About the Artist

Ursula von Rydingsvard, born in Deensen, Germany, was raised in rural Connecticut after her family emigrated when she was a child. She received her MFA from Columbia University in 1975.

Von Rydingsvard's powerful and evocative sculptures, often made from cedar and other organic materials, have garnered international acclaim.

Notable awards and exhibitions include her participation in the Venice Biennale (1997) and a retrospective at the Sculpture Center in New York (2014). She has received the International Sculpture Center’s Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) and the National Museum of Women in the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in the Arts (2019).