URSULA VON RYDINGSVARD
Born 1942, Deensen, Germany
Lives and works in New York, NY
M.F.A., Columbia University, New York, NY, 1975
University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1970
B.A., M.A., University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, 1964
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 1962
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT [forthcoming]
2022
”Ursula von Rydingsvard,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
”Ursula von Rydingsvard - Tylko sztuka,” National Museum in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
“The Contour of Feeling,” The Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO
“Ursula von Rydingsvard,” Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
2021
”Ursula von Rydingsvard - Tylko sztuka,” The Royal Łazienki Museum, Warsaw, Poland
”Ursula von Rydingsvard - Tylko sztuka,” The Center for Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, Poland
2019
“GDY ONA – WHEN SHE,“ Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“The Contour of Feeling,” The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
2018
“TORN,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“Now, She,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
“The Contour of Feeling,” The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2017
“Ursula von Rydingsvard: Visionary Woman,” The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2016
“One Wall, One Work,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
2015-6
“Bronze Bowl with Lace,” Bluhm Family Terrace, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
“Ursula von Rydingsvard,” la Biennale di Venezia, Giardino della Marinaressa, Venice, Italy
2014
“Permeated Shield,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“Ursula von Rydingsvard,” Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, England
“Ursula von Rydingsvard,” Stiftung Sculpture at Schoenthal, Langenbruck, Switzerland
2013
“Shadows Remain,” SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
2011-2
“Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculpture 1991-2009,” Sculpture Center, Queens, NY; traveled to deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH; and to Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
2010
“Deckle Deckle,” Dieu Donné, New York, NY
“New Works with Paper from Dieu Donné and a Recent Sculpture,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
“ERRĀTUS,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
2009
“Primitive Pull,” Arranged by Pilane Heritage Society & supported by the National Heritage Board of Sweden, Tjorn, Sweden
2007
“Ursula von Rydingsvard,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
“Ursula von Rydingsvard,” Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2006
“Sylwetka,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“Mad. Sq. Art: Ursula von Rydingsvard,” Mad Sq Art at Madison Square Park, New York, NY
2004
Galerie Lelong Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
2003
“Recent Sculpture,” Lafayette College, Easton, PA
“A Psychological Landscape,” Butler Gallery, The Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland
“Primitive Jarring,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
2002
“On an Epic Scale,” Neuburger Museum, SUNY Purchase, New York, NY
“Cedar Lace and Tossing Loops,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
“Ursula von Rydingsvard,” Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2000
“Bowl With Folds,” Doric C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, New York, NY
Galerie Lelong New York, NY
Galerie Lelong Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1999
“Sculpture,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
1998-9
“Sculpture,” Madison Art Center, Madison, WI; traveled to Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; and to The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1997-8
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Yorkshire, England; traveled to Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; and to Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1997
“Sculpture,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“For Ursie A,” T.F. Green Airport, Providence, RI
1996
“Ursula von Rydingsvard at RISD,” Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1995
“Socks on my Spoons,” University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
1994
“29th Annual Exhibition of Art on Paper,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
“Landscape not Landscape,” Gallery Camino, Boca Raton, FL
Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“Ursula von Rydingsvard: Three Monumental Sculptures,” Metro Tech Plaza, Brooklyn, NY
1992-4
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
1992
Zamek Ujazdowski- Contemporary Art Center, Warsaw, Poland
1991
Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY
1990
Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY
“Ursula von Rydingsvard: Working with Felt and Cedar,” The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
“Ene Due Rabe,” Capp Street Project, San Francisco, CA
1989
Feigenson/Preston Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1988
Exit Art, New York, NY
Laumeier Sculpture Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1985
Studio Bassanese, Trieste, Italy
1984
Bette Stoler Gallery, New York, NY
1982
Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1981
Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1980
55 Mercer, New York, NY
Jorgensen Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1979
55 Mercer, New York, NY
1978
Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, NY
1977
55 Mercer, New York, NY
SoHo Center for Visual Arts, New York, NY
1975
Columbia University, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
“The Sky’s the Limit,” The National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
2022
“Shifting the Silence,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
“The Scene Changes: Sculpture from the Collection,” Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
“String, Steel, Spit Bite: Selections from the LeWitt Collection,” New Britain Museum of America Art, New Britain, CT
2021
”Art Basel,” Galerie Lelong, MCH Swiss Exhibition, Basel, Switzerland
”Full Circle: Acquisitions and Exhibitions,” with Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
“Steel, String, Spit Bite: Selections from the LeWitt Collection,” The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
“Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Collection,” The Drawing Center, New York, NY
2020
“Collectivity,” Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
“Unbreakable: Women In Glass,” Fondazione Berengo, Murano, Venice, Italy
2019
“Bound to the Earth: Art, Materiality, and the Natural World,” Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
“Dallas Art Fair” with Galerie Lelong, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018
“Studio Visit: Selected Gifts from Agnes Gund,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
“Zona Maco,” Centro Citibanamex, Mexico City, Mexico
2017
“Entangled: Threads & Making,” Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK
“In Conversation,” Indiana University Center for Art + Design, Columbus, IN
“No Boundaries: Sculptures by Thirteen Women,” Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
“Saison 2017,” Centre D’Arts, Domaine de Chaumont-Sur-Loire, Chaumont-Sur-Loire, France
2016
“Art Basel Miami Beach,” with Galerie Lelong, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
“A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemissegger Collection of
Contemporary Art,” Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
“Intersections: Artists Master Line and Space,” Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
“Large Sculptures,” Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
“Pure Pulp: Contemporary Artists Working in Paper at Dieu Donné,” Wellin Museum of Art,
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY; traveled to Williams Museum of Papermaking, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA; Dedalus Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
“Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947-2016,” Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, Los Angeles, CA
“The Armory Show,” with Galerie Lelong, Pier 94, New York, NY
2015
“Art Basel,” with Galerie Lelong, Messe Basel, Switzerland
“Art Public,” Art Basel Miami Beach, Collins Park, Miami, FL
“The Annual 2015: The Depth of the Surface,” National Academy Museum, New York, NY
“Ursula von Rydingsvard and Others: Materials and Manipulations,” Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
2014
“Branching Out: Trees as Art,” Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
“Drawings & Works on Paper,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“Fact of the Matter,” 1285 Avenue of the Americas Gallery, New York, NY
“Frieze Masters,” Regent’s Park, London, England
2013
“Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design,” Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; traveled to Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL and traveled in 2012 to Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
“Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1,” Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
“Glasstress: White Light/White Heat,” Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia, Istituto Veneto di Scienze de Arti, Venice, Italy
“Serface: Summer Group Show,” Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston, MA
2012
“An Odyssey: A Narrative of the Fabric Workshop and Museum,” The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
“Do Not Destroy: Trees Art and Jewish Thought,” Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA“Every Exit is an Entrance: 30 Years of Exit Art,” Exit Art, New York, NY
“Glasstress New York: New Art from the Venice Biennales,” Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
“HERe First: Woman as Protagonist,” The Art Show 2012, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
“The Annual: 2012: Contemporary Since 1826,” National Academy Museum, New York, NY
“Wunderkammer/Tod William Billie Tsien Architects,” 13th International Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy
2011
“Drawn/Taped/Burned: Abstraction on Paper,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
“Fifty Works for Fifty States: The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection,” High Museum of Art Atlanta, GA
“Four Sculptors 1968-80,” Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
“Glasstress 2011: Collateral Event of the 54th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia,” Istituto Veneto di Scienze de Arti, Venice, Italy
“GOLDMINE: Contemporary Works from the Collection of Sirje and Michael Gold,” University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
“Lynen: Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Ursula von Rydingsvard and Kiki Smith,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
2010
“5+5: New Perspectives,” Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
“Five Decades of Passion, Part Two: The Founding of the Center, 1989 -1991 – We are the World: Figures and Portraits,” Fisher Landau Center for Art, Queens, NY
“Memory,” Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
“Sculpture: Twelve Independent Visions,” Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
“Storm King at Fifty,” Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
“Summertime,” Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2009
“Landmarks,” The Public Art Program of the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
“Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth,” Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
“Sculpture at Pilane,” Pilane Heritage Society & National Heritage Board of Sweden, Tjorn, Sweden
“The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States,” Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
“With You I Want to Live: The Collection of Francie Bishop Good & David Horvitz,” Museum of Art Ford Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, TX
2008
“A Year in Drawing,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“Drawings by Sculptors,” William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Exhibition of Works by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards,” American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
“Origins,” Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
“Sculpture: A Wyoming Invitational,” University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
2007
“Out There,” The Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2006
“From Postwar to Postmodernism,” LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University School of the Arts, New York, NY
“Out of Line: Drawings from the Collection of Sherry and Joel Mallin,” Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
“POZA,” Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
“The Bong Show,” Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL
2005
“City Art,” Center for Architecture, New York, NY
“Eco-photo: Art as if Nature Mattered,” Dorsky Gallery, Queens, NY
“Material Terrain: A Sculptural Exploration of Landscape and Place,” Laumeier Sculpture Park and Museum, St. Louis, MO; traveled to Museum of Art and History, McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, CA; Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX; Memphis Brooks, TN; Herron School of Art, Purdue, IL; Cheekwood Museum and Botanical Garden, Nashville, TN; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL; Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS
“New at the Neuberger: Recent Acquisitions,” Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
“The Art of 9/11,” Apexart, New York, NY
2004
“Eco-Photo,” Dorsky Gallery, Queens, NY
“Life Understood,” Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI
“Picasso to Thiebaud: Modern and Contemporary Art,” Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
“Ten,” Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“The 179th Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art,” National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2002
“Encounter at the Bass Museum: Installation Performances,” Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
“globe>miami<island,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington D.C.
