Ry Rocklen (b. 1978) is a contemporary artist based in

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, working primarily in sculpture. Rocklen's solo exhibitionsArtforum
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. Rocklen earned his BFA in 2001 at

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, and his MFA in sculpture in 2006 at the

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. Rocklen's work has been shown nationally and internationally, and has been included in several major survey exhibitions, including "Made in LA" at the

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and the 2008

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. He is represented by Honor Fraser gallery in Los Angeles and Praz-Delavallade in Paris/Los Angeles.

External links

#http://www.praz-delavallade.com/artists/Ry_Rocklen/selected_works.html #http://www.honorfraser.com/?s=artists&aid=42 #http://www.ryrocklen.com #http://artforum.com/words/id=26719

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rocklen, Ry 1978 births 20th-century American sculptors American male sculptors Living people 20th-century American male artists