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 |
| 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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| 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 |
Referring concurrently to the natural world, romanticism and existentialism, the works of Ugo Rondinone encapsulate a “mental trinity” that has underpinned his art for thirty years.
Visit the artist's website: ugorondinone.com
