Biography
| Born | 1959 Melbourne |
| Studies | 1979-81 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art (sculpture) Victorian College of the Arts |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2007 | Richard Stringer, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne |
| Shangri-la, Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne | |
| 2004 | Richard Stringer, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne |
| 1999 | Small Works, Maquettes and Fragments, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1992 | Richard Stringer, BHP House, Melbourne |
| 1991 | Paintings from Lilliput, Microscope Gallery, Melbourne |
| Richard Stringer, Prints, Muka Studio, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| 1990 | Richard Stringer, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1985 | Richard Stringer, United Artists gallery, Melbourne |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2005 | Works for Windows, St Kilda Festival, Melbourne |
| 2004 | Floranova,
Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne Works for Windows, St Kilda Festival, Melbourne |
| 2003 | St Kilda Art Supplies 10th Birthday Show, Metropolis Gallery, Melbourne |
| 2002 | Oblique Shadows, VCA Gallery, Melbourne Oblique Shadows, Mornigton Regional Gallery, Mornigton InsideArt, The Jackman Gallery, Melbourne Works 2002, Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne Melbournian Prize, The Melbournian, Melbourne Environmental Sculptures, City Square, Melbourne We Are Australian, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Gippsland & Gordon Gallery, Geelong |
| 2001 | We Are Australian, Albury Regional Gallery & Queensland Cultural Centre, Brisbane |
| 2000 | Oblique Shadows, Sculpture Square, Singapore |
| We are Australian, Volvo Gallery, Sydney & Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide | |
| 1999 | Volume and Form, Sculpture Square, Singapore |
| We are Australian, George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne | |
| Central Goldfields Sculptured, Central Goldfields Regional Arts Complex, Maryborough | |
| John Mockridge Foundation Submissions, Collins Room, Melbourne Town Hall | |
| 1998 | The Post-Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1997 | Artists from the Peninsula Institute of TAFE, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery |
| Enough Space, Yarra Sculpture Space, Melbourne | |
| 1996 | Deacon Graham & James/Arts 21 Award, Ian Potter Gallery, Melbourne |
| Rupert Bunny Foundation 2, Linden Gallery, Melbourne | |
| A4 Art Show, West Space, Melbourne | |
| Common Themes, Reception Room Centre, Heidelberg | |
| 1995 | Monuments and Rubble, Australia Felix, Benalla, Victoria |
| Salon Des Refuses, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney | |
| 1994 | Moet and Chandon Touring Exhibition, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, National Gallery of Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Victoria |
| 1993 | Post card Show, Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| Group exhibition, Fitzroy Street Art Gallery, Melbourne | |
| Just Sculpture, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat | |
| Diamond Valley Art Award, Greensborough | |
| 1992 | Youth Prints, Australia, New Zealand and International tour |
| Third Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne | |
| Selections from the Margaret Stewart Endowment, National Gallery of Victoria | |
| 1991 | Out of Our Oeuvre, Tolarno Gallery, Melbourne |
| Graeme Sturgeon Memorial Exhibition, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne | |
| Review, Luba Bilu Gallery, Melbourne | |
| Selections from the Margaret Stewart Endowment, McClelland Gallery, Melbourne | |
| 1990 | Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne |
| 1988 | St Kilda Acquisitions Exhibition, Linden Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1987 | United Artists at Mori Gallery, Mori Gallery, Sydney |
| 1986 | Guilding the Lily, Gertrude Street Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1885 | Graven Images, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth |
| 1984 | Sculpture Siege, Heidi Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne |
| Live at United Artists, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne | |
| Second Australian Sculpture Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 1983 | Young Australian Sculptors, Storey Hall, Melbourne |
