BIOGRAPHY AND CHRONOLOGY

Lucien Rizos has been on the fringes and backgrounds of the Art World since the late 1970's.
Violinist in the  New Zealand Symphony Orchestra from 1974-2020
Previously studied Visual Communication and Design at the Wellington Polytechnic 1972-1973.

1953         Born Wellington, New Zealand.

1978         Exhibition. Romanian Photos. Wellington PhotoForum.
1980         Exhibition. Contact sheets and prints. New Zealand Photos. PhotoForum Gallery, Wellington.
1980         Portfolio and cover of PhotoForum issue ​​45 (April 1980).
1984         Exhibition. McDonald's Corner. Real Pictures Gallery, Auckland.
1985       ​  Exhibition.  McDonald's Corner. Exposures Gallery, Wellington.
1987         Exhibition. My Relationship With The Old Masters. Exposures Gallery, Wellington.
1988         Alexander Turnbull Library archives entire Documentary Style photographic output: 
                       negatives, prints, and seven books in photocopy form.
1994         Group Exhibition. Lest We Forget: Photography, Memory and National Character. City Gallery Wellington.
1995         Group Exhibition.With Peter Black and Mary Macpherson.  My Relationship With Cartier Bresson.
                       New Work Studio, Wellington.
2005         Exhibition. Where I Find Myself, Work 1974-2005. Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, Wellington.
2007         Exhibition. New Zealand Photographs 1979-1982. Photospace Gallery , Wellington.
2008         Exhibition. Fifty New Zealand Photographs. Millennium Art Gallery, Blenheim. 
                       Curated by Dr Damian Skinner.
2008         Exhibition. Fringes and Backgrounds. Photospace Gallery, Wellington.
2009         Exhibition. Te Awamutu through Kihikihi. Short movies. Photospace Gallery, Wellington.
2010         Exhibition. Musicians At Work.Screening. New Zealand Film Archive, Wellington.
2013         Exhibition. Cinema & Painting.  GDBY PK P. Screening. Adam Art Gallery, in conjunction with Circuit Artist Film and                                      Video  Aotearoa. Curated by Michelle Menzies and Mark Williams.
2014         Group Exhibition. History in the Taking. Gus Fisher Gallery.
                       Curated by Nina Seja and Geoffrey H. Short.
2014         Group Exhibition. Streets We Have Known. Anna Miles Gallery. Auckland.
                       Curated by Anna Miles.
2014         Exhibition. Reverberation. Screening. Wellington City Gallery.
                       Curated by Seung Yul Oh.
2015         Exhibition. Unposed Portraits. Anna Miles Gallery. Auckland.
2017         Group Exhibition. Flying Carpet. Anna Miles Gallery. Auckland.
​2017         Exhibition. Marble Art Ltd. Anna Miles Gallery. Auckland.
2020         Exhibition. A Man Of His Time. Photospace Gallery. Wellington.
2022         Exhibition. Lucien Rizos: Everything.  Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi. Curated by Robert Leonard.