macquarie Regional Gallery, Lake Macquarie Australia

    Grafton Art Gallery, Grafton Australia

    Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith Australia

    Adelaide Loft Concept Space, Adelaide Australia

    1993
    Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill Australia

    Moore Park Gallery, Sydney Australia

    Chapman Gallery, Canberra Australia

    Horsham Art Gallery, Horsham Australia

    Izumizaki Museum and Art Gallery, Izumizaki Japan

    Sogetsu Plaza, Sogetsu Keihan, Tokyo Japan

    1994
    Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly Australia

    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia

    1994-95
    The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Australia

    1995
    Westpac Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne Australia

    1996
    Galerie Scot, Paris France

    Cairns Regional Art Gallery, Cairns Australia

    Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta Australia

    Latrobe Regional Art Gallery, Morwell Australia

    1997
    Australia Centre, Manila Philippines

    Millicent Gallery, Millicent Australia

    Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier Australia

    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia

    Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise Australia

    Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool Australia

    Latrobe University Museum, Bundoora Australia

    Solander Gallery, Yarralumla Australia

    1998
    Horsham Art Gallery, Horsham Australia

    Orange Regional Gallery, Orange Australia

    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia

    1999
    Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton Australia

    Gallery on Seven, David Jones Elizabeth Street, Sydney Australia

    2000
    Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery, Los Angeles USA

    Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK

    Sogetsu Plaza, Sogetsu Keihan, Tokyo Japan

    Nahan Plaza, Hanamaki City Japan

    Mosman Art Gallery and Cultural Centre, Mosman Australia

    Stafford Studios of Fine Art, Cottesloe Australia

    2001
    One Bush Street, San Francisco USA

    Pilbara Fine Art Gallery, Karratha Australia

    Volvo Showroom, Stockholm Sweden

    Johyun Gallery, Pusan Korea

    2002
    Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London UK

    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia

    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
    Stafford Studios of Fine Art, Cottesloe Australia

    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia

    Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane Australia

    2006
    The Cooper Gallery, Noosa Australia

    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia

    2006-07
    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

    2009
    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia

    2010
    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia

    The Dragon, Hangzhou China

    2011
    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia

    The Balman Gallery, Corbridge UK

    Cyclone Gallery, Melbourne Australia

    Solander Gallery, Yarralumla Australia

    2012
    Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia

    2013
    Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah Australia

    Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth Australia

    2014
    Johyun Gallery, Busan Korea

    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney Australia

    Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth Australia

    2015
    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia

    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney Australia

    2016
    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia

    Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton Australia

    2017
    Gallery One, Southport Australia

    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney Australia

    Linton and Kay, Perth Australia

    2018
    Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia

    Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, Australia

    2019
    Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia

    Gallery One, Gold Coast, Australia

    2019-20
    Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Australia

    2020
    Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum, Gladstone, Australia

    Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, Australia

    Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia

    Gallery One, Gold Coast, Australia

    Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, Australia

    2021
    Bank Art Museum, Moree, Australia

    Michael Reid Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia

    Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, Australia

    Tweed Regional Gallery and Maragraet Olley Centre, Murwillumbah, Australia

    Redcliffe Art Gallery, Moreton Bay, Australia

    2021-22
    Bank of America Merrill Lynch with 3.33 Projetcs, Sydney, Australia

    2022
    Griffith Regional Art Gallery, Griffith, Australia

    Harvey Galleries, Sydney, Australia

    New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, Australia

    Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Casula Powerhouse Art Centre, Sydney, Australia

    The Ken Done Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Ngununggula, Southern Highlands Regional Gallery, Australia

    Bluethumb Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia,

    GalleryOne, Gold Coast, Australia

    2022-23
    Clayton Utz, with 3.33 Projects, Sydney, Australia


    Group Exhibitions:

    1978
    The Blake Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    1979
    The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    1982
    The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    1984
    The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    The Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    1985
    The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    1986
    The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    1987
    The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    1989
    Art Cars, The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Australia

    1990
    Alice 125, Melbourne Australia

    1992
    Artseen, The New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, New Zealand

    The Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    Artists in Aid of Animals, Australian Democrats Endangered Species Campaign, Perth, Sydney, Canberra, Australia

    1993
    The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    The Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    The Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    The Dobell Prize for Drawing, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    1994
    The Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    1995
    The Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    The Dobell Prize for Drawing, AGNSW, Sydney Australia

    1999
    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Clean Up Australia, The Michael Commerford Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2000
    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2001
    The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, Australia

    Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Artists Supporting Animal Preservation, Taronga Zoo Foundation, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2002
    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2003
    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2004
    Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Australian Visions: Art from Down Under, Mudanjiang Art Museum, Mudanjiang, China

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2005
    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2006
    Salon des Refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2007
    Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2008
    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2009
    Reflections of Australia, Hongrun Huaxia Hotel, Zhengzhou, China

    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Taronga Artists Camp: Artists in Residence, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2009-10
    Idle Hours, The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia

    2010
    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2011
    The Archibald Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, Australia

    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2011-12
    Archibald Prize Regional Tour, Australia

    2012
    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Australian Artists and the Sydney Opera House, Utzon Centre, Aalborg, Denmark

    2013
    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Utzon's Opera House, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Holiday and Memory - 20th Century Australia at Play, Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia

    Naked and Nude, Manning Regional Art Gallery, Taree, Australia

    2014
    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Patternation, Melbourne Fashion Week, Melbourne, Australia

    Art = My Automolove, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Caboolture, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Face 2 Face, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2015
    Home/Front, Penrith Regional Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    The Art of Shakespeare, Parliament House, Canberra, Sofitel, Melbourne, Opera House, Sydney

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney Australia

    2016
    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    The Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, Australia

    Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia

    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    The Popular Pets Show, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia

    Heiser Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

    2017
    Tokottai, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydey, Australia

    Artist Profile: Australiasian Painters 2007-2017, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, Australia

    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2018
    Studio Gallery Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Australia,

    Gallery One, Gold Coast, Australia

    Artists of Mosmam: 2088, Mosman Art Galllery, Sydney, Australia

    Salon des Refusés, S.H.Erivin Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    2018-19
    Destination Sydney: Reimagined Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, Australia

    Electric! National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia
    2019
    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    The Sulman Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, Australia

    The Wynne Prize, AGNSW, Sydney, Australia

    Linton and Kay Galleries, Perth, Australia

    2020
    Artists of Mosman: 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    The Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    Michael Reid Gallery, Berlin, Germany

    Studio Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

    2021
    Naked and Nude, Manning Regional Gallery, Taree, Australia

    2022
    Salon des refusés, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia

    For Sydney with Love, Vivid Sydney 2022, Australia

    Hadley's Art Prize, Hobart, Tasmania

    Environment: Landscapes in Western Australia, Linton & Kay Gallery, Perth, Australia

    Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia

  • Website

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Ken Done

Sunday, 2011
40 x 30 cm Framed: 61.5 x 51.5 x 3 cm Limited Edition Artist Print $275.00