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1993 - 1997
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Bachelor of Fine Art, Major: Drawing, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Victoria
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Lives and works in Los Angeles
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1999 Contempora 5 Art Award, Victoria, Australia
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1998 Emerging Artists Grant, The Australia Council
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2009 |
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National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (solo) |
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2009 |
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Mythologies, Museum of Mankind, London |
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2009 |
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Soft Sculpture, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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2008 |
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Imaginary Thing, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado |
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2008 |
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Tell Tchaikovsky the News, Curated by Torbjørn Rødland, Standard (Oslo), Oslo |
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2008 |
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Mark Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles (solo) |
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2008 |
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Ballad of a Thin Man, The Suburban, Oak Park, Illinois (solo) |
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2007 |
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Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (solo) |
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2007 |
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Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, Austria (solo) |
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2007 |
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Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Florida, USA |
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2007 |
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Goth: Reality of the Departed World, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan |
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2007 |
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Sculptors Drawing, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, USA |
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2007 |
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Makers and Modelers: Works in Ceramic, Gladstone Gallery, New York |
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2006 |
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PS1/MoMA, New York (solo) |
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2006 |
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Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London (solo) |
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2006 |
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The Past Sure Is Tense, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (solo) |
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2006 |
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Summer exhibition, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London |
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2005 |
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Getting Emotional, ICA, Boston, 18 May – 5 September |
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2005 |
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Australian Pavillion, Venice Biennale (solo) |
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2005 |
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Killing Time, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Victoria (solo) |
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2004 |
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Strange Weather, Modern Art, London |
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2004 |
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Living Together is Easy, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan |
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2004 |
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The Ten Commandments, Curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden |
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2003 |
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Field Recordings, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo (solo) |
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2003 |
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Possible Worlds, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2003 |
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Art and Film, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia |
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2003 |
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Still Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
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2003 |
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Variations on the Theme of Illusion, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London |
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2003 |
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Some Things We Like, Asprey Jacques Gallery, London |
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2003 |
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Guided By Heros, Curated by Raf Simons, Z33, Hasselt |
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2003 |
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Extended Play, Art Remixing Music, Govett Brewster Art Gallery |
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2003 |
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Roll Out, Curated by Ricky Swallow, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles |
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2003 |
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The Fourth Sex, Adolescent Extremes, Stazione Leopolda, Florence |
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2002 |
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Tomorrow in Common, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, New York (solo) |
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2002 |
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Wooden Problem, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo) |
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2002 |
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A Sculpture Now, First Floor Artists and Writers Space, Melbourne, Victoria (solo) |
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2002 |
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Remix, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England |
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2001 |
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Bootylicious, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne University |
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2001 |
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A Person Looks at a Work of Art, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne |
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2001 |
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Casino 2001, SMAK, Gent |
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2001 |
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Good Work, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, City Gallery, Wellington |
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2001 |
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Swallow Swenson, Museum of Contempoary Art, Sydney |
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2001 |
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Rubik 13, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney |
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2001 |