“Lesley Dill and Ursula Von Rydingsvard,” Byron C. Cohen Gallery, Baltimore, MD
“Primal Screams and Songs: Selections from the Permanent Collection,” Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
“Shift,” Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
2001
“Clay On The Wall,” Gallery 128, New York, NY
2000
“Silver and Gold,” Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
“The End: An Independent Vision of the History of Contemporary Art,” Exit Art, New York, NY
1999
“Drip, Blow, Burn: Forces of Nature in Contemporary Art,” The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
“GEEZE LOUISE, Art After Louise Nevelson,” Educational Alliance, NY
1998
“Masters of the Masters: MFA Faculty of the School of Visual Arts,” Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
“Sculptors and Their Environments,” Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1997
“A Moveable Feast,” David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
“Wood Work,” Fisher Landau Center, Queens, NY
1995-6
“Beyond Gender,” Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
“The Shape of Sound,” Exit Art, New York, NY
1995
“American Sculpture: A Contemporary Perspective,” University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
“Body as Metaphor,” Procter Art Center, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
“Crossing Counties: 20th Century Art from Private Collections in Westchester and Fairfield
Counties,” Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
1994-5
“Landscape as Metaphor,” Columbus Art Museum, Columbus, OH and Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1994
Group Show, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture,” The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
“Beyond Nature: Wood into Art,” Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
“Sculpture at the Point,” Three Rivers Art Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
1993
Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
“Art on Paper,” Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
“Drawings,” Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
“Grounds for Sculpture,” Johnson Atelier, Technical Institute of Sculpture, Merceville, NJ
“The Second Dimension: Twentieth Century Sculptors' Drawings from the Brooklyn Museum,” Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1992
“Then & Now,” Philippe Staib Gallery, New York, NY
“Zygmunt, A Collaboration by Judy Pfaff and Ursula von Rydingsvard,” The Cultural Space, New York, NY
1991
“Five Central European Artists,” Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
“Jestesmy,” Central Bureau for Art Exhibitions – ZACHETA, Warsaw, Poland; traveled to Krakow, Poland
“Sowers of Myth,” Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
“The Hybrid State,” Exit Art, New York, NY
1990-3
“Outdoor Sculpture,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1990
“Diverse Representations,” Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
“Out of Wood,” Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, Philip Morris Branch, New York, NY
“The Art of Drawing,” Lehman College of Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
1989-90
“100 Drawings by Women,” Hillwood Art Gallery, C.W. Post, Greenvale, NY Blum-Helman, New York, NY
1989
“Ellen Driscoll, Robert Lobe, and Ursula von Rydingsvard,” Damon Brandt Gallery, New York, NY
“Encore: Celebrating Fifty Years,” Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
“New Acquisitions,” Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
“Recent Acquisitions,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
“Sculpture,” Krygier/Landau Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Totem,” Addison Gallery, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
1988
“Life Force,” Robeson Center Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
1987
“Sculpture of the Eighties: Aycock, Ferrara, Frank, Lasch, Miss, Pfaff, Saar, Sperry, von Rydingsvard, Zucker,” Queens Museum, Queens, NY
“Standing Ground,” Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
“The Levels of Volume,” Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1985
“In Three Dimensions: Recent Sculptures by Women,” Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Judith Murrary and Ursula von Rydingsvard,” Hillwood Art Gallery, C.W. Post, Greenvale, NY
“Selections from the Collection,” The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
1984
Henri Gallery, Washington D.C.
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
“The Ways of Wood,” OIA, Queens College, Queens, NY
“Transformation of the Minimal Style,” Sculpture Center, Queens, NY
1983
Group Sculpture Exhibition, Bette Stoler Gallery, New York, NY
“55 Mercer/12 Years,” 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
1981
“Architecture by Artists,” Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
“55 Mercer: 10 Sculptors,” Fine Arts Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
1980
Sculpture exhibition in conjunction with the XI International Sculpture Conference, The Maryland Institute, College Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
“Nineteen at Twenty Six,” 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY
“Site Sights: Outdoor Sculpture at Pratt,” Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1979-80
“NY/8,” Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1979
Twin Tower I, New York, NY
1978-79
OIA Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Wards Island, New York, NY
1978
Indoor-Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, P.S. 1 (Institute for Art and Urban Resources), Queens, NY Outdoor Sculpture, Battery Park, New York, NY
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, East Hampton, Long Island, NY
Outdoor Sculpture, New York Institute of Technology, Long Island, NY
“Artists by the Sea,” Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
“Seven Sensibilities,” Thorpe Intermediate Gallery, Sparkill, NY
“Small Works,” 55 Mercer, New York, NY
“Wood,” Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Roslyn, NY
“Wood and Other Works,” Central Hall Gallery, Port Washington, NY
1976
“Contemporary Reflections,” The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
“This Doesn't Look Like a Work of Art II,” Truman Gallery, New York, NY
1975
Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C.
Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
Queensborough Community College, Queens, NY
OUTDOOR AND PUBLIC SCULPTURE INSTALLATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
2023
Harvard Business School, Boston, MA (Elegantka II)
2019
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA (Dumna, edition 2)
University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX (Dumna, edition 3)
Stanford University, Denning Building, Stanford, CA (MOCNA)
2018
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (Bronze Bowl with Lace AP and Elegantka II, edition 3)
2017
Miami University, Miami, FL (Heart in Hand, edition 3)
2016
McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (SCIENTIA, permanent installation)
2015
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (URODA, permanent installation)
2015 Giardino della Marinaressa, 56th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (Bronze Bowl with Lace, Anastazia, Heart in Hand, Scratch, For Martin F, Elegantka II)
Bluhm Family Terrace, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Bronze Bowl with Lace)
2014
Frieze Masters, Regent’s Park, London, England (Heart in Hand)
The Contemporary Austin, Austin, Texas (Luna)
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, England (Bronze Bowl with Lace, Anastazia,
Pierwsza, Scratch, For Martin F, Elegantka II)
2013
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY (Ona, permanent installation)
2006
Mad. Sq. Art, Madison Square Park, New York, NY (Damski Czepek, Czara z Babelkami,
Untitled (2006), Bowl with Fins)
2004
Bloomberg Building, New York, NY (Berwici Pici Pa)
2002
Queens Family Courthouse, Queens, NY (Katul Katul, permanent installation)
2001
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, New York, NY (Bowl with Folds)
2000
Williams College, Williamstown, MA (Large Bowl)
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN (Three Bowls)
1999 – 2001
KolnSkluptur 2, Koln, Germany (Large Bowl)
1998
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (Three Bowls)
1997-98
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, England; traveled to Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, KS; and to Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1997
Hatch Orchard, Sebastopol, CA (Paddy Wack)
T.F. Greene Airport, Providence, RI (For Ursie A)
Microsoft, Redmond, WA (Skip to My Lou)
1995
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
Elena Zang Gallery, Shady, NY (Untitled)
1994
MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY (Corrugated Rollers, Hey Diddle, Untitled)
The Garden Matrix, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA (Hannah's Horizon)
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA (Corrugated Rollers)
1992-93
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY (Ten-year retrospective)
1991
Oliver Ranch, Geyserville, CA (Iggy's Pride, permanent installation)
1990-93
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (Three Bowls)
1989
Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO, NEA Art in Public Places Program (Untitled (45 Tubs))
1988
Home Show, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, World War II bunker site installation, Santa Barbara, CA
1985
Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, PA
1984
“Contemporary Art at One Penn Plaza,” New York, NY (Sixteen Handrests)
Maryland Institute, Baltimore, MD, NEA funded outdoor sculpture (Sixteen Handrests)
1983
“Dayton City Beautiful Project,” Deweese Park, Dayton, OH (Tunnels on the Levee)
1980
“Art on the Beach,” Battery Park City Landfill, New York, NY (St. Martin's Dream)
1979
Artpark, Lewiston, NY (Song of a Saint [St. Eulalia])
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY (Koszarawa)
“The Artist's View,” Wave Hill, Bronx, NY (Koszarawa)
“Big Six Towers,” Woodside, Queens, NY (She Sells Sea Shells)
OIA Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Wards Island, New York, NY (Untitled)
1978
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Long Island, NY
"Mylar Lagoon," Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, NY
Outdoor Sculpture, New York Institute of Technology, Long Island, NY (Untitled)
Outdoor Sculpture, Battery Park, New York, NY (Untitled)
1977
“Wood,” Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Roslyn, NY (Untitled)
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2024
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2021
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2020
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Crust, Kevin. “Review: ‘Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own’ is a movie you want to reach out and touch.” Los Angeles Times. June 4, 2020.
Debruge, Peter. “New Movies to Watch This Week: ‘The High Note,’ ‘The Vast of Night,’ ‘Screened Out.’” Variety. May 29, 2020.
Dorris, Jesse. “From a Tucked-Away New York Town, This Facility Brings Large-Scale Art to Life.” Metropolis. March 25, 2020
Durón, Maximilíano. “New Ursula von Rydingsvard Documentary Gives Insight to Process Behind Artist’s Towering Sculptures.” ARTnews. June 5, 2020.
Durón, Maximiliano and Greenberger, Alex. “The 10 Best Art Documentaries of 2020.” ARTnews. December 29, 2020.
Gane, Tamara. “Looking for art alfresco? Head to these U.S. sculpture gardens — or find one near you.” The Washington Post. September 17, 2020.
Kenny, Glenn, “‘Into Her Own’ Review: A Sculptor’s Monumental Achievements.” The New York Times. May 28, 2020.
Farago, Jason. “Storm King Reopens for the Art-Starved.” The New York Times. July 9, 2020.
Fox, Michael. “Now Playing! Cinema at Home, From Your Favorite Local Theaters.” KQED.org. June 2, 2020.
Glentzer, Molly. “MFAH Announces the Opening Date for its New Kinder Building.” Houston Chronicle. January 15, 2020.
Green, Tyler. “Pandemic Bonus Episode: Mary Reid Kelley & Patrick Kelley, Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The Modern Art Notes Podcast. March 30, 2020.
Hawlin, Thea. “Unbreakable Spirit: Berengo Glass Studio.” Sculpture Magazine. December 18, 2020.
Johnson, Allen G. “Review: Inside the mind of sculptor Ursula Von Rydingsvard.” San Francisco Chronicle Datebook. June 2, 2020.
Marinkovic, Paulina. “Sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard’s ‘Wide Babelki Bowl’ installed on campus.” The Dartmouth. September 14, 2020.
O’Sullivan, Michael. “New movies to stream this week: ‘Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own’ and more.” The Washington Post. June 18, 2020.
Schneider, Tim. “Editors’ Picks: 13 Virtual Art Events Not to Miss This Week, From the Debut of Ibrahim Mahama’s Latest Project to Studio Visits With NADA.” Artnet. May 25, 2020.
2019
“17 Things to Do around D.C. This March.” Washingtonian. February 26, 2019.
“14 Things to Do in the D.C. Area This Week.” Washington Post. March 18, 2019.
“Most Ambitious U.S. Exhibition of Ursula von Rydingsvard’s Influential Recent Work Opens in Washington.” Art Daily. March 21, 2019.
“NOMA’s Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden Expansion Opens to the Public.” Blouin ArtInfo. May 20, 2019.
“Spring Arts Preview.” The Washington Post. February 3, 2019.
“Ursula von Rydingsvard: The Contour of Feeling.” Washingtonian. March 2019. Avedaño, Carlos.
“Best Bets.” The Washington Post. March 22, 2019.
Fine, Zachary. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Artforum. June 2019.
Greenberger, Alex. “College Art Association Names Winners of 2019 Awards for Distinction.” ARTNews. January 17, 2019.
Kapustin, Doug. “The Scene: The National Museum of Women in the Arts 2019 Spring Gala.” The Washington Post. April 14, 2019.
Smee, Sebastian. “Ursula von Rydingsvard Makes Sculpture as Personal as It Gets.” The Washington Post. March 30, 2019.
Stapley-Brown, Victoria. “Monumental Art and Walks on Water: New Orleans Museum of Art Opens Expanded Sculpture Garden.” The Art Newspaper. May 15, 2019.
Taylor, Karen. “Outsize Sculptures and ‘Little Nothings’ at National Museum of Women in the Arts.” Blouin Modern Painters. March 2019.
2018
“Galerie Lelong Opens a Solo Exhibition of New and Recent Work by Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Art Daily. May 3, 2018.
“Stanford University Acquires Ursula von Rydingsvard Sculpture.” Blouin ArtInfo. September 26, 2018.
“Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Wall Street International Magazine. May 25, 2018.
“Ursula von Rydingsvard at the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia.” Blouin ArtInfo. August 24, 2018.Adamson, Glenn. “Ursula von Rydingsvard at the Height of Her Powers.” Frieze Magazine. July 23, 2018.
Cascone, Sarah and Caroline Goldstein. “Shows! Shows! Shows! 34 New York Must-See Gallery Exhibitions to See This May.” artnet news. May 1, 2018.
Castro, Jan. “Ursula von Rydingsvard: Galerie Lelong & Co.” Sculpture Magazine. October 1, 2018.
Can Yerebakan, Osman. “Ursula von Rydingsvard Celebrates Her Career with Solo Shows.” Galerie Magazine. June 27, 2018.
Corwin, William. “Ursula von Rydingsvard: Torn.” The Brooklyn Rail. June 5, 2018.
Desmarais, Charles. “Humble Roots, Strong Works.” San Francisco Chronicle and Datebook. December 2018.
ElGenaidi, Deena. “Stanford Acquires Ursula von Rydingsvard Sculpture, and Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Acquires Medieval Art.” Hyperallergic. September 20, 2018.
Goodman, Jonathan. “Ursula von Rydingsvard at Galerie Lelong & Co.” Whitehot Magazine. June 2018.
Green, Tyler. “No. 345: Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The Modern Art Notes Podcast. June 14, 2018.
Hine, Thomas. “Sculptures of Commanding Stature.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 3, 2018.
Hine, Thomas. “Ursula von Rydingsvard Wows at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and at the Fabric Workshop, Too.” The Inquirer. May 31, 2018.
Lesser, Casey. “8 Leading Artists on How to Build Confidence.” Artsy. December 18, 2018.
Middleton, Josh. “30 Awesome Things to Do in Philadelphia This Weekend.” TimeOut Philadephia. April 26, 2018.
Small, Zachary. “How Form Follows Feeling for Sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Hyperallergic. July 17, 2018.
