Ursula von Rydingsvard, biography
Born 1942 in Deensen, Germany. Lives and works in New York, USA.
EDUCATION
1973–1975
Columbia University, New York, NY, M.F.A.
1969–1970
University of California, Berkeley, CA
1962–1965
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, B.A., M.A.
1960–1962
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
”Ursula von Rydingsvard,” National Museum in Krakow, Krakow, Poland [forthcoming]
“The Contour of Feeling,” The Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO [forthcoming]
“Ursula von Rydingsvard,” Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX [forthcoming]
“Ursula von Rydingsvard,” Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
2021
”Ursula von Rydingsvard,” The Royal Łazienki Museum, Warsaw, Poland
”Ursula von Rydingsvard,” 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
2015–2016
“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
2011–2012
“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
1998–1999
“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
1997–1998
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
1992–1994
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
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
1994–1995
“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
1990–1993
“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
1989–1990
“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
1979–1980
“NY/8,” Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1979
Twin Tower I, New York, NY
1978–1979
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
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)
1997–1998
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)
1992–1993
Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY (Ten-year retrospective)
1991
Oliver Ranch, Geyserville, CA (Iggy’s Pride, permanent installation)
1990–1993
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)
GRANTS AND AWARDS
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
1986–1987
National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artists Grant, Washington D.C. 1985 Griswald Traveling Grant – Yale University, New Haven, CT
1983–1984
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.
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
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
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 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
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