Ron Mueck was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1959. Mueck began his career in Australia as a puppet maker, but has been entirely devoted to making sculpture since 1997.
Ron Mueck has participated in a number of group exhibitions and is collected by many important museums throughout the world.
In 2000 the National Gallery in London invited him to be their Associate Artist for two years.
Most recently his work has been shown in a touring exhibition that launched at The Cartier Foundation, Paris. He has been exhibitated at the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinbugh; the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa.
Photo credit Satoshi Nagare