Stapley-Brown, Victoria. “Three to See: New York.” The Art Newspaper. June 14, 2018.
Strauss, Alix. “Women, Art and the Houses They Built.” The New York Times. March 15, 2018.
Thackara, Tess. “For Ursula von Rydingsvard, Making Art Is a Way to Survive.” Artsy. April 16, 2018.
Wetzler, Rachel. “Personal Monuments.” Art in America. October 1, 2018.
2017
“Entangled.” Wall Street International. February 12, 2017.
“Tate Modern Director Warns of Threat over Freedom of Expression.” The Herald. January 30, 2017.
“Tate Modern Director Warns of Threat over Freedom of Expression.” The Irish Examiner. January 30, 2017.
“Tate Modern Director Warns of Threat over Freedom of Expression.” The Irish News. January 30, 2017.
“Turner Contemporary Exhibits Work by Artists Who Expand the Possibilities of Embroidery, Weaving, and Sewing.” Art Daily. January 28, 2017.Debailleux, Henri-François. “A Chaumont, L’Oeuvre Au Vert.” Le Journal Des Artes. September 7, 2017.
Dunlop, Beth. “Nature and Nurture.” Modern Magazine. March 31, 2017.
2016
“Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Art + Auction. March 1, 2016.Ballard, Thea. “Q&A: Jenni Sorkin on ‘Revolution in the Making’ at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel.” Blouin ArtInfo. March 16, 2016.
Bowes, Elena. “Agnes Gund: Art for Good.” Sotheby’s Magazine. August 23, 2016.
Boxer, Sarah. “An Era for Women Artists?” The Atlantic. December 2016.
Branson-Potts, Hailey. “Art Lovers Turn out for Opening of Swiss Gallery’s first L.A. Outpost.” Los Angeles Times. March 13, 2016.
Brent, Frances. “A Visit with Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Modern Magazine. September 28, 2016
Farago, Jason. “Interview: Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Even, Issue 3. March 2016.
Farago, Jason. “Revolution in the Making Review – Unspooling an Alternative Art History.” The Guardian. March 21, 2016.
Finkel, Jori. “Hauser Wirth & Schimmel Transcends the Big-Box Gallery Model.” The Art Newspaper. March 11, 2016.
McQuaid, Cate. “At Mills Gallery, Art that Shatters Boundaries.” Boston Globe. March 1, 2016.
Roffino, Sara. “Form over Feminism: A Walkthrough Hauser, Wirth & Schimmel Debut Show in LA.” ART + AUCTION. March 13, 2016.
Simmons, Jessica. “34 Revolutionary Women Artists Who Shaped Abstract Sculpture Inaugurate Hauser Wirth & Schimmel in Los Angeles.” Artsy. March 11, 2016.
Smee, Sebastian. “At deCordova, a Watchful Sculpture Stands the Test of Time.” Boston Globe. October 31, 2016.
Sutton, Benjamin. “Did an Ursula von Rydingsvard Sculpture Really Make 17 FBI Agents Sick?” Hyperallergic. December 7, 2016.
Vartanian, Hrag. “Required Reading.” Hyperallergic. October 23, 2016.
2015
“Exhibition of Six Sculptures by Artist Ursula von Rydingsvard on view in Venice.” Art Daily. June 5, 2015.
“New Commission by Internationally Acclaimed Artist Ursula Von Rydingsvard at Princeton University.” Art Daily. January 31, 2015.
“What Will Curator Okwui Enwezor Bring to the 2015 Venice Biennale?” Christie’s. April 30, 2015.
Bordignon, Elena. “56th Biennale di Venezia.” Vogue Italia. May 8, 2015.
Cembalest, Robin. “Venice Highlights 2015: Pavilions and Collateral Events.” Art in America. May 11, 2015.
Dunne, Aidan. “When Africa came to the Arsenale, and the Irish Biennale Adventure.” The Irish Times. May 17, 2015.
Epstein, Johanna Ruth. “New York Reviews: Ursula von Rydingsvard.” ARTnews. March 2015.
Haveles, Kate. “Beyond the Biennale: 21 Top Shows to See Around Venice.” Artsy. May 3, 2015.
MacAdam, Barbara A. “The Top of the Tree: Ursula von Rydingsvard in Venice.” ARTnews. May 7, 2015.
McMahon, Katherine. “A Look Around the Venice Biennale: Day 1.” ARTnews. May 5, 2015.
McMahon, Katherine. “Habitat: Ursula von Rydingsvard.” ARTnews. July 30, 2015.
Michalska, Julia, Gareth Harris, Ermanno Rivetti, and Pac Pobric. “Five of the Best Exhibitions around Venice.” The Art Newspaper. May 7, 2015.
Munro, Cait. “Get a Sneak Peek Inside the 56th Venice Biennale on Instagram.” Artnet. May 4, 2015.
Reyes, Manuela. “Curator’s Eye.” ArtInfo. August 10, 2015.
Rooney, Kara. “Labor Intensity: Ursula von Rydingsvard and Claudia Comte.” The Brooklyn Rail. March 5, 2015.
Shanahan, Mark. “Barbara Krakow Honored at deCordova Gala.” Boston Globe. June 1, 2015.
Solomon, Deborah. “Becoming Modern: The Met’s Mission at the Breuer Building.” The New York Times. November 25, 2015.
Sutphin, Eric. “Ursula von Rydingsvard: New York, at Lelong.” Art in America. February 5, 2015.
Tarmy, James. “How to Install 20 Tons of Sculpture in Venice, the Floating City.” Bloomberg. May 27, 2015.
Tarmy, James. “Ten Reasons Non-Art People Should Care About the Venice Biennale.” Bloomberg. April 30, 2015.
Whiting, Sam. “Art Installations Soothe Delays at SFO.” San Francisco Chronicle. December 13, 2015.
2014
“April Culture Guide.” Vogue. March 2014.
“Artist Who’s Allergic to her Own Work.” The Art Newspaper. April 1, 2014.
“Pure Emotion Distilled into Sculptural Form.” The Yorkshire Post. May 9, 2014.
“Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The American. April 2014.
“Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The New Yorker. December 1, 2014.
Brown, Mark. “From Blot on the Landscape to Thing of Beauty.” The Guardian. July 12, 2014.
Brown, Mark. “Yorkshire Sculpture Park named UK Museum of the Year.” The Guardian. July 9, 2014.
Cooper, Ashton. “10 Questions for Iconic Brooklyn Sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Blouin Artinfo. May 12, 2014.
Cumming, Laura. “Ai Weiwei is Branching Out.” The Guardian, The Observer. May 17, 2014.
Gardner Jr., Ralph. “The Mind and Its Mysteries.” The Wall Street Journal. December 22, 2014.
Hamilton, Adrian. “From the Small Screen to the Opera House.” The Independent. January 4, 2015.
Helmke, Juliet. “Life Wrought Large.” Art + Auction. October 2014.
Jovanovic, Rozalia. “Ursula von Rydingsvard on her ‘Outrageously Big’ New Sculptures.” Artnet news. October 24, 2014.
Kamin Rapaport, Brooke. “Post-Emerging.” Sculpture. April 2014.
Micchelli, Thomas. “Ursula von Rydingsvard and the Drill Bit’s Caress.” Hyperallergic. November 22, 2014.
Morris, Roderick Conway. “A Sculptor’s Monumental Vision, on Display in Yorkshire.” International New York Times. May 8, 2014.
Morris, Roderick Conway. “Working Wood in Grand Style.” International New York Times. May 9, 2014.
Nagesh, Ashitha. “Must See: UK Exhibitions Opening This Week.” Blouin ArtInfo. March 31, 2014.
Pearman, Hugh. “Going Against the Grain.” The Sunday Times. April 13, 2014.
Roux, Caroline. “Sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard Prepares for Her First British Show.” Financial Times. March 8, 2014.
Tworek, Agnieszka. “Ursula von Rydingsvard’s Sculpted Metaphors.” Cosmopolitan Review. March 30, 2014.
Wright, Karen. “In the Studio: Ursula von Rydingsvard Sculptor.” The Independent. March 29, 2014.
