| |  | 1946 | Born in Borgia, Southern Italy | | | | | 1956 | Migrated to Sydney, Australia
| | 1962 | Left school to work and study art at the Julian Ashton School, Sydney
| | 1971 | Travelled to Europe | | | |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'Forest Flowers', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 2009 | ‘Days of Summer’, Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra
| | 2008 | 'Salvatore Zofrea', Australian Galleries, Sydney | | 'Salvatore Zofrea', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | ‘Days of Summer’, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
| | 1998 | Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney
| | ‘Works on paper’, Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
| | 1996 | David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney
| | 1995 | ‘Woodcuts from the Canecutters and Odyssey series’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1994 | Salvatore Zofrea, an Italo-Australian Odyssey, Rome, Italy
| | 1993 | ‘Drawings for the Sydney Opera House fresco’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 1992 | Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
| | 'Capricornia Suite', Brisbane City Art Gallery and Museum, Brisbane
| | ‘The Psalms’, Touring: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; New England Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW; Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
| | The Capricornia Suite, Karnak Playhouse, Mossman, QLD
| | Primavera Gallery, Canberra
| | 1991 | ‘Capricornia Suite woodcuts’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 1990 | 'An Odyssey', Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 'An Odyssey', Macquarie Galleries, Sydney and Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
| | 1989 | ‘Studies for Psalm 37, Homage to Uccello II, 1989’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | Vincent Art Gallery, Adelaide
| | 1987 | ‘Psalm paintings’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 1986 | ‘Tasmania’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 1985 | ‘The creation’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 1984 | ‘Days of Heaven’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 1983 | ‘The Psalm paintings’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 1982 | ‘Saint Francis and Saint Clare’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘The Psalm paintings’, The Fine Arts Gallery, Perth
| | 1981 | ‘Viewing of studies for the Herald mural plus commissioned portraits’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Lord Howe Island 1981: paintings and drawings of Lord Howe Island’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Lord Howe Island 1981: exhibition of paintings’, NSW Government Information Centre, Sydney
| | 1980 | David Jones Gallery, Sydney
| | 1979 | Victor Mace Fine Art Galleries, Brisbane
| | 1978 | Victor Mace Fine Art Galleries, Brisbane
| | Von Toussaint Gallery, Perth
| | 1977 | Macquarie Galleries, Sydney and Canberra
| | 1976 | Macquarie Galleries, Sydney and Canberra
| | 1975 | Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | Victor Mace Fine Art Galleries, Brisbane
| | 1973 | Macquarie Galleries, Canberra
| | 1972 | Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
| | Toorak Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1971 | Macquarie Galleries, Canberra
| | 1970 | Toorak Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1969 | Bonython Galleries, Sydney and Adelaide
| | 1968 | Bonython Galleries, Adelaide
| | 1967 | Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
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Group Exhibitions | | | 2011 | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Derby Street, Melbourne
| | 'large exhibition of small works', Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney
| | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 2010 | 'Artists' prints made with integrity', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | ‘Summer Show’, Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney
| | ‘Artists’ Prints made with Integrity I’, Australian Galleries, Smith Street, Melbourne
| | 2008 | ‘Stock Show’, Australian Galleries, Glenmore Road, Sydney
| | 2002 | ’50 Portraits’, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
| | 1999 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Dobell Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Landscapes in sets and series, Australian prints 1960s – 1990s’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
| | 1998 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1997 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | ‘Collectors choice’, Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle, NSW
| | 1996 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Dobell Drawing Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1995 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1990 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1989 | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1988 | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1987 | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1986 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1984 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1983 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1982 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1981 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1980 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1979 | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1978 | ‘Recent major works by figurative painters’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | ‘Collectors choice’ Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle, NSW
| | Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1977 | Blake Prize, Commonwealth Savings Bank, Sydney
| | Sulman Prize (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
| | 1975 | ‘Fifty years of the Macquarie Galleries’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | Blake Prize, Commonwealth Savings Bank, Sydney
| | 1970 | ‘Collectors choice’ Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle, NSW
| | 1969 | ‘Figurative Paintings’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
| | 1968 | Blake Prize, Commonwealth Savings Bank, Sydney
| | 1967 | Blake Prize, Commonwealth Savings Bank, Sydney
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BibliographyClaire, Stephanie Waldmann, Anna; Salvatore Zofrea, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1983 Galletto, Lucio, Fisher, Timothy; The art of food at Lucio’s, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1999
Kolenberg, Hendrik et al.; Days of Summer (woodcut prints of Australian wildflowers), Mosman Regional Art Gallery, Sydney, 2008 Kolenberg, Hendrik, Ryan, Anne; Appassionata: 100 woodblock prints, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 1998
McInerney, Sally; The journeyman, a story of migrant life, Picador, Sydney, 1992 Pursche, Michael, Downer, Stella, Kolenberg, Hendrik; Salvatore Zofrea, Exhibition catalogue, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, 1998 Sayers, Andrew; Fifty Portraits, National portrait Gallery, Canberra, 2002 Sayers, Andrew; The Psalms of Life (Psalms 1 – 100), Art Directions, Canberra 2008
Snell, Ted; Salvatore Zofrea, images from the psalms, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1992 (Italian language edition, 1993) Zofrea, Salvator;, Un’odissea Italo-Australiana, Edizioni de Luca, Rome, 1994
VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES
Perry, David; ‘The Art of Portrait Painting’ commission: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, 2002
Rosen, Dylan; ‘The Art of the Fresco’ Commission: ResMed Int. Inc. 2003
Salgar, Steven; ‘The Making of a Mural’ , Commission: Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney 1981
Awards| 1995 | Italo-Australian Man of the Year Achievement awarded by Italian National Day Celebration Committee, Sydney | | | Awarded title of Cavaliere (Knighthood) by the Italian Government in recognition of his contribution to art in Australia Italy | | 1992 | Sydney Opera House Fresco sponsored by Toshiba Pty Ltd, Sydney | | 1986 | Churchill Fellowship to study fresco painting in Italy, Canberra | | 1982 | Winner, Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| Power Bequist Studio Residency in the Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France | | 1979 | Winner, The Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | | 1977 | Winner, The Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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CollectionsAustralian university collections Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra and most State Galleries
Private collections in Australia and abroad
Vatican Collection, Italy
Commissions| 2005 | MBF Health Insurance, Sydney | | 2000 | 'Te Deum', ResMed Ltd, Sydney | | 1998 | 'Celebration of Life - A Picnic At Clontarf', NRMA, Sydney | | 1997 | 'Spring Morning', Star City Hotel & Casino, Sydney | | 1992 | 'Summer of the 17th Doll', Sydney Opera House, Sydney | | 1986 | Mural commissioned by Fairfax family to celebrate 150 years of the Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney |
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