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Ron Mueck (born 1958, Melbourne) is an Australian sculptor working in the United Kingdom, whose realistic, figurative work has been praised for its emotional complexity and insight.

Early life and career
Ron Mueck was born in Australia to German parents. Mueck's early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, including Australian program Shirl's Neighbourhood, the film Labyrinth, for which he also contributed the voice of Ludo, and the Jim Henson series The Storyteller. Mueck moved on to establish his own company in London, making photo-realistic props and animatronics for the advertising industry.

Early work and Sensation
In 1996 Mueck collaborated with Paula Rego to produce small figures of Pinocchio as part of a tableau she was showing at the Hayward Gallery. Rego introduced him to Charles Saatchi who started to collect and commission work. In 1997, Mueck's sculpture, Dead Dad, a mixed media sculpture of his father's corpse at 2/3 scale was exhibited in the Royal Academy exhibition Sensation: Young British Artists in the Saatchi Collection, which then travelled to Berlin and Brooklyn, New York. This gained Mueck international attention and acclaim.

His five metre high sculpture Boy 1999 was a feature in the Millennium Dome and later exhibited in the Venice Biennale. Today it sits as the centerpiece in the foyer off the Danish Contemporary Art Museum ARoS in Aarhus.

In 1999 Mueck was appointed as Associate Artist at the National Gallery, London. During this two-year post he created the works Mother and Child, Pregnant Woman, Man in a Boat, and Swaddled Baby.

Sculpture
Mueck's sculptures faithfully reproduce the minute details of the human body, but often shift the overall scale of the figure, resulting in xxx.

Several critics have questioned the use of the term 'hyperreal' when referring to Mueck's work as it assumes that his only goal is to produce 'very realistic' sculptures; instead, they suggest that his attention to surface detail is a way of encouraging the reader to focus on the emotional and psychological complexities which his realistic figures embody. [Anoushka Grose / Justin Paton/ sculptre review article]

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 * 1998: RON MUECK, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
 * 2000: RON MUECK, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
 * 2001: RON MUECK: NEW SCULPTURE, James Cohan Gallery, New York
 * 2002: DIRECTIONS: RON MUECK, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC; RON MUECK: SCULTPURE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
 * 2003: RON MUECK: MAKING SCULPTURE AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY, The National Gallery, London; RON MUECK: HYPERREAL, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin; RON MUECK, Frans Hals Museum, De Hallen Haarlem, Haarlem
 * 2005: RON MUECK: THE MAKING OF "PREGNANT WOMAN" 2002, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Queensland Art Gallery - Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (Australia). RON MUECK Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris; National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh (2006); National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2007); Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth (United States) (2007); (Japan) (2008).
 * 2007:  RON MUECK: A GIRL Centro de Art Contemporáneo de Málaga (Spain); RON MUECK AT THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 * 2008:  RON MUECK @ McCLELLAND, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Langwarrin (Australia);  RON MUECK 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
 * 2009: ARTIST ROOMS: RON MUECK, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen (Scotland); Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England) (2010); Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton (England) (2013)
 * 2010: RON MUECK National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Queensland Art Gallery - Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (Australia); Christchurch Art Gallery Te puna o Waiwhetu, Christchurch (New Zealand)
 * 2011:  RON MUECK Museo de Art Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey (Mexico); RON MUECK: HIPERREALISMO DE ALTO IMPACTO Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City
 * 2012:  | RON MUECK, Hauser & Wirth, London
 * 2013: RON MUECK, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris;
 * 2013-2015: RON MUECK: Fundación Proa, La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2013); Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2014); Pinacoteca do Estado do São Paolo, São Paolo (2015)

A major exhibition of his work was shown as part of the Edinburgh Festival at the Royal Scottish Academy Building until 1 October 2006. A solo exhibition of nine works by Ron Mueck was presented at the Brooklyn Museum from 3 November 2006 through 4 February 2007.

An exhibit of his work was also on view at the National Gallery of Canada, in Ottawa from 2 March to 6 May 2007, organized by the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain (Paris), in collaboration with the National Gallery of Canada, the Brooklyn Museum and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.

