Keith Blackburn, born Wakefield, Yorkshire, 1943

1958-1963 Studied at Wakefield Technical and Art College

1965 Lived in London, writing "experimental" version of first novel while working as a labourer in London Zoo.

1966-1975 Worked as a labourer in various parts of the country, painting and drawing during spare time and writing several unpublished novels, also wrote various drafts of the first published novel entitled ‘Between Septembers’.

1975-1978 Followed a teaching training course at Nevilles Cross College Durham.

1978-1989 Worked as part-time lecturer in arts and crafts with adult education and with the mentally handicapped while painting and drawing in own time.

1989 Became full-time self-employed artist.

1990 Moved to Cornwall. Rewrote present draft of ‘Between Septembers’.

1991 Invited to become Member of St.Ives Society of Artists.

1979-1991 Exhibitions in London, Cornwall and Yorkshire.

1991 Travelled to Antibes and Italy and visited Holland for the first time.

1992 to the present, has partly lived and worked in Holland, where he has held several one-man exhibitions in Rotterdam (Gallery Maas), Golfclub Kralingen, Golfclub Hilversum and in Amsterdam.

1994 Publication of first novel ‘Between Septembers’.

1995 Weekend exhibition Brouwersgracht, Amsterdam.

1995 One-man show Winecellar Brouwersgracht

1996 One-man show Gallery Palmgracht, Amsterdam

1997 Publication of second book ‘Lamentations of a Young Pig’.

1997 Exhibition Bakehouse Gallery. Penzance, Cornwall.

1997 Exhibition Eijlders, Amsterdam.

1998 Quaker Gallery London. Publication third novel ‘Changes in a Landscape’.

1998 Exhibition Art of Oak Gallery, Wakefield and introducing third book.

1999 Exhibition Christofori, Amsterdam.

2000 Exhibition Eijlders, Amsterdam.

2000 (December) Publication of fourth book ‘Feathers for Laura’.

2001 Exhibition café ‘de Nieuwe Lelie’, Amsterdam.

2002 Exhibition Europa 2002 ‘Het Oude Raadhuis’ Aalsmeer.

2002 Exhibition Gallery ‘de Salon’, Amsterdam.

2003 Exhibition het Papeneiland, Amsterdam.

2003 Exhibition Eijlders, Amsterdam.

2005 Exhibition, Gallery de Melkweg, Steenwijk.

2006 Exhibition Herberg Hooghoudt, Amsterdam.

2006 End of May, publication of the fifth book ‘Grandma’s Garden’

2008 Exhibition retrospective july till 13th august Amstelkerk, Amsterdam