Ricky Swallow is an Australian

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable ...

(born in

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in 1974), who lives and works in Los Angeles. 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

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. 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

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with ''This Time Another Year''.
Ricky Swallow solo show at NGV Australia
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1974 births Living people Australian contemporary artists 20th-century Australian sculptors Victorian College of the Arts alumni 21st-century Australian sculptors {{Oceania-sculptor-stub

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