2013
“Must-See New Public Art Across the Globe.” Blouin Artinfo. October 10, 2013.
Allen, Emma. “Talk of the Town: Night Move.” The New Yorker. September 16, 2013.
Boatright, Kristen. “Cedar and the Saw with Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Blouin Artinfo. August 21, 2013.
Gat, Orit. “Chipping Away at the Impossible.” Modern Painters. September 2013.
Loos, Ted. “All Eyes on Her.” The New York Times. August 30, 2013.
Maloney, Jennifer. “Humanity in Arena's New Sculpture.” The Wall Street Journal. April 28, 2013.
Mandel, Hannah. "Molding in Brooklyn: Ursula von Rydingsvard's Ona." Interview Magazine. June 5, 2013.
Michel, Karen. “When Sculpting Cedar, This Artist Is Tireless and Unsentimental.” National Public Radio. April 29, 2013.
Sutton, Benjamin. “Ursula von Rydingsvard Takes the Spotlight at Barclays Center.” Blouin Artinfo. September 4, 2013.
Warerkar, Tanay. “Massive Sculpture at Barclays Center Earns Oversized Praise from Commuters.” Daily News. September 2, 2013.
2012
“Frost Art Museum’s ‘Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculpture’ Brings Craggy, Cedar Minimalism to Florida.” Huffington Post. May 2, 2012.
Austin, Tom. “Three Shows in South Florida Aim to Cast a Wide Net.” The Miami Herald. April 29, 2012.
Landi, Ann. “Auto-Destructive Tendencies.” ARTnews. December 2012.
Pogrebin, Robin. “Cool Substitute Art Teacher: Mr. Koons.” The New York Times. June 1, 2012.
Russeth, Andrew. “Storm King Gala Will Honor Ursula von Rydingsvard, Anne Sidamon-Eristoff.” The New York Observer. July 27, 2012.
Suarez De Jesus, Carlos. “Carving Peace.” Miami New Times. April 26, 2012.
2011
“18 Questions for Sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard.” ArtInfo. March 21, 2011.
“DeCordova Sulpture Park and Museum Presents Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculpture.” Art Daily. October 25, 2011.
“SculptureCenter.” Sculpture Magazine. March 2011.
Johnson, Ken. “Artifacts of an Imagined Time.” The New York Times. January 27, 2011.
Landi, Ann. “Reviews: Ursula von Rydingsvard.” ARTnews, February 2011.
Smee, Sebastian. “Earth and Its Extrusions Reflected and Carved.” The Boston Globe. June 17, 2011.
Sutton, Benjamin. “Ursula von Rydingsvard, Carpenter to Ancient Giants.” The L Magazine. March 7, 2011.
2010
Anderson-Spivy, Alexandra. “The Sorceress of Cedar.” Artnet Magazine online. April 29, 2010.
Castro, Jan Garden. “Draping and Shaping Wood.” Sculpture. December 2010.
Chou, Kimberly. “50 Years of Stormy Weather.” Interview Magazine. June 4, 2010.
Chou, Kimberly. “Weathering the Storm.” Art in America. June 4, 2010.
Hall, Emily. “Reviews: Ursula von Rydingsvard, Galerie Lelong.” Artforum. June 2010.
Hirsch, Faye. “Deckle Deckle.” Dieu Donné Lab Grant Program, Publication Series No. 14. 2010.
MacAdam, Barbara A. “Storm King at Fifty.” ARTNews. October 2010.
McQuaid, Cate. “The Power of Cedar.” The Boston Globe. May 26, 2010.
Miller, Michael H. “A Fete Fit for a Storm King.” New York Observer. May 11, 2010.
Princenthal, Nancy. “Reviews: Ursula Von Rydingsvard.” Art in America. October 2010.
Russeth, Andrew. “In New York: Opening this Weekend.” ArtInfo. March 17, 2010.
Sandler, Irving and John Yau. “Ursula von Rydingsvard with Irving Sandler and John Yau.” The Brooklyn Rail. April 2010.
2009
“News Briefs.” The National News. March 3, 2009.
2008
“UW Art Museum Installs Large-Scale Sculpture on the Terrace.” Art Daily. May 28, 2008.
Finkelstein, Alix. “Crossing the Line: ‘A Year in Drawing.’” The New York Sun. July 31, 2008.
2007
Castro, Jan Garden. “Topography of the Soul: A Conversation with Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Sculpture. January/February 2007.
Landi, Ann. “Prime Cuts.” ARTnews. January 2007.
Santiago, Fabiola. “Art, Naturally.” The Miami Herald. January 28, 2007.
2006
“Galleries-Uptown: Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The New Yorker. September 25, 2006.
“Mad. Sq. Art: Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Sculpture Magazine. September 2006.
Amy, Michaël. “Review of Exhibitions – New York: Ursula von Rydingsvard at Galerie Lelong.” ARTNews. December 2006.
Baker, R.C. “Where the Wild Things Are.” The Village Voice. September 28, 2006.
Cohen, David. “New Art on the Walls – and the Floor & Ceiling, Too.” The New York Sun. September 20, 2006.
Cohen, David. “On Sculpture Today.” The New York Sun. September 14, 2006.
Genocchio, Benjamin. “ART REVIEW; Is It the N.S.A., Or an M.F.A.?” The New York Times. May 13, 2006.
Genocchio, Benjamin. “The Listings: Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The New York Times. September 15, 2006.
Harris, Susan. “ArtSeen: Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The Brooklyn Rail. October 2006.
MacAdam, Barbara A. “’Ursula von Rydingsvard’ Madison Square Park.” ARTnews. November 2006.
Nikolopoulos, Stephanie. “Giant Bonnet in Madison Square Park.” Gothamist. November 30, 2006.
Princenthal, Nancy. “Front Page: The Great Outdoors.” Art in America. June/July 2006.
Princenthal, Nancy. “Ursula von Rydingsvard: At Home in the World.” Mad. Sq. Art. May 15, 2006.
Rapaport, Kamin. “Art on the Green: Mad. Sq. Art.” Sculpture. December 2006.
Stevens, Mark. “Green Party.” New York Magazine. June 19, 2006.
Vogel, Carol. “Inside Art: Watching the Resin Glow.” The New York Times. May 5, 2006.
2003
Castro, Jan Garden. “Timeless Psychological Forms: A Conversation with Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Sculpture. March 2003.
Cohen, David. “Ursula von Rydingsvard: ‘Primitive Jarring.’” Art Critical. June 2003.
Dunne, Aidan. “The Cream of Kilkenny.” The Irish Times. August 13, 2003.
Glueck, Grace. “Ursula von Rydingsvard ‘Primitive Jarring.’” The New York Times. June 6, 2003.
Princenthal, Nancy. “Ursula von Rydingsvard at Galerie Lelong.” Art in America. October 2003.
Wei, Lily. “Ursula von Rydingsvard: Primitive Jarring.” ARTnews. October 2003.
2002
Berman, Avis. “Fighting with the Monsters That Fill Her Studio.” The New York Times. February 24, 2002.
Brookman, Donna. “Collecting Experience: A Conversation with Steven Oliver.” Sculpture Magazine, vol. 21. October 2002.
Hackman, Kate. “Beyond the Feminine.” The Kansas City Star. October 25, 2002.
Hinojosa, Karl A. “Sculpting Humanity from Wood.” The Harvard Crimson. 2002.
Sheets, Hilarie M. “Ursula von Rydingsvard, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase.” ARTNews. April 2002.
2001
Jana, Reena. “Good Chemistry.” ARTNews. February 2001.
Koplos, Janet. “Stasis and Agitation.” Art in America. January 2001.
2000
“Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The New Yorker. April 3, 2000.
“Ursula von Rydingsvard.” New York Contemporary Art Report. March/April 2000.
di Suvero, Mark. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Connaissance Des Arts. December 2000.
Lipton, Eric. “Halls of Justice Going UP All over in New York.” The New York Times. December 5, 2000.
Morgan, Ann Barclay. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Sculpture Magazine. September 2000.
