Born in Brunnen in Switzerland, Ugo Rondinone has lived and worked in Zurich and New York since studying with Ernst Caramelle at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. His works have been shown in numerous exhibitions in important museums, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Art Institute Chicago, the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, the Kunsthalle Vienna and the Venice Biennale, to name just a few.
In addition to sculpture, Ugo Rondinone's work includes various media such as painting, video and installation. The artist became particularly well-known for his works in public spaces, which he has been creating since the 1990s. In the spirit of "art for all", he wants to reach a broad audience with his characteristic outdoor sculptures. In his poetic and conceptual works, Rondinone addresses the contradictions of life and creates a dialogue between artificiality and nature, culture and society, and eternity and transience. In his work he deals with the question of perception and space, but from the perspective of history, past and present, as well as the relationship between nature and culture. His aim is to generate a poetic level of perception of these relationships and circumstances and in this way to enable the viewer to gain a changed, expanded perspective on his own self-perception.