art and poetry journal · 2023

Ugo Rondinone

bright light shining, 2023, installation of painted bronze sculptures, courtesy of Gladstone Gallery, NYC.
bright light shining, 2023, installation of painted bronze sculptures, courtesy of Gladstone Gallery, NYC.

Ugo Rondinone (b. 1964, Brunnen, Switzerland) studied at the Universität fur Angewandte Kunst in Vienna before moving to New York in 1997 where he currently lives and works. His work has been the subject of solo presentations all over the world, most recently at Belvedere, Vienna (2021); Tamayo Museum, Mexico City (2022); Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2022); Petit Palais, Paris (2022); Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia, Venice (2022); The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva (2023); Gladstone Gallery, Brussels (2023); Parrish Museum, New York (2023); Städel Museum (2023); and Storm King Art Center, New York (2023). In November, he will have a solo exhibitions at Fosun Foundation in Shanghai and a special installation at Phillips Collection, Washington.