Newhall, Elizabeth. “Talent.” New York Magazine. March 27, 2000.
Robinson, Walter. “Weekend Update.” Artnet.com Magazine Reviews. March 23, 2000.
Smith, Roberta. “The End: An Independent Vision of Contemporary Culture.” The New York Times. April 21, 2000.
Smith, Roberta. “Urban Exercise: Stretching the Definitions of Outdoor Art.” The New York Times. July 28, 2000.
Torres, Ana Maria. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” NY ARTS, International Edition. June 2000.
1999
Artner, Alan G. “Entering the World of Ursula Von Rydingsvard.” Chicago Tribune. January 15, 1999.
Holg, Garrett. “Ursula von Rydingsvard, ‘Sculpture.’” ARTnews. January 1999.
1998
“Lo-tech Art for Microsoft.” Art in America. March 1998.
“Ursula Von Rydingsvard, Skip to My Lou.” Commissions, Sculpture Magazine. July 1998.
Berman, Avis. “Ursula von Rydingsvard Sculpts Metaphors in Wood.” Smithsonian Magazine. April 1998.
Bonetti, David. “International Art Fair a Dazzler.” San Francisco Examiner. October 2, 1998.
Castro, Jan Garden. “Ursula von Rydingsvard, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art.” Sculpture Magazine. November 1998.
Holg, Garrett. “Wood Sculptures Evoke Familiar, Disturbing.” Chicago Sun Times. December 13, 1998.
McAdam, Barbara. “Where the Dinosaurs Are the Old Masters.” ARTNews. March 1998.
Morgan, Anne Barclay. “Ursula von Rydingsvard, For Ursie.” Commissions, Sculpture Magazine, vol. 17. January 1998.
Raven, Arlene. “Double Bed (Judy Pfaff & Ursula von Rydingsvard: Zygmunt).” The Village Voice. March 6, 1998.
Temin, Christine. “Sculptured Forms that Evoke Nature’s Forces.” The Boston Globe. September 4, 1998.
Thorson, Alice. “Touchstones of Cedar: Ursula von Rydingsvard Calls upon Childhood Memories for Sculptural Inspirations.” The Kansas City Star. May 8, 1998.
Updike, Robin. “A von Rydingsvard Sculpture Fills an Outdoor Niche at Microsoft.” Seattle Times. May 12, 1998.
Vogel, Carol. “A Sculpture for Microsoft.” The New York Times. February 6, 1998.
1997
New York Magazine, Art section. February 3, 1997.
Glueck, Grace. “Art in Review: Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The New York Times. February 21, 1997.
Morgan, Anne Barclay. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Sculpture. November 1996.
Packer, William. “Mystery Amid the Landscape.” The London Financial Times. November 1997.
Schmerler, Sarah. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Time Out New York, Issue 74. February 20, 1997.
Scott, Whitney. “In the Gallery.” New York Post. January 18, 1997.
Spring, Justin. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” ArtForum, Reviews Section. May 1997.
Updike, Robin. “In a Departure, Microsoft Orders Outdoor Sculpture.” Seattle Times. December 11, 1997.
1996
“Ursula von Rydingsvard.” ARTNews. March 1996.
Barclay Morgan, Anne. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Sculpture Magazine. November 1996.
Gardner, Paul. “Studio Visits: Pleasure, Pain, and Protocol.” ARTnews, vol. 95. March 1996.
1994
“Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The New Yorker. April 25, 1994.
Bartelik, Marek. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Artforum. October 1994.
Cotter, Holland. “Sculpture Under the Sky: Free, Daring and Soon Departed.” The New York Times. August 26, 1994.
Dickinson, Carol V. “Landscape as Metaphor at Denver Art Museum.” ARTNews. October 1994.
Dove, Pheralyn. “An Artist Who Sculpts Using a Circular Saw.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 14, 1994.
Newhall, Edith. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” ARTnews. September 1994.
Rosen, Steven. “Landscape as Metaphor Charts Unusual Terrain.” The Denver Post. May 8, 1994.
Sozanski, Eduard J. “Change and Continuity in Outdoor Sculptures.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. August 26, 1994.
Vogel, Carol. “Making Outdoor Sculpture Temporary.” The New York Times. July 22, 1994.
1993
Levi Strauss, David. “Sculpture as Refuge.” Art in America. February 1993.
Raynor, Vivian. “Changes at a Sculpture Park.” The New York Times. August 22, 1993.
1992
“Listings.” The Village Voice. March 3, 1992.
Andre, Mila. “Outdoor Sculpture Carves a Niche.” Daily News. May 22, 1992.
Clothier, Peter. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Artspace. September/October 1992.
Gardner, Paul. “Do Titles Really Matter?” ARTNews. February 1992.
Kimmelman, Michael. “Intimations in Wood of Ritual and Refugee Camps.” The New York Times. July 17, 1992.
Larson, Kay. “Inside Out.” New York Magazine. March 30, 1992.
Marter, Joan. “Ursula von Rydingsvard: Storm King Art Center, Mountainville.” Sculpture Magazine. November 1992.
Phillips, Patricia. “Ursula von Rydingsvard: Storm King Art Center.” ArtForum. September 1992.
Raven, Arlene. “Double Bed (Judy Pfaff and Ursula von Rydingsvard: Zygmunt).” The Village Voice, vol. 37. March 10, 1992.
Raven, Arlene. “The Great Outdoors.” The Village Voice. August 4, 1992.
Raynor, Vivien. “Sculptures of Wood in Wooden Setting.” The New York Times. September 20, 1992.
Rosas, Carlos. “Wood for Thought.” Vanity Fair. May 1992.
1991
Melrod, George. “Ursula von Rydingsvard - Lorence Monk.” ARTNews. December 1991.
1990
“A New Sculpture for the Garden.” Star Tribune. June 20, 1990.
“Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The New York Times. March 16, 1990.
Baker, Kenneth. “Landscape Fills a Room.” San Francisco Chronicle. December 13, 1990.
Brenson, Michael. “Avant-Garde Dusseldorf in Tumult and in Horror.” The New York Times. March 23, 1990.
Comp, Ellen. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” ArtWeek. December 13, 1990.
Leventhal, Frances. “Ursula von Rydingsvard: Review Shorts.” Art Week. December 13, 1990.
Mahoney, Robert. “Reviews: Ursula von Rydingsvard.” Arts Magazine. June 1990.
Nadelman, Cynthia. “Out of Wood.” Sculpture Magazine. May 1990.
1989
Abatt, Corinne. “Cedar Sculpture Leaves Impression of Beauty, Protection and Foreboding.” Creative Living. February 16, 1989.
Brenson, Michael. “Sculpture Shows at 2 Branches of the Whitney.” The New York Times. December 22, 1989.
Colby, Joy. “Artist's Wooden Creations Are Scarred with Childhood Emotion.” The Detroit News. March 10, 1989.
Gibson, Eric. “Decade in Review.” Sculpture. May/June 1989.
Miro, Marsha. “Vulnerability and Ritual Live in Cedar Forms.” Detroit Free Press. February 12, 1989.
Temin, Christine. “’Totem’ Digs Deep into Culture, Consciousness.” The Boston Globe. December 5, 1989.
Viney, Jill. “A Rich, Redemptive Journey.” Sculpture Magazine. November 1989.
1988
Berman, Avis. “Ursula von Rydingsvard; Life Under Siege.” ARTNews, December 1988.
Brenson, Michael. “Four Sculptors with Intense Visions.” The New York Times. April 17, 1988.
Brenson, Michael. “Setting Free the Images in Big Beams of Wood.” The New York Times. April 1, 1988.
Degener, Patricia. “Mystery, Familiarity in Work of Ursula von Rydingsvard.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 27, 1988.
Hess, Elizabeth. “Mi Casa Es Su Casa?” The Village Voice. August 2, 1988.
Knight, Christopher. “In Santa Barbara Home Is Where the Art Is.” Los Angeles Herald Examiner. September 11, 1988.
Larson, Kay. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” New York Magazine. May 9, 1988.
