Carolyn Delzoppo

About the artist –
Carolyn Delzoppo is an artist and craftsperson based in northern New South Wales. After a 40 year career as an internationally acclaimed cloisonne enamel jeweller, she has been concentrating on drawing and printmaking, taking part in many local and regional exhibitions. She was appointed Artist in Residence at the Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens in 2015 and held a solo exhibition there in 2016. In 2018/19 she exhibited her drawings in a solo exhibition at Tweed Regional Gallery.

Previously Carolyn exhibited her cloisonné enamel jewellery and framed miniatures here and internationally, including solo exhibitions in Germany, Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin. She has won major international awards for her work in Japan, the United States and Spain and is represented in major public and private collections in Australia and Europe.

Artist statement
My work is mostly observational pencil drawings of details from the natural environment referencing the interconnectivity of all things, seen and unseen. Nothing in nature exists in isolation but is part of a complex and intimate relationship with the whole.

Drawing 2014- 2020
Exhibitions of drawing:

2020 Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2020 Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery.
2019 The Summer Exhibition (group exh), Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery, Southport Qld
2018 solo exhibition ‘attached to the rest of the world’ Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
2018 In c.a.s.e of emergency (c.a.s.e member exhibition) Northern Rivers Community Gallery
2018 The Summer Exhibition, Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery, Southport Qld
2018 Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery.
2017 30×30 art prize, (finalist) art piece gallery, Mullumbimby
2017 Arcadia, places and pleasures, (group exh), Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery, Southport Qld
2017 Paper Cuts (c.a.s.e member exhibition) – Project Space, Mullumbimby
2017  Brisbane Art Prize – (finalist) Brisbane, Qld
2016 The Once Upon a Summers Evening (group exh), Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery, Southport Qld
2016 The Quiet Observers (3 artists), Lorraine Pilgrim Gallery, Southport Qld
2016 Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery.
2016 Brisbane Art Prize – finalist
2016  solo exhibition ‘walk/look/see’ – artist in residence, Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane
2016 Border Art Prize, Gold Coast City Gallery, Qld
2014 Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery. 2nd Prize winner

Awards/Residencies:

2017  Highly Commended, Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane
2016 Highly Commended, Works on Paper Byron Arts Classic, Byron Bay
2015  1st prize, Works on Paper, Byron Arts Classic, Byron Bay
2015  Artist in Residence, Mt Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane
2014  Most Innovative Award, National Awards, Aust Society of Miniature Art, Sydney
2014  2nd prize, Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah

Cloisonne enamel jewellery and miniatures 1982- 2014

Solo Exhibitions
2009 Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne 2014
2003 The Framed Gallery, Darwin
2001 Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney
1999 Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour
1999 Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia
1998 Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne and Sydney
1997 Galerie Hock-Graslin, Wolnzach, Germany
1986 Beaver Galleries, Canberra
1985 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1985 Makers Mark Gallery, Melbourne

Awards
2010 The Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum Award, 23rd International Cloisonne Jewellery Exh, Japan
2009 Award For Use of Precious Metal, Explorations, A&E Metal Exhibition, Sydney and Melbourne
2009 Special Award, International Exhibition of Enamel Art, Tokyo, Japan
2002 Award for Excellence (2nd Prize), International Exhibition of Enamel Art, Tokyo,
1996 City Council Award, International Exhibition of Enamel Art, Tokyo, Japan
1993 Equal First Prize, 4th Premi Emison d’Esmalt, International Enamel Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain.
1993 Mainichi Press Award, 6th Cloisonne Jewellery Contest, Japan.
1993 Chairman’s Award (First Prize), International Exhibition of Enamel Art, Tokyo, Japan.
1991 Award for Excellence in Cloisonne, US Enamelist Society Conference, Kentucky, USA
1988 Makers Mark/Harringtons Award for Contemporary Jewellery & Metalcraft, JMGA Conference Exh

Grants
1996 Fellowship Grant, Visual Arts/Craft Board of the Australia Council.
1993 Cultural Exchange Grant, Japan foundation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
fares to attend award ceremony at Japan Enamel Artists Association International Exhibition
1990 International Programme Grant, Visual Arts and Crafts Board of the Australia Council,
fares to attend International Symposium of Enamel Art, Lithuania, USSR
1984 Professional Development Grant, Crafts Board of the Australia Council