| 1982 | New Art-New Artists, Heidi Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne |
| 1991 | First Australian Sculpture Triennial, La Trobe University, Melbourne |
| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| Grace Chew, Of Shadows and Light, Singapore Gazette, Dec 2000 | |
| Sian .E. Jay, Aussie art flirts with Asian links, The Straits Times 22/11/00 | |
| Sian .E. Jay and Richard Stringer, Oblique Shadows, Exhibition Catalogue 2000 | |
| Ken Scarlett, Politics, spirituality and sexualityî Art Monthly, December 1999 | |
| Sian .E. Jay, Tribute to the spirit and the female form, Straits Times, Singapore 14/6/99 | |
| Emily Clark, Enough Space, CSA News, Dec 1997 | |
| Rachel Kent, New Horizons, Exhibition catalogue, 1996 | |
| Robert Nelson, Moet has depth and seduction, The Age 4/1/95 | |
| Brad Collis, St Kilda still sticking it up the establishment, The Age 9/7/94 | |
| Geoff Wallis, Just Sculpture, Exhibition Catalogue 1993 | |
| Christopher Heathcote, Shifting from metaphysical to Physical, The Age 12/11/93 | |
| Peter Hill, Stringer attacks pomposity, The Age 15/8/90 | |
| Gary Catalano, Abstract painting reflect concrete view of the world, The Age 15/8/90 | |
| Memory Holloway, Ordinary and fabulous, Art and Australia, Autumn 1987 | |
| Juliana Engburg, The third sculpture triennial, Australian and International Art Monthly Dec 1987 | |
| Louise Neri, Guilding the Lily, Exhibition Catalogue 1986 | |
| Joanne Murry-Smith, Visionary young sculptors, The Melbourne Times 1986 | |
| Gary Catalano, A celebration of necessary fictions, The Age 28/8/85 | |
| Noel Hutchison, Lead kindly light amid the encircling doom, Art Network, Spring issue 1985 | |
| Maudie Palmer, Australian sculpture now, Art and Australia, Spring issue 1985 | |
| Gary Catalano, Australian artists share credit for a notable year, The Age 31/12/85 | |
| Tom McCullough, Graven images, Exhibition catalogue 1985 | |
| Sue Cramer, Chance to assess work of the eighties, The Age 17/11/94 | |
| Sue Cramer, Shaping the eighties sculpture, The Age 23/8/84 | |
| Graham Sturgeon, Australian Sculpture Now, Exhibition Catalogue 1984 | |
| Sue Cramer, Sculpture Siege, Exhibition Catalogue 1983 | |
| Memory Holloway, Wide eyed and calculated, The Age 14/12/83 | |
| INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL | |
| 2001 | Singapore |
| 2000 | Singapore and Malaysia |
| 1999 | Singapore and Vietnam |
| 1997 | Thailand, Jordan and Egypt |
| 1992 | France, Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso |
| 1991 | New Zealand |
| 1989 | India |
| 1986 | Italy Yugoslavia, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland, Spain and Morocco |
| 1985 | Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand |
| 1982 | Italy, Malta, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Greece, Switzerland, France and England |
| GRANTS, AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS | |
| 2000 | Cultural Exchange Grant, Arts Victoria for Oblique Shadows |
| International Artists Exchange Grant, City of Melbourne for Oblique Shadows | |
| 1998 | Second prize, Post Postcard Show, Linden Gallery |
| 1996 | The Kulin Nation, collaborative maquette with Mandy Nicholson, City of Kingston |
| 1993 | St Kilda Postcard collection |
| Diamond Valley Art Award (acquisitive prize) | |
| Monument for a Public Building, (bronze sculpture) St Kilda Town Hall | |
| 1991 | VACB travel grant to West Africa |
| 1986 | VACB travel grant to Europe |
| COLLECTIONS | |
| Nonda Katsalidis Collection | |
| Margaret Stewart Endowment Collection, National Gallery of Victoria | |
| John Sands Collection | |
| City of Banyule Collection | |
| Port Phillip City Collection | |
| TEACHING APPIOINTMENTS | |
| 2002-04 | Sculpture and contemporary art studies, CAE Melbourne |
| 2001 | Lecturer in sculpture and art history (Diploma
& short courses) CAE Melbourne Sculpture and art history (diploma & short courses) CAE Melbourne |
| 2000 | Lecturer in sculpture (Diploma & short courses) CAE Melbourne |
| 1999 | Guest lecturer in sculpture & life drawing, CAE Melbourne |
| 1997-97 | Lecturer in sculpture, Peninsular/Chisholm Institute, Frankston |
| 1995-98 | Art teacher, St Kilda Drop In Centre, St Kilda |
| 1995-98 | Art teacher, Kangan TAFE Parkville |
| 1995 | Artist in Schools program, Hillcrest Secondary College |
| 1991-92 | Lecturer in sculpture, Victorian College of the Arts |
| 1994-99 | Guest lecturer, VCA, CAE, RMIT, Box Hill, Prahran and Frankston College |