Richard Tipping

b. 1949

Poet and artist Richard Tipping has three degrees including a doctorate from the University of Technology, Sydney (2007), and worked as an academic in media arts before switching to art full time. His works incorporate his own poetic texts with three dimensional forms in engraved stone sculpture, in original and altered sign designs, and in graphics on paper. He has held solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane and internationally in London, Cologne, Munich, Washington and New York, USA. He has completed public and private sculptural commissions throughout Australia and internationally in New York and London. His work is held by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney among other key collections, as well as in many regional art galleries; and internationally by the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities in Los Angeles; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

PAST EXHIBITIONS

2022

2017

WEB LINK ARTICLES BY OR ABOUT RICHARD TIPPING

Art Guide July 2018 Tracey Clements

Latrobe Regional Gallery flyer July 2018

Art Almanac April 2017 Kenny Pittock  

Look magazine AGNSW 2016  — The Art that Made Me

Sulman Prize AGNSW 2016

‘Thank you for noticing’ sign baffles Brisbane residents 9 Jan 2018

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Jawharp

Mangoes

Finger Lickin’ Good

Faces  

VIEW RICHARD TIPPING ‘SUBMERGING ARTIST’ IN 2017 WOOLLAHRA SMALL SCULPTURE PRIZE

In Blog

Richard Tipping – in ‘From Here, for Now’ at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Image above: Wrong day  2012, 2015  reflective tape on aluminium  90 x 120 cm. Image courtesy of the Art Gallery …

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‘Sculpture by the Sea’ – on until 7 November

Image above: installation view, Camie Lyons  Impromptu Making and Shadow  steel, paint  350 x 250 x 190 cm. Australian Galleries …

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Richard Tipping – ‘Hear the Art: Visual Poetry as Sculpture’ Publication

Image above: front cover view, Hear the Art, Visual Poetry as Sculpture (2022). Richard Tipping has published a new publication …

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Salvatore Zofrea – In Collaboration with 3:33 Art Projects

Image above:  Days of Summer  2008-23  hand-coloured woodcut with lapis lazuli on paper  edition unique  44 x 59 cm “…I was …

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Simon Normand – Commissioned to paint map of Roper River

In the Arnhem Land community of Ngukurr, elder Clarry Rogers is worried plans to allocate water to new gas fracking and …

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Marina Strocchi’s Paintings and Prints at the Melbourne Italian Festa

This beautiful painting from Marina Strocchi‘s current exhibition, The vineyards of Madden’s Lane was one of a selection of the …

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Vicki Varvaressos – currently exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Image above: Still Life: West Australian gum blossoms  1985  synthetic polymer paint on hardboard  122.7 x 91.5 cm Vicki Varvaressos, …

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John Wolseley in ‘Essays on Earth’ Exhibition – Bendigo Art Gallery

John Wolseley  The life of inland waters – Durabudboi river  (detail) 2015 – 2018 watercolour, graphite and woodcut on paper …

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Whereabouts: Printmakers Respond – Group Exhibition Curated by Rona Green

Image above: Rona Green  Petal  2023  hand coloured linocut  edition 57   38 x 28 cm Photography by Tim Gresham Printmaker …

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Vale Kevin Mortensen (1939-2023)

Image above: Kevin Mortensen and Stuart Purves at Australian Galleries Melbourne, 2016 All at Australian Galleries are deeply saddened to …

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The Victorian Forest Alliance Art Auction

Image above: Sue Anderson  Swift  2022  multi coloured lithograph  edition 12, 59 x 42cm  unframed The Victorian Forest Alliance recently held …

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Camie Lyons – Trenery Artist Series

Congratulations to Camie Lyons on her latest commission of sculptures and works on paper for the Trenery flagship store in …

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Michelle Hiscock and Jenny Rodgerson – Finalists in the 2023 Portia Geach Memorial Award

Image: Jenny Rodgerson  Self portrait with mudras  2023  oil on linen  165 x 107 cm Congratulations to Michelle Hiscock and …

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