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None More Blacker, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne |
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2001 |
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Utopia / ROR, Kiasma Museum of Contempoary Art, Helsinki # Kunsthalle zu Kiel |
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2001 |
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For those who came in late: Matrix 191 Project, University of California Berkeley (solo) |
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2001 |
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Art Museum, Berkeley, California (solo) |
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2001 |
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Above Ground Sculpture, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand (solo) |
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2000 |
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Plastruct, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, California (solo) |
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2000 |
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Unplugged, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia (solo) |
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2000 |
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# Ricky Swallow: Above Ground Sculpture, Project Room, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, December 16, 2000 – March 4, # Individual Ape, Hot Rod Tearoom, Oslo (solo) |
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2000 |
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Keith Edmier, Ricky Swallow, Erick Swenson, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York |
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2000 |
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The Retrieved Object, Linden Art Gallery, Melbourne |
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2000 |
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Are You Experienced?, The Physics Room, Christchurch |
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2000 |
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Uncommon World, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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2000 |
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Spin Me Round, Metro Arts, Brisbane |
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2000 |
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Drawn From Life, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York |
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2000 |
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Terra Mirabilis, Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff |
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2000 |
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Brand New Master Copy, UKS Gallery, Oslo |
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2000 |
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Rent, Overgaden Gallery, Copenhagen |
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1999 |
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The Multistylus Programme, Studio 12, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne (solo) |
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1999 |
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Spellbound, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles |
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1999 |
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Make It Yourself, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne |
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1999 |
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Contempora 5, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne |
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1999 |
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Group Drawing Exhibition, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington |
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1999 |
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Signs Of Life, Melbourne International Biennial, Melbourne |
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1999 |
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Multiples, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland |
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1999 |
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Walkmen, with David Jolly and David Noonan, Synaesthesia Music |
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1998 |
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Repo Man, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney (solo) |
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1998 |
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Rubik 3 Video vs Watercolor, 36 Wellington St, Collingwood |
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1998 |
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Misty V’s City Lights 2000, City Lights, Hosier Lane |
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1998 |
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Institutional Transit Lobby, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery |
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1998 |
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Injection, Performance Space, Sydney |
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1998 |
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Video Soup, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh |
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1998 |
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Taken, Curated by Jon Cattapan, R.M.I.T Project Space |
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1998 |
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Hobby Core, Curated by Ricky Swallow, Stripp Gallery |
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1998 |
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Beaux Arts Art in the World ‘98, Passage de Retz, Paris |
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1998 |
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Metamorphosis, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery |
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1998 |
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All This And Heaven Too, Adelaide Biennial Exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia |
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1998 |
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Wild Kingdom, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane |
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1998 |
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Going Nowhere, Curated by Julia Gorman, Grey Area ArtSpace Inc, Melbourne |
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1998 |
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Ear to the Ocean, with Michael Graeve, Grey Area Art Space Inc, Melbourne |
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1998 |
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Diorama, Curated by Charlotte Day, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne |
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1998 |
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Gathering, Curated by Ricky Swallow, Platform 2, Melbourne |
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1997 |
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The Lighter Side of the Dark Side, Grey Area Art Space, Inc., Melbourne, Australia (solo) |
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1997 |
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Small World, Teststrip, Auckland (solo) |
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1996 |
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Before My Eyes A Bedroom Monster, Stop 22 Gallery, Melbourne |
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2008 |
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GOTH: Reality of the departed world, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan |
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2008 |