Raynor, Vivien. “Group Show with ‘Side Dish.’” The New York Times. November 8, 1988.
Woodard, Josef. “Home Is Where the Art Is.” The Independent. September 8, 1988.
Zimmer, William. “Ursula von Rydingsvard, Exit Art, N.Y.C.” Sculpture. July 1988.
1987
Brenson, Michael. “Shaping a New Consciousness in Sculpture.” The New York Times. July 12, 1987.
Stein, Jerry. “Fourth Street's Galleries Showcase an Explosion in Sculpture.” The Cincinnati Post. April 4, 1987.
1985
Brenson, Michael. “Wood.” The New York Times. June 7, 1985.
Collischan Van Wagner, Judy. “Ursula von Rydingsvard: Interview.” June 7, 1985.
1984
Brenson, Michael. “Sculptors Find New Ways with Wood.” The New York Times. December 2, 1984.
Phillips, Patricia C. “Ursula von Rydingsvard, Bette Stoler Gallery.” Artforum. September 1984.
Raynor, Vivien. “Art: Seven Sculptors at Penn Plaza.” The New York Times. June 15, 1984.
1983
Henry, Gerrit. “Ursula von Rydingsvard at Rosa Esman.” Art in America. May 1983.
Princenthal, Nancy. “6 Sculptors” Art News. September 1983.
1982
Glueck, Grace. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The New York Times. November 5, 1982.
1981
Glueck, Grace. “Art People.” The New York Times. May 16, 1981.
Glueck, Grace. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The New York Times. April 18, 1981.
Russell, John. “Ursula von Rydingsvard.” The New York Times. April 3, 1981.
1980
Cohen, Ronny H. “Review: Art on the Beach.” Artforum. October 1980.
Glueck, Grace. “Summer Art Scenes: From 42nd St. South.” The New York Times. August 8, 1980.
Larson, Kay. “Brooklyn.” The Village Voice. April 28, 1980.
Larson, Kay. “Beached.” The Village Voice. July 23, 1980.
Lewis, Jo Ann. “Suddenly This Summer: Baltimore's Art Renaissance.” The Washington Post Show. June 8, 1980.
McFadden, Sarah. “Going Places, Part II: The Outside Story.” Art in America. June 1980.
Russell, John. “Art: Continuity and Change at Frimkin's.” The New York Times. June 27, 1980.
Russell, John. “Art for Public Places Captured in Photos.” The New York Times. August 28, 1980.
Russell, John. “Art: Sculpture on the Beach at Battery.” The New York Times. July 4, 1980.
Russell, John. “Invitational Exhibition at Rosa Esman Gallery.” The New York Times. June 27, 1980.
Schjeldahl, Peter. “Uneven Debut for a New Showcase.” The New York Times. June 1, 1980.
Tallmer, Jerry. “Wooden Dream on the Beach.” The New York Post. June 21, 1980.
1979
Alloway, Lawrence. “Public Sculpture and the Post Heroic Age.” Art in America. October 1979.
Glueck, Grace. “New Sculpture under the Sun – from Staten Island to the Bronx.” The New York Times. August 3, 1979.
Kingsley, April. “The Shapes Arise!” The Village Voice. July 30, 1979.
Olejarz, Harold. “Review.” Arts Magazine. January 1979.
Raynor, Vivien. “Education in the Great Outdoors.” The New York Times. July 29, 1979.
Russell, John. “Art at Artpark.” The New York Times. August 17, 1979.
Schjendahl, Peter. “Thorp a Good Showplace for Group Show.” The New York Times. December 2, 1979.
1978
Senie, Harriet. “Taking the City to Art.” New York Post. June 10, 1978.
1977
Lippard, Lucy. “WOOD at the Nassau County Museum.” Art in America. November 1977.
Lubell, Ellen. “Review.” Arts Magazine. September 1977.
Perreault, John. “Outside the City: Lumber in the Woods.” The Soho Weekly News. July 21, 1977.
Preston, Malcolm. “Insight to an Exhibition.” Newsday. July 25, 1977.
Shirey, David L. “The Special Beauties of Wood.” The New York Times. May 22, 1977.
Zimmer, William. “Ursula von Rydingsvard – 55 Mercer.” The Soho Weekly News. July 21, 1977.
1976
Russell, John. “Review.” The New York Times. November 26, 1976.
MONOGRAPHS
Ursula von Rydingsvard: The Contour of Feeling. Foreword by S. L. Talbott. The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2018.
Rosenthal, Mark. Interview of Ursula von Rydingsvard. The Fabric Workshop and Museum and Hirmer Publishers, Munich, Germany, 2018.
Donovan, Molly. Ursula von Rydingsvard at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Essays by Peter Murray and John Elderfield. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, England, 2014.
Phillips, Patricia. Ursula von Rydingsvard, Working. Prestel Publishing, New York, NY, 2011.
Ursula von Rydingsvard, A Monograph. Essays by Dore Ashton and Marek Bartelik. Hudson Hills Press, New York, 1996.
CATALOGUES
Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection. The Drawing Center. New York, NY, 2021
Great Women Artists. Phaidon Press, New York, NY, 2019. pp. 420-421.
Driesbach, Janice. Intersections: Artists Master Line and Space. Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH, 2017.
Wright, Karen. Entangled, Threads & Making. Turner Contemporary, Rendezvous, Margate, UK, 2017. pp. 84-85.
Schwab, Helen and Robin Wright. The Campaign for Art, Gifts for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA, 2016. pp. 244.
Prince, Marshall N. A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemissegger Collection of Contemporary Art. Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, 2016. pp. 85.
Schimmel, Paul and Jenni Sorkin. Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947-2016. Skira/Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY, 2016.
Goergen, Stacey and Amanda Benchley. Artists Living with Art. Abrams, New York, NY, 2015.
Simon, Joan. Oliver Ranch. Gregory R. Miller & Co., New York, NY, 2015. pp.103-115.
Williams, Tod and Billie Tsien. Wunderkammer. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2013.
Sims, Lowery. Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design. Monacelli Press, New York, NY, 2012.
Crosman, Christopher B. and Emily D. Shapiro. Celebrating the American Spirit: Masterworks from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Seattle: Marquand Books, Seattle, WA, 2011.
Kane, Patricia. Conversations with Wood: Selections from the Waterbury Collection. New Haven: Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2011.
Hanzal, Carla and Glenn Harper. Material Terrain: A Sculptural Exploration of Landscape and Place. International Arts & Artists, Washington D.C., 2005.
Grande, John K. Art Nature Dialogues: Interviews with Environmental Artists. State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, 2004. pp. 203-212.
Heartney, Eleanor. City Art: New York’s Percent for Art Program. Merrell, New York, NY, 2003. cover, pp. 31, 220.
Mattison, Robert and Alastair Noble. Intensity of Purpose. Lafayette College Art Galleries, Easton, PA, 2003.
Danto, Arthur. Ursula von Rydingsvard: Cedar Lace and Tossing Loops. Galerie Lelong Paris, Paris, France, 2002.
Berman, Avis. Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculptures. Galerie Lelong Zurich and Galerie Lelong New York, NY, 2000.
Stern, Peter. Earth, Sky and Sculpture: Storm King Art Center. New York, NY, 2000. pp.156-159.
Friedman, Martin. Modern Sculpture at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. Nelson Atkins Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 1999. pp. 80.
Friedman, Martin. Von Rydingsvard: Mining the Unconscious. Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, 1998.
Shirley, David A. Masters of the Masters: MFA Faculty of the School of the Visual Arts, New York, 1983-1998. Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 1998. pp. 28.
Brenson, Michael and Deborah Emont Scott. Ursula von Rydingsvard's Cutting Edge. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, England; The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1997.
Siersma, Betsy. Ursula von Rydingsvard, Socks on my spoons. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA, 1997.
Sandler, Irving. Art of the Post-Modern Era from the Late 1960s to the Early 1990’s. Icons Editions, An Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, New York, NY, 1996. pp. 271-74.
Williams, Arthur. Sculpture: Technique-Form-Content. Davis Publications, Inc., Worcester, MA, 1995. pp. 303.
