Ricky Swallow

2009

Ricky Swallow: The Bricoleur Ian Potter Centre, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Ricky Swallow, Watercolours, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, travelling to Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch

2008

Mark Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
Ballad of a Thin Man, The Suburban, Oak Park, Illinois

2007

Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Kunsthalle Vienna, Vienna, Austria

2006

PS1/MoMA, New York
Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
The Past Sure Is Tense, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth

2005

Australian Pavillion, Venice Biennale
Killing Time, Gertrude Contemporary Art Space, Victoria

2003

Field Recordings, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo

2002

Tomorrow in Common, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, New York
Wooden Problem, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, California
A Sculpture Now, First Floor Artists and Writers Space, Melbourne, Victoria

2001

For those who came in late: Matrix 191 Project, University of California Berkeley
Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Above Ground Sculpture, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

2000

Plastruct, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Unplugged, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Ricky Swallow: Above Ground Sculpture, Project Room, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, December 16, 2000 – March 4,
Individual Ape, Hot Rod Tearoom, Oslo

1999

The Multistylus Programme, Studio 12, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne

1998

Repo Man, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney

1997

The Lighter Side of the Dark Side, Grey Area Art Space, Inc., Melbourne, Australia
Small World, Teststrip, Auckland

2009

Mythologies, Museum of Mankind, London
Soft Sculpture, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

2008

Imaginary Thing, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado
Tell Tchaikovsky the News, Curated by Torbjørn Rødland, Standard (Oslo), Oslo

2007

Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Florida, USA
Goth: Reality of the Departed World, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan
Sculptors Drawing, Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, USA
Makers and Modelers: Works in Ceramic, Gladstone Gallery, New York

2006

Summer exhibition, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London

2005

Getting Emotional, ICA, Boston, 18 May – 5 September

2004

Strange Weather, Modern Art, London
Living Together is Easy, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan
The Ten Commandments, Curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden

2003

Possible Worlds, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
Art and Film, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
Still Life, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Variations on the Theme of Illusion, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
Some Things We Like, Asprey Jacques Gallery, London
Guided By Heros, Curated by Raf Simons, Z33, Hasselt
Extended Play, Art Remixing Music, Govett Brewster Art Gallery
Roll Out, Curated by Ricky Swallow, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
The Fourth Sex, Adolescent Extremes, Stazione Leopolda, Florence

2002

Remix, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, England

2001

Bootylicious, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne University
A Person Looks at a Work of Art, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
Casino 2001, SMAK, Gent
Good Work, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, City Gallery, Wellington
Swallow Swenson, Museum of Contempoary Art, Sydney
Rubik 13, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney
None More Blacker, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne
Utopia / ROR, Kiasma Museum of Contempoary Art, Helsinki
Kunsthalle zu Kiel

2000

Keith Edmier, Ricky Swallow, Erick Swenson, Andrea Rosen Gallery,
New York
The Retrieved Object, Linden Art Gallery, Melbourne
Are You Experienced?, The Physics Room, Christchurch
Uncommon World, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Spin Me Round, Metro Arts, Brisbane
Drawn From Life, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Terra Mirabilis, Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff
Brand New Master Copy, UKS Gallery, Oslo
Rent, Overgaden Gallery, Copenhagen

1999

Spellbound, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
Make It Yourself, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne
Contempora 5, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
Group Drawing Exhibition, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
Signs Of Life, Melbourne International Biennial, Melbourne
Multiples, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland
Walkmen, with David Jolly and David Noonan, Synaesthesia Music

1998

Rubik 3 Video vs Watercolor, 36 Wellington St, Collingwood
Misty V’s City Lights 2000, City Lights, Hosier Lane
Institutional Transit Lobby, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery
Injection, Performance Space, Sydney
Video Soup, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Taken, Curated by Jon Cattapan, R.M.I.T Project Space
Hobby Core, Curated by Ricky Swallow, Stripp Gallery
Beaux Arts Art in the World ‘98, Passage de Retz, Paris
Metamorphosis, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
All This And Heaven Too, Adelaide Biennial Exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia
Wild Kingdom, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane

1998

Ear to the Ocean, with Michael Graeve, Grey Area Art Space Inc, Melbourne
Going Nowhere, Curated by Julia Gorman, Grey Area ArtSpace Inc, Melbourne
Diorama, Curated by Charlotte Day, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne
Gathering, Curated by Ricky Swallow, Platform 2, Melbourne

1996

Before My Eyes A Bedroom Monster, Stop 22 Gallery, Melbourne

2009

Bywater, Jon, Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation, Phaidon Press, London, p. 298-299

2008

GOTH: Reality of the departed world, Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan
Younger Than Yesterday, exhibition catalogue, published by Kunsthalle Vienna

2007

Ricky Swallow, exhibition catalogue, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2005

This Time Another Year, Australia Venice Biennale
Paton, Justin. Ricky Swallow, Field Recordings, New Art Series, Craftman House

2008

Stunda, Hilary. Contemporary Still Life: A Conversation With Ricky Swallow, Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 27 No. 5, June
Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, exhibition catalogue, published Rubell Family Collection, Miami

2007

Dunne, Aidan. Ricky Swallow, The Irish Times, May 30
White, Lucy. Sculpting Matters of Life and Death, The Irish Metro, May 22
Farman, Marie. Dandy Magazine, Issue 16, April/May

2006

Stockholder, Jessica. Ricky Swallow, The New York Times, February 21
Smee, Sebastian. Ricky Swallow, The Australian, December 15
Ricky Swallow, V&A magazine, Winter 2005-2006, p. 96

2005

Ricky Swallow in Venice, Art & Australia, Vol. 42 No. 4, Winter 2005, p. 577-579
I-D, No. 256, July
Conway Morris, Roderick. Pushing Boundaries at Venice Biennale, International Herald Tribune, 14th June
McDonald, John. Life studies, The Australian Financial Review magazine, June
Sanders, Mark. Another Bonehead, Another magazine, Spring / Summer
Dawne, Tony. The best art jamboree in the world, The Times, June 23
Brooks, Richard. A beginner’s guide to the Biennale, Culture – The Sunday Times, June 19
Wullschlaher, Jackie. Old and new in the city of pageantry, Financial Times, June 15
Hook, Line and Sinker, Art Review, June, p. 74-75
McDonald, John. Life Studies, The Australian Financial Review Magazine, June, p. 22-25
Sooke, Alastair. Ten Hot Biennale Artists, The Daily Telegraph, June 4
Herbert, Martin. Bone Idol, Modern Painters, May, p. 68-73
Brennan, Betsy. Flying High, Vogue Living, March-April
Next Big Thing- Chiselled Features, The Sunday Times Magazine, March 20
I-D Magazine, December 2004-January
Arevalo, Pilar. Personal History, Oyster, p. 52-55

2004

Hutak, Michael. Wood for thought, the Bulletin, November
Fitzerald Michael. Still life at high speed, Time, September 20, p. 68-69
Coslovich, Gabriella. Talking flight from fame, the Age, September 1
Fortescue, Elizabeth. Tipping the bucket on time and tide, the Daily Telegraph, August 30
Hallett, Bryce. Perfection and perseverance: artist carving a reputation, the Sunday Morning Herald, August 25
Artlink, Vol. 25 No. 1, August, cover and p. 12-13
Ann Low, Lenny. Swallow flying solo as he prepares for Venice Hype, the Sunday Morning Herald, June 30
Barclay, Alison. Ricky’s Venetian Class, Herald Sun, June 16
Sorensen, Rosemary. Venice Beckons, The Courier Mail, June 16

2003

Higgs, Matthew. Openings: Steven Shearer, Artforum, October
Exhibition Review, Artforum, Vol XLII No. 1, September
Paton, Justin. The Was and May, Art Monthly Australia, March 2003, cover and p. 3-6

2002

Safe, Gerogina. Master of the Universe, The Weekend Australian, December 21-22
Johnson, Ken. Art in Review, The New York Times, Friday September 20
Wallis, Simon. Remix catalogue, TATE Liverpool, Artist‚ Entries, p. 72-73
Myers, R, Terry. Wooden Problem, review, Contemporary, September
Spiderland, Artist p. 1,2,3,4, Issue 3, Sydney, Australia