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Younger Than Yesterday, exhibition catalogue, published by Kunsthalle Vienna |
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2008 |
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Stunda, Hilary. Contemporary Still Life: A Conversation With Ricky Swallow, Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 27 No. 5, June |
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2008 |
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Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, exhibition catalogue, published Rubell Family Collection, Miami |
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2007 |
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Dunne, Aidan. Ricky Swallow, The Irish Times, May 30 |
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2007 |
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White, Lucy. Sculpting Matters of Life and Death, The Irish Metro, May 22 |
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2007 |
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Farman, Marie. Dandy Magazine, Issue 16, April/May |
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2007 |
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Ricky Swallow, exhibition catalogue, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland |
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2006 |
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Stockholder, Jessica. Ricky Swallow, The New York Times, February 21 |
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2006 |
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Smee, Sebastian. Ricky Swallow, The Australian, December 15 |
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2006 |
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Ricky Swallow, V&A magazine, Winter 2005-2006, p. 96 |
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2005 |
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Ricky Swallow in Venice, Art & Australia, Vol. 42 No. 4, Winter 2005, p. 577-579 |
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2005 |
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Conway Morris, Roderick. Pushing Boundaries at Venice Biennale, International Herald Tribune, 14th June |
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2005 |
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McDonald, John. Life studies, The Australian Financial Review magazine, June |
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2005 |
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Sanders, Mark. Another Bonehead, Another magazine, Spring / Summer |
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2005 |
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Dawne, Tony. The best art jamboree in the world, The Times, June 23 |
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2005 |
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Brooks, Richard. A beginner’s guide to the Biennale, Culture – The Sunday Times, June 19 |
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2005 |
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This Time Another Year, Australia Venice Biennale |
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2005 |
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Paton, Justin. Ricky Swallow, Field Recordings, New Art Series, Craftman House |
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2005 |
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Wullschlaher, Jackie. Old and new in the city of pageantry, Financial Times, June 15 |
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2005 |
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Hook, Line and Sinker, Art Review, June, p. 74-75 |
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2005 |
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McDonald, John. Life Studies, The Australian Financial Review Magazine, June, p. 22-25 |
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2005 |
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Sooke, Alastair. Ten Hot Biennale Artists, The Daily Telegraph, June 4 |
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2005 |
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Herbert, Martin. Bone Idol, Modern Painters, May, p. 68-73 |
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2005 |
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Brennan, Betsy. Flying High, Vogue Living, March-April |
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2005 |
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Next Big Thing- Chiselled Features, The Sunday Times Magazine, March 20 |
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2005 |
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I-D Magazine, December 2004-January |
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2005 |
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Arevalo, Pilar. Personal History, Oyster, p. 52-55 |
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2004 |
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Hutak, Michael. Wood for thought, the Bulletin, November |
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2004 |
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Fitzerald Michael. Still life at high speed, Time, September 20, p. 68-69 |
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2004 |
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Coslovich, Gabriella. Talking flight from fame, the Age, September 1 |
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2004 |
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Fortescue, Elizabeth. Tipping the bucket on time and tide, the Daily Telegraph, August 30 |
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2004 |
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Hallett, Bryce. Perfection and perseverance: artist carving a reputation, the Sunday Morning Herald, August 25 |
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2004 |
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Artlink, Vol. 25 No. 1, August, cover and p. 12-13 |
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2004 |
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Ann Low, Lenny. Swallow flying solo as he prepares for Venice Hype, the Sunday Morning Herald, June 30 |
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2004 |
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Barclay, Alison. Ricky’s Venetian Class, Herald Sun, June 16 |
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2004 |
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Sorensen, Rosemary. Venice Beckons, The Courier Mail, June 16 |
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2003 |
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Higgs, Matthew. Openings: Steven Shearer, Artforum, October |
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2003 |
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Exhibition Review, Artforum, Vol XLII No. 1, September |
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2003 |
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Paton, Justin. The Was and May, Art Monthly Australia, March 2003, cover and p. 3-6 |
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2002 |
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Safe, Gerogina. Master of the Universe, The Weekend Australian, December 21-22 |
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2002 |
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Johnson, Ken. Art in Review, The New York Times, Friday September 20 |
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2002 |
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Wallis, Simon. Remix catalogue, TATE Liverpool, Artist‚ Entries, p. 72-73 |
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2002 |
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Myers, R, Terry. Wooden Problem, review, Contemporary, September |
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2002 |
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Spiderland, Artist p. 1,2,3,4, Issue 3, Sydney, Australia |
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2001 |
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Artist Pages, Casino 2001 catalogue, p. 190-191 |
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2001 |
