# Ricky Swallow

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Australian sculptor (born c. 1974)

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Ricky Swallow Ricky Swallow in his Los Angeles studio, 2009 Born Ricky Swallow 1974 (1974) San Remo, Victoria, Australia Known for Sculpture Movement postmodern Website rickyswallow.com

**Ricky Swallow** is an Australian [sculptor](/source/Sculptor) (born in [San Remo, Victoria](/source/San_Remo%2C_Victoria) in 1974), who lives and works in Los Angeles.[1] He creates detailed pieces and installations in a variety of media, often utilising objects of everyday life as well as the body (bones etc.). He studied at the [Victorian College of the Arts](/source/Victorian_College_of_the_Arts).[2] He won the Contempora 5 Prize in Melbourne at the age of 25 in 1999. He was later selected to be the Australian representative at the 2005 [Venice Biennale](/source/Venice_Biennale) with *This Time Another Year*.[3]

## See also

- [Art of Australia](/source/Art_of_Australia)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Ricky Swallow The Bricoleur](http://artabase.net/exhibition/1837-ricky-swallow-the-bricoleur)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ricky_Swallow_Quote_2-0)** ["Ozarts – Ricky Swallow"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070709152935/http://www.ozarts.com.au/artists/artists_visual_artscraft/ricky_swallow/). Ozarts. Archived from [the original](http://www.ozarts.com.au/artists/artists_visual_artscraft/ricky_swallow/) on 9 July 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** * [Ricky Swallow solo show at NGV Australia](http://blog.artabase.net/?p=1181) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20091023024503/http://blog.artabase.net/?p=1181) 23 October 2009 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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