My Presentation: Ursula von Rydingsvard

Early Life:
-Born in Deensen, Germany in 1942
-Grew up in refugee camps with Polish citizens in Germany.
-1950-her parents and seven children came to the U.S.

Entering the Arts:
-1973-She studied sculpture at Columbia University
-Graduating with a MFA in 1975.
-The same year she held her first solo show in New York.

Galleries:
-By 1997, the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art organized on exposition of her outdoor sculpture. It was also exposed at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park and in England.
-Her distinctive sculptures can be found in permanent collection at more than 30 museums.
-Some of these galleries are: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of Art, Walker Art Center, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Storm Kim Art Center and Detroit Institute of Art.

Her style:
-During her college years, the minimalist ruled in the art field and she broke that rule by changing the form of express the art.
-One example: When Ursula was a camp refugee, she remembers living the rustic barracks made of wood so well that she still feels it through her blood. For this reason she uses wood in her sculptures as a medium to create.

Ecology Art:
-Ecology explores the relationship of nature and culture. Including the submission of wilderness to modernization.
-This work was installed in collaboration of Inigo Monglano-Ovalle, Robert Adams and Mark Dion.
-The wood is glued layer by layer until forming the organic form of the sculpture.
-It can be found  in New York, N.Y.; Los Angeles, California; Chicago, Illinois; Rochester, Minnesota; Seattle, Washington; King County, Washington; Astonia, Oregon; Cape Disappointment, Washington; Beach Lake, PA; and Williams town, Massachusetts.

"Skip to my Lou" ,1997

                                                                       3' x 67' x 69'

"Ellegantka:

"Splayed"

"Collar with Dots"

"Floating Staircases"

"For Paul"

"Iggy's Pride"

"Luba"

"Ocean Floor"

"Ocean Floors"