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, Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-hotel-du-cap-eden-roc-antibes/387ec9781d-1718709264/4s9a6147-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Museum SAN, Wonju - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-museum-san-wonju-korea/8a00584301-1718709163/dsc7414-c-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Museum SAN, Wonju - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-museum-san-wonju/98d43c9903-1718709061/8-dsc6032-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Fosun Foundation, Shanghai - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-fosun-foundation-shanghai/2fe921403a-1718708809/p1a7529-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, NY - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-storm-king-art-center-new-windsor-ny/0de699c0d2-1689600998/storm-king-rondinone-1251-edit-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-stadel-museum-frankfurt-am-main/c2e2cef2ed-1689600810/st-presse-ugo-rondinone-ausstellungsansicht-2-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Petit Palais, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-petit-palais/961e588fff-1672852561/humansky-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Petit Palais, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-petit-palais-paris/96706b36b9-1672852810/ur-221024-0137-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-schirn-kunsthalle-frankfurt/221e58eb06-1664200720/rondinone-d1f8208-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-schirn-kunsthalle-frankfurt-2/1811c64832-1664201400/rondinone-nma8203-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-scuola-grande-san-giovanni-evangelista-di-venezia-2/95596112f5-1652354740/ur-fly-04-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-scuola-grande-san-giovanni-evangelista-di-venezia/fbc36fce67-1652354680/ur-shine-03-400x.jpg)
![still.life. (deep red candle) - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/still-life-deep-red-candle/0c597da34d-1652457436/ugo-45967low-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-scuola-grande-san-giovanni-evangelista-di-venezia-3/7a8b780e1a-1652354855/ur-burn-05-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Belvedere 21, Vienna - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-belvedere-21-vienna/93f582d36a-1648141075/1195079-ugo-rondinone-6-12-2021-29-presse-400x.jpg)
![Installation view, Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/installation-view-place-saint-germain-des-pres-paris/59387f9798-1624353514/1-2020-the-love-the-lust-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour/5db474484b-1623936877/1-2021-nude-xxxxxxxxxxxxx-rainbow-ur154-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![the geyser - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/the-geyser/8cbed6119b-1615302347/1-2013-the-geyser-ur-106-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-47-rue-saint-andr-des-arts-paris/c40db4e485-1572282204/1-2019-ur-47-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-paris/b264e27f25-1615302241/12-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-6-rue-du-pont-de-lodi-paris/50a0987b71-1572282260/5-2019-ur-pdl-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, kamel mennour, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-kamel-mennour-28-avenue-matignon-paris/3dbfdb6055-1572282303/5-2019-ur-matignon-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![vierterjulizweitausendundzwölf - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/vierterjulizweitausendundzwolf/85f184924a-1562230464/ur6-400x.jpg)
![balåi falls - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/balai-falls/a3a4238cef-1562231166/ur37-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Le Bristol Hotel, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-le-bristol-hotel-paris/a756dcff0f-1563550433/1-2017-flower-moon-ur-12-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![blue yellow red mountain - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/blue-yellow-red-mountain/f869c79ab8-1601911825/ugo-44482-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Château de Versailles - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-chateau-de-versailles/890362523c-1563554451/1-2017-the-sun-versailles-ur-11-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-palais-de-tokyo-paris/a6a3ed1106-1563554520/7-2018-palais-de-tokyo-ur-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x.jpg)
![we run through a DESERT on burning feet, all of us are glowing our faces look twisted. - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/we-run-through-a-desert-on-burning-feet-all-of-us-are-glowing-our-faces-look-twisted/340bbc366c-1562230696/ur14-400x.jpg)
![zweiundzwanzigsterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/zweiundzwanzigsterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn/c4084661cd-1562230437/ur5-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-rockbund-art-museum-shanghai/b2ab1fd581-1568802325/2014-ram-02-1-2000x1301-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Kunstmuseum Luzern - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-kunstmuseum-luzern/79ae095a28-1568800125/2012-kunstmuseum-luzern-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Public Art Production Fund and Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada Desert, Las Vegas - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-public-art-production-fund-and-nevada-museum-of-art-nevada-desert-las-vegas/bbdff5b27b-1563611771/d7hftxdivxxvm-cloudfront-400x.jpg)
![sunrise. west. december - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/sunrise-west-december/9850dbe09e-1562230566/ur8-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Le Consortium, Dijon - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-consortium-dijon/77c7b37527-1568800522/2004-dijon-long-nights-short-years-16-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, São Paolo Biennale - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-sao-paolo-biennale/e737bdd3b5-1568800250/1996-biennale-sao-paulo-4-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Bass Museum, Miami - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-bass-museum-miami/317aaa1f60-1563555803/bass3-1024x666-400x.jpg)
![the cordial - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/the-cordial/0a40629286-1562230861/ur33-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Guild Hall of East Hampton - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-guild-hall-of-east-hampton1/0678f29936-1568800073/guild-hall-3-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Art Institute of Chicago - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-art-institute-of-chicago/ff5fc6cca9-1568802210/2013-art-institute-chicago-scholar-rocks-1-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Kunsthalle Helsinki - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-kunsthalle-helsinki/136a810c37-1568799927/helsinki-1-400x.jpg)
![moonrise. east. february - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/moonrise-east-february/606e9f9c13-1562230652/ur10-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Bass Museum, Miami - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-bass-museum-miami-1/c3abd22832-1563555840/bass2-1024x666-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Tuileries, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-tuileries-paris1/aeccaed0ab-1568802112/2010-fiac-turn-back-time-1-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Fondation Villa Datris, L'Isle sur la Sorgue - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-fondation-villa-datris-l-isle-sur-la-sorgue/442475bca5-1563554801/rondinone-ugo-a7a1847-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-museum-dhondt-dhaenens-deurle/548c50a2f1-1568802066/2010-sunrise-east-deurle-1-3-400x.jpg)
