Ursula Von Rydingsvard (Karoliszyn)
Artist, sculptor, educator
Daughter of Ignatiusz and Kunegunda (Sternal); married Paul Greengard; child: Ursula.
Education: University of New Hampshire, Durham, 1960-62; Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1964, Master of Arts (M.A.), 1965, University of Miami (FL); University of California, Berkeley, 1969-70; Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Columbia University, New York City, 1975.
Career: instructor, 1981-82, prof., 1986 -, School of Visual Arts, New York City; assistant prof., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn (NY), 1978-82, Fordham University, Bronx (NY), 1980-82; associate prof., Yale University, New Haven (CT), 1982-88.
Author: one-person exhibitions, i.a.: 55 Mercer, 1977, 1979, 1980, and Rosa Esman, Gallery, 1981, 1982, New York City, Laumeier Sculpture Gallery, St. Louis (MO), and Exit Art, New York City, 1988, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills (MI), 1989, Capp Street Project, San Francisco (CA), 1990, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville (NY), 1982, 1992-94, Lorence - Monk Gallery, New York City, 1990-91, Zamek Ujazdowski, Contemporary Art Center, Warsaw (Poland), 1992, Galerie Lelong, 1994; over 35 group exhibits, i.a.: "Encore: Celebrating Fifty Years", Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati (OH), 1989, Recent Acquisitions, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 1989-92, New Acquisitions, Brooklyn Museum, 1989-93, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (MN), 1990-93, "Landscape as Metaphor", Denver Art Museum (CO), Columbus Art Museum (OH), 1994-95; 18 outdoor sculpture installations and exhibits.
Honors: grants, i.a.: Fulbright - Heys Foundation, 1975, New York State Council of the Arts, 1978, National Endowment for the Arts, 1979, 1986-87, Creative Artists Program Service, 1980; fellowship, Guggenheim Foundation, 1983.
Languages: Polish, English.
Home: 362 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.