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Kent, Rachel. Classical Contemporary, Swallow Swenson, catalogue text, MCA, Sydney, Australia |
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2001 |
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Zoo 10, 09 2001, Artist profile, p. 156,157, London |
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2001 |
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Gawronski, Alex. A sum and it’s parts, Rubik @ Sarah Cottier, review, Eyeline Spring 2001, Issue 46, Australia |
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2001 |
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Zuckerman Jacobson, Heidi. Ricky Swallow, Matrix Gallery, Berkeley 2001 |
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2001 |
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Palmer, Daniel. Shadow Play, Frieze, Issue 58 |
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2001 |
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Brae, Marah. The Voyeur Awakes, Art and Australia, April 2001 |
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2001 |
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Travis, Lara. None More Blacker, catalogue text, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Australia |
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2001 |
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Paton, Justin. The Recreation Room, catalogue text, Above Ground Sculpture # Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2001 |
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2000 |
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Koestenbaum, Wayne. Commodity Fetishism in Sculpture, Artforum, Best of 2000 |
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2000 |
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Brennan, Stella. Economies of Scale, + Artist Page, Pavement Magazine, Issue 44, NZ |
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2000 |
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James, Bruce. Odd Birds in Swallows Nest, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 November |
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2000 |
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Tonkin, Steven. Uncommon World, catalogue text, NGA, Canberra, Australia |
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2000 |
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Pestorius, David. Spin Me Round, catalogue text, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia |
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2000 |
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Preview, Rent. Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, Contemporary Visual Arts, 29 |
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2000 |
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Yaman, Ebru. The Weekend Australian, January 1-2 |
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2000 |
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Fenner, Felicity. New Life In Melbourne, Art in America, January, p. 74-77 |
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2000 |
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Koop, Stuart. Rent Art, notes on the works, Ojeblikket, Special Issue no 3 |
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2000 |
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Walaker, Jan. Monkey Business, Interview and artist pages, Hot Rod Issue 6, Oslo, Norway |
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2000 |
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Krister, Bo. Brand New Master Copy, catalogue intro, UKS Gallery, Oslo, Norway |
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1999 |
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Colless, Edward. The World Ends When It’s Parts Wear Out, Memory Made Plastic, Ricky Swallow |
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1999 |
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Frost, Andrew. Ricky Swallow, Monument magazine, Issue 33 |
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1999 |
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Nicholson, Tom. Signs of Life, Melbourne International Biennial review, Art & Australia, vol. 37 |
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1999 |
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Rooney, Robert. Show Them the Money, The Weekend Australian, September 25 |
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1999 |
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Nicholson, Tom. Contempora 5 catalogue, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne |
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1999 |
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Palmer, Daniel. Melbourne International Biennial, Frieze, no 48, September # Clabburn, Anna. Plentiful Life Signs, The Age, Melbourne, 9th June |
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1999 |
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Palmer, Daniel. Review. Walkmen, Frieze, no 46, May |
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1999 |
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Chapman, Chris. Space 1999, Quick Responses, 1999 Melbourne International Biennial, May |
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1999 |
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Rooney, Robert. A Little Chaos, but Definite Life Signs, The Australian, May 21 # O’Connel, Stephen. Repo Man, review, Like art magazine, Issue 7, summer 1998-99 |
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1999 |
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Palmer, Daniel. Hobby Core, review, Like art magazine, Issue 7 summer 1998-99 |
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1998 |
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Hjorth, Larissa. Hobby Core, Log Magazine, Christchurch, New Zealand, September |
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1998 |
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Smee, Sebastion. Are we not men?, Sydney Morning Herald, September 18 |
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1998 |
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McDonald, Ewen. All this and Heaven Too, Art & Australia vol 36 |
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1998 |
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Sequeira, David, Cues. Metaphors and Dialogues, Real Time, August |
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1998 |
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Engberg, Juliana. No radio, Art and Text, August, October |
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1998 |
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McKenzie, Robyn. Being and Time, the new existentialism, Beaux Arts, Art in the World 98 (catalogue edition) |
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1998 |
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Nicholson, Tom. Leagues Under the Sea, Like art magazine, Issue 5, March |
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1998 |
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McQualter, Andrew. All This And Heaven Too, Catalogue text, A G S A |
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1998 |
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Koop, Stuart. Diorama, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, review, Art and Text, January |
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1997 |
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Huppatz, DJ. The Lighter Side of The Dark Side, review, Artlink, December 1997 |
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1997 |
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McQualter, Andrew. Science Fiction, Ricky Swallow, Globe E on Line Art Journal, Nov 97 |
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1997 |
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Clabburn, Anna. Replanting Our Natural Heritage, review, The Age 29, October 1997 |
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1997 |
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Day, Charlotte. Dioramas and The Invention of Nature, Catalogue text, Diorama, 200 Gertrude Street Melbourne |
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