Friedman, Mildred. Visions of America: Landscape as Metaphor. Essays by Martin Friedman, John Beardsley, Lucinda Furlong, Neil Harris, Rebecca Solnit, John R. Stilgoe. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO and Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH. Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, 1994.
Gerson, Denise Most. Eight Contemporary Sculptors: Beyond Nature, Wood into Art. Essay by Josephine Gear: “Thinking in Wood.” The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL, 1994.
Maxwell, Douglas F. Landscape not Landscape. Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL, 1994. Phillips, Patricia. Methods of Mystery. Ujazdowski Contemporary Art Center, Warsaw, Poland, 1992-93.
Brenson, Michael. Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculpture. Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY, 1992.
McCall, Buzz. Then & Now. The Philippe Staib Gallery, New York, NY, 1992.
Strauss, David Levi. Artist in Residence and Experimental Projects. Capp Street Project, San Francisco, CA, 1992. Capp Street Project AVT. San Francisco, CA, 1991.
Colo, Papo and Jeanette Ingberman. The Hybrid State. Exit Art, New York, NY, 1991.
King, Elaine A. Sowers of Myth. Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, 1991.
Onorato, Ron. Ursula von Rydingsvard ¬– and Vito Acconci. Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO, 1991.
Straud, Marion Boulton. An Industrious Art, Innovation in Pattern and Print at The Fabric Workshop. The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA; W.W. Norton & Co., New York, NY, 1991. pp. 166-167.
Wierzchowska, Wieslawa and Elzbieta Dzikowska. Jestesmy. Central Bureau for Art Exhibitions, Warsaw, Poland, 1991.
Gear, Josephine. Out of Wood. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1990.
Streifer-Rubenstein, Sharlotte. American Women Sculptors. G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, MA, 1990. pp. 554-556.
Ostrow, Saul. Ursula von Rydingsvard. Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York, NY, 1990.
Yau, John. Diverse Representations. The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, 1990.
Collischan van Wagner, Judy K. Lines of Vision - Drawings by Contemporary Women. Hudson Hills Press, New York, NY, 1989. pp. 143, 170.
Hartman, Bruce. Ursula von Rydingsvard. Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1989.
Montebello, Philippe. Recent Acquisitions: A Selection 1988 – 1989. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 1989.
Rogers-Lafferty, Sarah. Encore: Celebrating Fifty Years. The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1989.
Ashton, Dore. Home Show. Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA, 1988.
Weld, Alison. The Life Force. Robeson Center Gallery, Rutgers, Newark, NJ, 1988.
Yau, John. Ursula von Rydingsvard. Exit Art, New York, NY, 1988.
Rogers-Lafferty, Sarah. Standing Ground. The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1987.
Sims, Lowery. Sculpture of the Eighties: Aycock, Ferrara, Frank, Lasch, Miss, Pfaff, Saar, Sperry,
von Rydingsvard, Zucker. Queens Museum, Queens, NY, 1987.
Mitolo, Suzanne. Quintessence, #6. The City of Dayton, City Beautiful Council, Dayton, OH, 1985.
Zelanski, Paul and Mary Pat Fisher. Shaping Space. Harcourt Brace College Publishers, New York, NY, 1985. pp. 16-17, 130.
Zimmer, William and Judy van Wagner. Ursula von Rydingsvard. Judith Murray, C.W. Post, Long Island, NY, 1985
Alloway, Lawrence. Ursula von Rydingsvard. Bette Stoler Gallery, New York, NY, 1984.
Schneider, Jane. The Ways of Wood. OIA, Queens College, Queens, NY, 1984.
Kingsley, April. Artists Introduce Artists. City Gallery, New York, NY, 1981.
Feinberg, Jean E. Ursula von Rydingsvard. Jorgensen Gallery, University of Connecticut at Storrs,
Storrs, CT, 1980.
Sculpture 1980. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 1980.
Katzive, David. Visual Artists. Artpark, Lewiston, NY, 1979. Artists Series – WOOD. Joe and Emily Lowe Art Museum, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1979.
Wave Hill: The Artist's View. Introduction by Kirk Varnedoe, Linda Macklowe & Suzanne Randolph. Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, 1979.
Sculpture. Introduction by Frances Lassiter. New York Institute of Technology, Long Island, NY, 1977.
WOOD. County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD, 1977.
Fifth Annual Contemporary Reflections. The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, 1975-76.
TELEVISION PROGRAMS
2007
“Art 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 4, Episode 3: Ecology.” PBS. Premiered Sunday, November 11, 2007.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022
Honoree, Archives of American Art Gala, Washington, D.C.
Honoree, Hirshhorn New York Gala, New York, NY
2021
Gold Medal for Merit to Culture, Gloria Artis, Ministry of Culture, National Heritage, and Sport, Warsaw, Poland
2019
Artist Award for a Distinguished Body of Work, College Art Association, New York, NY
Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Arts, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
2018
Citation of Honor, Office of the President of the Borough of Queens, City of New York, NY
Honoree, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
2017
Visionary Woman Award, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Honoree, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
Honoree (with Paul Greengard), Institute for Music and Neurological Function, New York, NY
Lifetime Achievement Award, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
2012
Honoree, Storm King Art Center Annual Gala, New York, NY
Member, National Academy, New York, NY
2011
Best Show in a Non-Profit Gallery or Space, American Section of the International Association of Art Critics, awarded to SculptureCenter exhibition, Queens, NY
Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY
2008
Member, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Rappaport Prize, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
2007
Artist in Residence, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2000
2nd prize, Best Show in a Commercial Gallery, American Section of the International Association of Art Critics, awarded to Galerie Lelong exhibition, New York, NY
1997
Joan Mitchell Award, New York, NY
1994
Academy Award in Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1992
Best Small Museum Exhibition, American Section of the International Association of Art Critics, awarded to Storm King Art Center exhibition, New Windsor, NY
1991
Honorary Doctorate, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1990
Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation Prize, New York, NY
1986-87
National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artists Grant, Washington D.C. 1985 Griswald Traveling Grant - Yale University, New Haven, CT
1983-84
Athena Foundation Grant Guggenheim Fellowship, New York, NY
1980
CAPS, Creative Artists Program Service
1979
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington D.C.
1978
America the Beautiful Fund, Washington D.C.
1978
New York State Council on the Arts, New York, NY
1975
Fulbright-Hays Travel Grant, Washington D.C.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1986-2002
School of Visual Arts, Graduate Division, New York, NY, Professor
1982-86
Yale University, New Haven, CT, Associate Professor
1981-82
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, Instructor
1980-82
Fordham University, Bronx, NY, Assistant Professor
1978-82
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Assistant Professor
SELECTED LECTURES
2019
On Ronald Bladen with Robert S. Mattison, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY
2018
Art21: Being An Artist, New York, NY
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, England, UK
2017
NAEA Conference with Agnes Gund for Studio in a School, New York, NY
2016
Hauser Wirth and Schimmel, Los Angeles, CA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
2015
Architectural League of New York, Cooper Union, New York, NY
Global Exchange, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014
Crystal Bridges Museum of Art, Bentonville, AR
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, United Kingdom
2013
International Sculpture Center Annual Convention, Miami, FL
2012
Pratt Institute, New York, NY
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Studio School, New York, NY
2011
American Federation of Arts, Christie’s, New York, NY
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Rappaport Foundation, Boston, MA
Studio School, New York, NY
EDUCATION
1973-75
Columbia University, New York, NY, M.F.A.
1969-70
University of California, Berkeley, CA
1962-65
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, B.A., M.A.
1960-62
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
Baruch College, City University of New York, NY
Bloomberg Building, New York, NY
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
The Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX
Crystal Bridges American Art Museum, Bentonville, AR
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
De Cordova Sculpture Park + Museum, Lincoln, MA
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, NH
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Cambridge, MA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Princeton University, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton, NJ
Rice University, Houston, TX
San Francisco Airport, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Stanford University, Denning House, Stanford, CA
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
T.F. Green Airport, Providence, RI
University of Texas Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT