Born 1964 in Brunnen, Switzerland.
Lives and works in New York.
Education |
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| 1986–1990 | Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna |
Awards |
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| 1995 | Swiss Eidgenössischer Preis für freie Kunst, Switzerland |
| 1994 | Swiss Eidgenössischer Preis für freie Kunst, Switzerland |
| 1991 | Swiss Eidgenössischer Preis für freie Kunst, Switzerland |
Solo Exhibitions (selection) |
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| 2021 | Ugo Rondinone. a wall. a door. a tree. a lightbulb. Winter, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand |
| nude in the landscape, Belvedere 21, Vienna | |
| 2019 | everyone gets lighter, Kunsthalle Helsinki |
| sunny days, Guild Hall, East Hamptons | |
| 2018 | the radiant, MICAS – Malta International Contemporary Art Space, Floriana |
| your age and my age and the age of the sun, Fondación Casa Wabi, Mexico City | |
| 2017 | let's start this day again, CAC Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH |
| your age and my age and the age of the rainbow, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow | |
| vocabulary of solitude, ARKEN – Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj | |
| moonrise. east. july, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen | |
| good evening beautiful blue, The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach | |
| the world just makes me laugh, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley | |
| 2016 | giorni d'oro + notti d'argento, MACRO Testaccio and the Mercati di Traiano, Rome |
| Seven Magic Mountains, Art Production Fund and Nevada Museum of Art, Desert of Nevada | |
| vocabulary of solitude, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam | |
| moonrise sculptures, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston | |
| miami mountain, permanent installation, The Bass Museum, Miami | |
| becoming soil, Carré d'Art, Nîmes | |
| 2015 | golden days and silver nights, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 2014 | breathe walk die, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai |
| naturaleza humana, Museo Anahuacalli Mexico, Mexico City | |
| 2013 | we run through a desert in burning feet, all of us are glowing our faces look twisted, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| human nature, Public Art Fund, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY | |
| thank you silence, M Museum, Leuven | |
| 2012 | wisdom? peace? blank? all of this?, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| nude, Cycladic Art Museum, Athens | |
| primitive, The Common Guild, Glasgow | |
| 2010 | die nacht aus blei, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau |
| sunrise east, Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle | |
| 2009 | the night of lead, MUSAC, Léon |
| 2008 | clockwork for oracles II, Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art Wall, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston |
| 2006 | zero built a nest in my navel, Whitechapel Gallery, London |
| 2004 | long night short years, Le Consortium, Dijon |
| clockwork for oracle, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne | |
| 2003 | roundelay, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris |
| our magic hour, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney | |
| 2002 | no how on, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna |
| 2001 | dreams and dramas, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya |
| kiss tomorrow goodbye, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome | |
| 2000 | so much water so close to home, MoMa PS1, New York, NY |
| in the sweet years remaining, Museum Aarhus, Aarhus | |
Group Exhibitions (selection) |
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| 2021 | Paradise Kortrijk |
| 2018 | Sculpture Garden Biennale, Parc des Eaux-Vives, Geneva |
| Encore un jour banane pour le poisson-rêve, Palais de Tokyo, Paris | |
| 2017 | The Transported Man, Broad Art Museum, Lansing, MI |
| The Upset Bucket, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London | |
| Winter Journey, Château de Versailles, Versailles | |
| 2016 | The Infinite Mix, Hayward Gallery, London |
| Human Scale, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa | |
| Takashi Murakami's Superflat Collection, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama | |
| Seven Artists from the John Kaldor Family Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney | |
| 2015 | About trees, Paul Klee Zentrum, Bern |
| Greater New York, MoMa PS1, New York, NY | |
| Work Hard, Swiss Institute, New York, NY | |
| 2014 | The Human Factor, Hayward Gallery, London |
| Elevation 1049: Between Heaven and Hell, LUMA Foundation, Gstaad | |
| 2013 | Nasher XChange, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX |
| Lifelike, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN | |
| Una Posibilidad de Escape. Para Asaltar el Estudio de la Realidad y Volver a Grabar el Universo, Espai D'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castellon | |
| 2007 | 52nd Venice Biennale |
Curated Exhibitions (selection) |
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| 2018 | Summer, Peter Freeman, Inc., New York |
| 2016 | I Love John Giorno, Palais de Tokyo, Paris |
| 2015 | Artists and Poets, Secession, Vienna |
| 2011 | The spirit level, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2007 | The third mind, Palais de Tokyo, Paris |
Ugo Rondinone is recognized as one of the major voices of his generation, an artist who composes searing meditations on nature and the human condition while establishing an organic formal vocabulary that fuses a variety of sculptural and painterly traditions. The breadth and generosity of his vision of human nature have resulted in a wide range of two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects, installations, videos, and performances. His hybridized forms, which borrow from ancient and modern cultural sources alike, exude pathos and humor, going straight to the heart of the most pressing issues of our time, where modernist achievement and archaic expression intersect.
Visit the artist's website: ugorondinone.com
