Australian contemporary visual artist (born 1964)
Geoffrey Ricardo (born 1964) is an Australian contemporary visual artist whose work focuses on his sculpture and printmaking practice.[ 1]
Biography
Ricardo was born in Melbourne , Australia .[ 2] He is known for his Figurative work that centres around a narrative language,[ 3] Ricardo works primarily in sculpture , printmaking , etching , lithography , & painting .[ 4]
Ricardo was the winner of the 2009 Lorne Sculpture Exhibition.[ 5] He has been a regular artist in residence at the Art Vault Mildura, along with other artists such as Mike Parr , Rick Amor , Rona Green , Tony Ameneiro and Heather Shimmen .[ 6]
His work is represented in select major private and corporate collections, as well as public and university museum collections in all states of Australia including the National Gallery of Australia ,[ 7] [ 8] Art Gallery of New South Wales ,[ 9] [ 10] Queensland Art Gallery , State Library of Victoria and the Art Gallery of South Australia .[ 11]
References
^ "Geoffrey Ricardo, Printmaker and Sculptor" . Design and Art Australia Online (DAAO).
^ Germaine, Max (1990). Artists and Galleries of Australia . Sydney: Craftsman House. ISBN 976-8097-02-7 .
^ Australian Printmaking in the 1990s by Sasha Grishin, Craftsman House, 1997
ISBN 90-5703-391-7
^ Australian Prints Hendrik Kolenberg and Anne Ryan published by the AGNSW, 1998, ISBN 0-7313-8912-3
^ "Lorne Sculpture Biennale" . Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
^ "Art Vault National Artists" . Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
^ "National Gallery of Australia collection search" . nga.gov.au.
^ Place made, Australian print workshop Roger Butler and Anne Virgo, editors, Published by National Gallery of Australia, 2004 ISBN 0-642-54155-8
^ "Works by Geoffrey Ricardo :: The Collection" . Art Gallery NSW. Retrieved 3 September 2013 .
^ "Collection Online > artists > RICARDO" . ngv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 3 September 2013 .
^ Australian Identities in Printmaking : The Australian Print Collection of Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery Sasha Grishin published by W.W.R.A.G., 2000, ISBN 1-875247-15-7
External links
www.geoffreyricardo.com Artist's website
Images of Ricardo's work held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales [1] Art Gallery of New South Wales online collection listing
Images of Ricardo's work held by the National Gallery of Australia [2] National Gallery of Australia online collection listing
Images of Ricardo's work held by the National Gallery of Victoria [3] NGV online collection listing