List of works

 * Big Baby (1996), silicone, polyurethane, wood, synthetic hair. 85-cm-high model of baby with oversize eyes. (Private collection).
 * Mongrel (1996), polyester resin, fiberglass, synthetic fur. Life-sized mongrel dog.(Collection of Sheilagh Tennant, Edinburgh).
 * Pinocchio (1996), mixed media - standing boy, perhaps 5 years of age, wearing only underpants. (John and Amy Phelan Collection, New York).
 * Dead Dad (1996–97), silicone, acrylic paint and human hair - a 2/3-life-sized sculpture of Mueck's father lying on his back, naked. (Stefan T. Edlis Collection, Chicago).
 * Angel (1997), mixed media - a 1/3-scale boy seated on a tall stool, in a brooding pose looking down, sprouting wings made of real goose feathers. (Hoffman Collection, Dallas)
 * Big Baby II (1997), polyester resin, fiberglass, silicone, synthetic hair. 85 cm-high model of baby. (Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam).
 * Big Baby III (1997), polyester resin, fiberglass, silicone, synthetic hair, cotton. 85 cm-high model of baby. (Stefan T. Edlis Collection, Chicago).
 * Man in a Sheet (1997), polyester resin, fiberglass, silicone, polyurethane, aluminum wire, synthetic hair, cotton. Man wrapped in a sheet, bending forward to gaze at floor. (Olbricht Collection, Germany).
 * Mask (Self Portrait)(1997) - eight-foot reproduction of Mueck's own face, frowning. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill. Residing in the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
 * Ghost (1998), mixed media - 2 metres tall (3/2 scale?) adolescent girl, in swimming costume, leaning against a wall, face averted. (Tate Gallery)
 * Man under Cardigan (1998), silicone, polyurethane, polyester resin, aluminum wire, wool. Naked man, sitting on floor, a woollen cardigan held over his head as if to shelter from rain. (Vicki and Kent Logan Collection).
 * Shaved Head (1998), mixed media. Naked man, squatting, arms stretched out, head turned downwards. (Hoffman Collection, Berlin).
 * Boy (1999), fibreglass, resin, silicone - a 5-metre-tall sculpture of a boy, crouching. First shown in the UK Millennium Dome exhibition. It is now owned by the art museum ARoS in the city of Aarhus, Denmark, who use it as a trademark piece.
 * Seated Woman (1999), mixed media - 1/2 scale clothed, seated, elderly woman, hands clasped, eyes almost closed - (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth).
 * Crouching Boy in Mirror (1999–2002), mixed media. Figure similar to the Millennium Boy, above, but on a much smaller scale, examining his reflection in a mirror. (The Broad art Foundation, Santa Monica).
 * Baby (2000), mixed media - tiny naked newborn baby boy, arms akimbo.(Keith and Kathy Sachs).
 * Untitled (Big Man) (2000) - a nearly seven-foot sculpture of a naked, completely hairless, belligerent-looking man sitting with his knees drawn up and his elbows resting on his knees, his head in his hand. The work is designed to sit in a corner. Owned by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., it has become one of the museum's most popular works since its acquisition.
 * Man in Blankets (2000), mixed media - 1/2 scale - elderly naked man almost completely enveloped in blankets, which form a kind of cocoon. (Hoffman Collection, Dallas). Artist's proof is owned by Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf.
 * Old Woman in Bed (2000), mixed media - 1/2 scale - very elderly or dying woman lying in bed, draped in blankets, asleep. (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa).
 * Standing Man (2000), mixed media. Middle-aged or elderly man dressed in gown and duffle coat. (Private collection, Milan).
 * Mask II (2001-2), mixed media. Huge head (the face appears to be Mueck's own), lying on its side as if asleep - private collection.
 * Mother and Child (2002), fibreglass, resin, silicone - 1/2 scale naked woman who has just given birth, the baby laid on her stomach with umbilical cord still attached and trailing to the woman's womb. (Bayerische Staatsgemaeldesammlungen, Munich).
 * Man in a Boat (2002), mixed media - 1/3 scale naked man seated toward the prow of a 4-metre-long rowing boat. (Private collection).
 * Pregnant Woman (2002), fibreglass, resin, silicone - 2.5-metres tall sculpture of a naked pregnant woman clasping her hands above her head. (National Gallery of Australia).
 * Swaddled Baby (2002), mixed media - life-sized new-born baby wrapped in swaddling clothes, head on a pillow.
 * Head of a Baby (2003), mixed media. Huge head of a baby. (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa).
 * Baby on a Chair (2004), mixed media. Baby wrapped in blanket, placed on a wooden chair. (Collection Glenn Fuhrmann, New York).
 * In Bed (2005). Huge (3 x scale?) woman lying in bed, hand raised to her face in a contemplative pose. (Queensland Gallery of Modern Art).
 * Mask III (2005), mixed media. Huge (1.5 metre tall) face of a woman. (Anthony d'Offay).
 * Spooning Couple (2005), mixed media. 1/2 scale of partially clothed middle-aged man and woman lying in 'spooning' position as if in bed - artist's collection.
 * Two Women (2005), mixed media. Two diminutive, clothed, elderly women, standing as though gossiping. (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia).
 * Wild Man (2005), mixed media. A nine-foot sculpture of a naked, bearded, fearful man clutching the stool he is seated on. (McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria, Australia).
 * A Girl (2006), mixed media. Newborn baby, with part of umbilical cord and some blood. (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa).
 * Standing Woman (2007), mixed media. Huge (4-meter high) middle-aged woman, dressed in black. (Towada Arts Center, Towada City, Japan).
 * Woman with Sticks (2008), mixed media. 180 cm-high model of naked woman, bent backwards, carrying huge bundle of sticks. (Private collection).
 * Drift (2009), mixed media. 2/3-scale man floating on his back on inflatable raft, wearing sunglasses and swimming trunks. (Anthony d'Offay).
 * Still Life (2009), mixed media. Slaughtered and plucked chicken, same size as a human being, hung from hook by its feet. (Anthony d'Offay).
 * Youth (2009), mixed media. Diminutive figure (65 cm high) of black youth, holding up his T-shirt to examine a wound in his belly. (Anthony d'Offay).
 * Couple Under An Umbrella (2013) Courtesy Courtesy Caldic Collectie, Wassenaar.
 * Woman With Shopping (2013) Courtesy Hauser & Wirth / Anthony d’Offay, London