2001

Artist Pages, Casino 2001 catalogue, p. 190-191
Kent, Rachel. Classical Contemporary, Swallow Swenson, catalogue text, MCA,
Sydney, Australia
Zoo 10, 09 2001, Artist profile, p. 156,157, London
Gawronski, Alex. A sum and it’s parts, Rubik @ Sarah Cottier, review, Eyeline
Spring 2001, Issue 46, Australia
Zuckerman Jacobson, Heidi. Ricky Swallow, Matrix Gallery, Berkeley 2001
Palmer, Daniel. Shadow Play, Frieze, Issue 58
Brae, Marah. The Voyeur Awakes, Art and Australia, April 2001
Travis, Lara. None More Blacker, catalogue text, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, Australia
Paton, Justin. The Recreation Room, catalogue text, Above Ground Sculpture
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2001

2000

Koestenbaum, Wayne. Commodity Fetishism in Sculpture, Artforum, Best of 2000
Brennan, Stella. Economies of Scale, + Artist Page, Pavement Magazine, Issue 44, NZ
James, Bruce. Odd Birds in Swallows Nest, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 November
Tonkin, Steven. Uncommon World, catalogue text, NGA, Canberra, Australia
Pestorius, David. Spin Me Round, catalogue text, Metro Arts, Brisbane, Australia
Preview, Rent. Australian Centre of Contemporary Art, Contemporary Visual Arts, 29
Yaman, Ebru. The Weekend Australian, January 1-2
Fenner, Felicity. New Life In Melbourne, Art in America, January, p. 74-77
Koop, Stuart. Rent Art, notes on the works, Ojeblikket, Special Issue no 3
Walaker, Jan. Monkey Business, Interview and artist pages, Hot Rod Issue 6, Oslo, Norway
Krister, Bo. Brand New Master Copy, catalogue intro, UKS Gallery, Oslo, Norway

1999

Colless, Edward. The World Ends When It’s Parts Wear Out, Memory Made Plastic, Ricky Swallow
Frost, Andrew. Ricky Swallow, Monument magazine, Issue 33
Nicholson, Tom. Signs of Life, Melbourne International Biennial review, Art & Australia, vol. 37
Rooney, Robert. Show Them the Money, The Weekend Australian, September 25
Nicholson, Tom. Contempora 5 catalogue, Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
Palmer, Daniel. Melbourne International Biennial, Frieze, no 48, September
Clabburn, Anna. Plentiful Life Signs, The Age, Melbourne, 9th June
Palmer, Daniel. Review. Walkmen, Frieze, no 46, May
Chapman, Chris. Space 1999, Quick Responses, 1999 Melbourne International Biennial, May
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
Palmer, Daniel. Hobby Core, review, Like art magazine, Issue 7 summer 1998-99

1998

Hjorth, Larissa. Hobby Core, Log Magazine, Christchurch, New Zealand, September
Smee, Sebastion. Are we not men?, Sydney Morning Herald, September 18
McDonald, Ewen. All this and Heaven Too, Art & Australia vol 36
Sequeira, David, Cues. Metaphors and Dialogues, Real Time, August
Engberg, Juliana. No radio, Art and Text, August, October
McKenzie, Robyn. Being and Time, the new existentialism, Beaux Arts, Art in the World 98 (catalogue edition)
Nicholson, Tom. Leagues Under the Sea, Like art magazine, Issue 5, March
McQualter, Andrew. All This And Heaven Too, Catalogue text, A G S A
Koop, Stuart. Diorama, 200 Gertrude Street Gallery, review, Art and Text, January

1997

Huppatz, DJ. The Lighter Side of The Dark Side, review, Artlink, December 1997
McQualter, Andrew. Science Fiction, Ricky Swallow, Globe E on Line Art Journal, Nov 97
Clabburn, Anna. Replanting Our Natural Heritage, review, The Age 29, October 1997
Day, Charlotte. Dioramas and The Invention of Nature, Catalogue text, Diorama, 200 Gertrude Street Melbourne

1999

Contempora 5 Art Award, Victoria, Australia

1998

Emerging Artists Grant, The Australia Council

Education

Solo Exhibitions

Group exhibitions

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Selected Bibliography

Awards