![dritteraprilzweitausendunddreizehn - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/dritteraprilzweitausendunddreizehn/5c3d981170-1562230491/ur7-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Guild Hall of East Hampton - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-guild-hall-of-east-hampton/e9b45602e9-1568800004/guild-hall-2-400x.jpg)
![Permanent installation, Bass Museum, Miami - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/permanent-installation-bass-museum-miami/161313d909-1563557568/ugo-rondinone-miami-mountain-2-web-1024x683-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-nasher-sculpture-center-dallas/d0087d3a61-1568802264/ugo-rondinone-work-for-nasher-xchange-102832-2000x1300-400x.jpg)
![einundzwanzigsterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/einundzwanzigsterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn/a8bed4207b-1562230390/ur4-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Centre Pompidou, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-centre-pompidou-paris/608e2a2304-1568800422/2003-roundelay-03-2000x1300-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Rockefeller Plaza, New York City - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-rockefeller-plaza-new-york-city/45134c3f91-1568802166/2013-paf-rockefeller-nyc-3-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Contemporary arts center, Cincinnati - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-contemporary-arts-center-cincinnati-2/c02675cc5a-1563555724/5-ur-170705-125-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Herzilya Museum of Contemporary Art - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-herzilya-museum-of-contemporary-art/acd90714a2-1568800370/2001-herzliya-1-1-400x.jpg)
![green blue yellow mountain - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/green-blue-yellow-mountain/d781727221-1562230829/ur31-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Contemporary arts center, Cincinnati - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-contemporary-arts-center-cincinnati-1/d81e4393b8-1563555675/3-ur-170705-005-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Whitechapel Gallery, London - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-whitechapel-gallery-london/0f2b555990-1568801722/2006-whitechapel-zero-navel-1-3-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, MUSAC, Léon - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-musac-l-on/c91269cc7a-1568801926/2009-musac-night-of-lead-5-2-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Kunsthaus Zurich - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-kunsthaus-zurich/f9fc486233-1568800194/1994-kunsthaus-zurich-3-1-400x.jpg)
![fünfzehnterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/funfzehnterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn/e00cacf2c6-1562230361/ur3-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-institute-of-contemporary-art-boston/9daee70deb-1563611559/2016-06jun-ica-ugo-rondinone-sculptures-5-400x.jpg)
![Permanent installation, Commanderie de Peyrassol - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/permanent-work-commanderie-de-peyrassol/00c3630ea0-1563554671/oeuvre-ugo-rondinone-photo-19-c-goussard-25-mai-2018-1-sur-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Migros Museum, Zurich - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-migros-museum-zurich/c1bb21d820-1568800306/1996-migros-dog-days-7-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Tuileries, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-tuileries-paris/77f864ab1a-1568801978/2009-sunrise-east-paris-festival-2-400x.jpg)
![blue green yellow red pink mountain - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/blue-green-yellow-red-pink-mountain/9a5027c875-1562230745/ur22-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Le Consortium, Dijon - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-consortium-dijon1/c1323324a5-1568800549/2004-dijon-long-nights-short-years-25-1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Place Vendôme, Paris - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-place-vend-me-paris/4f477dc38a-1568802401/2016-place-vendome-rondinone-1-2000x1300-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-arken-museum-of-modern-art/aa5324cda3-1563555159/0000116179-400x.jpg)
![fünfterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/funfterjanuarzweitausendundsiebzehn/b38d8ad006-1562230305/ur1-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Contemporary arts center, Cincinnati - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-contemporary-arts-center-cincinnati/a2a4c6381a-1563555630/6-ur-170705-216-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Church San Stae, Venice Biennale - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-church-san-stae-venice-biennale/a2d1708bfe-1568801839/2007-venice-biennale-getupgirl-2-3-400x.jpg)
![Exhibition view, Art Basel - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/artists/ugo-rondinone/exhibition-view-art-basel/a23b035cbb-1568801885/2008-sunrise-east-basel-3-1-400x.jpg)
Exhibitions & News
![Glimpse of Light - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/exhibitions/glimpse-of-light/e91e824073-1718029519/3-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Alicja Kwade - Borås Art Biennial - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/alicja-kwade-boras-art-biennial/83a2baec14-1718368865/bab-skarmbild-web-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Ugo Rondinone - Museum SAN - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/ugo-rondinone-museum-san/e5fbaf56b9-1715943641/dsc7559-c-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Ugo Rondinone - Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/ugo-rondinone-centre-durrenmatt-neuchatel/ec86cb7917-1717412992/1-2011-the-cloud-ur-177-photo-archives-kamel-mennour-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Un été à l'Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/un-ete-a-l-hotel-du-cap-eden-roc/8038c3f87e-1715851115/4s9a6182-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Ugo Rondinone - Kunstmuseum Luzern - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/ugo-rondinone-kunstmuseum-luzern/1083000b13-1720177561/kkl-ur-press-0002-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Ugo Rondinone - Kunsthaus Zürich - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/ugo-rondinone-kunsthaus-zurich/7f7cdf6e32-1718804357/5c4384eb-b055-9117-16ea-191e340ba50b-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Ugo Rondinone - The Phillips Collection - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/ugo-rondinone-the-phillips-collection/5d676ff5f2-1698943709/ugo-rondinone-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Alicja Kwade - Villa Medici - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/alicja-kwade-villa-medici/6da6735df8-1697552340/b0006474-400x266-crop.jpg)
![Ugo Rondinone - Fosun Foundation - © Mennour](https://mennour.com/media/pages/news/ugo-rondinone-fosun-foundation/ccb0cce3c9-1701354516/p1a7571-400x266-crop.jpg)
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