Richard Tipping

Richard Kelly Tipping (born 1949) is an Australian poet and artist best known for his visual poetry, word art, and large-scale public artworks. Examples of his work are held in major collections in Australia and abroad. Early life and education Tipping was born into a medical family in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1949. He studied film, philosophy and literature at Flinders University, graduating in 1972. In 2007 Tipping completed a doctorate at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) titled Word Art Works: visual poetry and textual objects. Career After graduation in 1972, Tipping spent a year in Sydney, which included exhibiting with Aleks Danko at Watters Gallery. He then travelled in the United States and lived in San Francisco, meeting with poets including Michael McClure. He returned to Adelaide in 1975 where he began working with the South Australian Film Corporation until 1978.