Ricky Swallow

Australian | 1974

Ricky Swallow is an Australian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1974. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Gordon Robichaux in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Art Gallery of New South Wales have featured Ricky Swallow's work in the past.Ricky Swallow's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 201 USD to 34,375 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2001 the record price for this artist at auction is 34,375 USD for TUSK, sold at Sotheby's New York in 2014. Ricky Swallow has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in December 2024.

At Auction

Notable Lots

Horoscope #11 ,2017

By Ricky Swallow

Evolution (in order of appearance) - Ricky Swallow

Evolution (in order of appearance) ,1999

By Ricky Swallow

+43%

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Last of the Unnatural Acts - Ricky Swallow

Last of the Unnatural Acts ,2007

By Ricky Swallow

+62%

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Recent Auction Results

1974). As I Come Back. 2002. Watercolor on paper. Signed - Ricky Swallow

1974). As I Come Back. 2002. Watercolor on paper. Signed ,2002

By Ricky Swallow

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Ricky Swallow 'Aping the Humans

By Ricky Swallow

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Skewed Open Structure with Rope #3 - Ricky Swallow

Skewed Open Structure with Rope #3 ,2015

By Ricky Swallow

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Current Exhibitions

Ordinary Extraordinary

OCMA, Orange County Museum of Art

Costa Mesa | California | USA

Nov 22,2024 - May 25,2025

South Willard

Gordon Robichaux

New York | USA

Nov 05,2023 - Dec 17,2026

Past Exhibitions

Nothing Is: Sun Ra and Others' Covers

Corbett vs. Dempsey

Chicago | Illinois | USA

Jan 24,2025 - Mar 01,2025

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Articles

ArtDaily 05/12/2024

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA Australia) today announced its 2025 exhibition program.

Ocula 25/06/2024

Dale Frank's opulent paintings, Daniel Crooks' machine-generated drawings, and Natasha Walsh's reimagined portraits are among the works featured in Sydney's must-see gallery shows this winter.

Art Almanac 27/08/2023

The 鈥渁fter hours鈥� as a metaphor is explored in nightshifts at Buxton Contemporary, Melbourne, with the exhibition focusing on the wholistic concept of retreat 鈥� an invitation to temporary seclusion, rest, and quietness from others.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Swallow draws on the inherent narrative of objects and their associations, tapping the capacity of possessions to give shape and meaning to a life, even as and when they outlast their owners... 鈥�
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Modern Art, Helmet Row

鈥� ..Swallow alters the nature of his subjects by remaking them as a recognisable idea of themselves 鈥� and in the process, creates a new position of meaning, displacing their sense of time in a state of permanent... 鈥�
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Modern Art, Helmet Row

鈥� ..Ricky Swallow鈥檚 sculptures address fundamental issues that lie at the core of who we are... 鈥�
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NGV Australia & The Ian Potter Centre

鈥� ..Swallow鈥檚 art addresses these basic yet enduring notions and reminds us of our deep symbiotic relationship to the stuff of daily life... 鈥�
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NGV Australia & The Ian Potter Centre