Ugo Rondinone

Born in 1964 in Brunnen (Switzerland), UGO RONDINONE lives and works in New York (United States). He works with mixed-media installations that include sculpture, painting, video, sound, and photography. His wide-ranging practice utilizes metaphoric and iconographic images such as clouds, animals, and figures, as well as powerful declarative sayings. Kamel Mennour and Ugo Rondinone have been working together since 2017.

Rondinone has been the subject of recent institutional exhibitions at: Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand; SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway in 2021; Medellín Museum of Modern Art, Colombia; Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland; and Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York in 2019; Fundación Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido, Mexico; Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark; and Tate Liverpool, UK in 2018; Bass Museum of Art, Miami; Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow in 2017; and Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France; Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL; and The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, US in 2016.

In 2013, Rondinone installed “human nature”, an exhibition of nine monumental stone figures in Rockefeller Plaza, New York, organized by Public Art Fund.

In 2016, Rondinone’s large-scale public work “seven magic mountains” opened outside Las Vegas, co-produced by the Art Production Fund and Nevada Museum of Art.

In 2017, Rondinone curated a city-wide exhibition, “Ugo Rondinone: I ♥ John Giorno,” which was presented in twelve New York non-profit institutions: Artists Space, High Line Art, Howl! Happening, Hunter College Art Galleries, the Kitchen, New Museum, Red Bull Arts New York, Rubin Museum of Art, SkyArt, Swiss Institute, White Columns and 80WSE Gallery.

Recent and forthcoming exhibitions include: Sant’Andrea de Scaphis, Rome; Belvedere 21, Vienna; Museo Tamayo, Mexico City; Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista / Venice Biennale; Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt; Städel Museum, Frankfurt; the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C and the Petit Palais, Paris.

Works

Exhibition view, Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY, 2023
Exhibition view, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, 2023
Exhibition view, Petit Palais, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Petit Palais, Paris, 2022
Exhibition view, Petit Palais, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Petit Palais, Paris, 2022
Exhibition view, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2022
Exhibition view, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 2022
Exhibition view, Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia, 2022
Exhibition view, Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia, 2022
still.life. (deep red candle) - © Mennour
still.life. (deep red candle), 2022
Exhibition view, Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia, 2022
Exhibition view, Belvedere 21, Vienna - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Belvedere 21, Vienna, 2021
Installation view, Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris - © Mennour
Installation view, Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, 2021
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2021
the geyser - © Mennour
the geyser, 2013
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2019
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2020
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2019
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris, 2019
vierterjulizweitausendundzwölf - © Mennour
vierterjulizweitausendundzwölf, 2012
balåi falls - © Mennour
balåi falls, 2015
Exhibition view, Le Bristol Hotel, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Le Bristol Hotel, Paris, 2017
blue yellow red mountain - © Mennour
blue yellow red mountain, 2020
Exhibition view, Château de Versailles - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Château de Versailles, 2017
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2018
we run through a DESERT on burning feet, all of us are glowing our faces look twisted. - © Mennour
we run through a DESERT on burning feet, all of us are glowing our faces look twisted., 2008
zweiundzwanzigsterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn - © Mennour
zweiundzwanzigsterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn, 2017
Exhibition view, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, 2014
Exhibition view, Kunstmuseum Luzern - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1989
Exhibition view, Public Art Production Fund and Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada Desert, Las Vegas - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Public Art Production Fund and Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada Desert, Las Vegas, 2016
sunrise. west. december - © Mennour
sunrise. west. december, 2004
Exhibition view, Le Consortium, Dijon - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Le Consortium, Dijon, 2004
Exhibition view, São Paolo Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, São Paolo Biennale, 1996
Exhibition view, Bass Museum, Miami - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Bass Museum, Miami, 2017
the cordial - © Mennour
the cordial, 2017
Exhibition view, Guild Hall of East Hampton - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Guild Hall of East Hampton, 2019
Exhibition view, Art Institute of Chicago - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Art Institute of Chicago, 2013
Exhibition view, Kunsthalle Helsinki - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Kunsthalle Helsinki, 2019
moonrise. east. february - © Mennour
moonrise. east. february, 2005
Exhibition view, Bass Museum, Miami - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Bass Museum, Miami, 2017
Exhibition view, Tuileries, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Tuileries, Paris, 2010
Exhibition view, Fondation Villa Datris, L'Isle sur la Sorgue - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle sur la Sorgue, 2019
Exhibition view, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, 2010
dritteraprilzweitausendunddreizehn - © Mennour
dritteraprilzweitausendunddreizehn, 2013
Exhibition view, Guild Hall of East Hampton - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Guild Hall of East Hampton, 2019
Permanent installation, Bass Museum, Miami - © Mennour
Permanent installation, Bass Museum, Miami, 2016
Exhibition view, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, 2013
einundzwanzigsterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn - © Mennour
einundzwanzigsterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn, 2017
Exhibition view, Centre Pompidou, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2003
Exhibition view, Rockefeller Plaza, New York City - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, 2013
Exhibition view, Contemporary arts center, Cincinnati - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Contemporary arts center, Cincinnati, 2017
Exhibition view, Herzilya Museum of Contemporary Art - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Herzilya Museum of Contemporary Art, 2001
green blue yellow mountain - © Mennour
green blue yellow mountain, 2018
Exhibition view, Contemporary arts center, Cincinnati - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Contemporary arts center, Cincinnati, 2017
Exhibition view, Whitechapel Gallery, London - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2006
Exhibition view, MUSAC, Léon - © Mennour
Exhibition view, MUSAC, Léon, 2009
Exhibition view, Kunsthaus Zurich - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Kunsthaus Zurich, 1994
fünfzehnterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn - © Mennour
fünfzehnterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn, 2017
Exhibition view, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2016
Permanent installation, Commanderie de Peyrassol - © Mennour
Permanent installation, Commanderie de Peyrassol, 2018
Exhibition view, Migros Museum, Zurich - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Migros Museum, Zurich, 1996
Exhibition view, Tuileries, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Tuileries, Paris, 2009
blue green yellow red pink mountain - © Mennour
blue green yellow red pink mountain, 2018
Exhibition view, Le Consortium, Dijon - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Le Consortium, Dijon, 2004
Exhibition view, Place Vendôme, Paris - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Place Vendôme, Paris, 2016
Exhibition view, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj - © Mennour
Exhibition view, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, 2018
fünfterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn - © Mennour
fünfterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn, 2017
Exhibition view, Contemporary arts center, Cincinnati - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Contemporary arts center, Cincinnati, 2017
Exhibition view, Church San Stae, Venice Biennale - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Church San Stae, Venice Biennale, 2007
Exhibition view, Art Basel - © Mennour
Exhibition view, Art Basel, 2008

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