CAROLINE RAMERSDORFER www.carolineramersdorfer.at/media/CV_Caroline_Ramersdorfer.pdf has participated in expositions worldwide and since 1986 has been commissioned to create a number of large site specific sculptures in urban and park environments. They are installed in permanent private and public Art Collections in Europe, Japan,Taiwan,China, Canada, Egypt, U.S.A , Argentina, Abu Dhabi and Dubai,United Arab Emirates where she was awarded first prize at the 2005 Emaar International Art Symposium in 2005. In 2006 she won the golden award for her sculpture at the Renaissance and Rising International City of Sculpture and Cultural Year in Zhengzhou,China. She was awarded a merit award at the international maquette show of project proposals for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Her piece Seed of a unified Spirit is permant installed between Birdsnest and Watercube in Beijing facing the Olympic tower www.carolineramersdorfer.at/media/Beijing,Egypt,Taiwan.pdf
Ramersdorfer's sculptural projects were selected to be permanently installed in Urumqi, China(Harmonious development Sculpture Park, 2009); www.carolineramersdorfer.at/media/080410_CR_URUMQI_CHINA.pdf in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China (The International Friendship Sculpture Park, 2010); in Abu Dhabi (ADISS: Bridging Society through the Language of Art, 2010) www.carolineramersdorfer.at/media/080410_CR_ABU_DHABI.pdf ; in Belize City, Belize ( Sculpting the Vision, 30th Anniversary of Independence, 2011) content.yudu.com/Library/A1wg05/SculpturesPacificmag/resources/15.htm and on the grounds of the Creative Arts Guild, in the Robert T.Webb Sculpture Garden in Dalton, 2011 Georgia.www.carolineramersdorfer.at/media/Soul-architecture-reflecting-local-heritage.html www.hanpostproductions.com/clients/sculptures/innerviewdeeper-h264.mov
Ramersdorfer was invited to participate at the XII Cairo Biennale in Egypt from 12/12/2010-02/12/2011 www.cairobiennale.gov.eg/12/Art_Det/4.htm
STUDIES
1979 Sorbonne, Culture and french Civilisation, Paris, France
1981- 83 International University of Art UIA, Arthistory, Analizing and Restauration of Renaissance Fresco paintings, Museumscience, Florence, Italy
1983- 88 Academy of Fine Arts - Sculpture, Carrara, Italy
1988 Thesis :‘Sculpture and Environment. A project in nature’. MFA : S.C.L.
SCHOLARSHIPS / GRANTS / AWARDS
1991-92 Austrian Ministry of Art and Education Vienna for Japan
1993 New York City
1997 Federal Chancellery Vienna and UNESCO Paris for Project Carambolage: Art and Cultural exchange with the caribbean westindyisland Dominica
2005 Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Emaar Artsymposium 1st Prize
2006 Zhengzhou, China : exposition of 120 selected projects during the
International City of Sculpture & Cultural year: Golden Award
Beijing, China International maquette show , proposals for the Beijing Olympic park in 2008: merit award – and finalist.
GROUP EXPOSITION (Selection)
1986 Forme nel Verde - Dodici Scultori fra natura e geometria. S.Quirico d’Orcia,Italy
1988 Un luogo die Scultura-Tendenze e suggestioni. Florence, Italy
1990 KuenstlerInnen. Castle of Meersburg/Lake of Constance, Germany
1993 Transparency. Palais Liechtenstein Feldkirch, Austria
1994 Artforum - Hallein, Salzburg; 7 Neue. Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria
1996 6. Art 9560. Amthof Feldkirchen, Carinthia, Austria
1997 Art in the center - Art centered. Vaduz, Liechtenstein and Feldkirch, Austria
1998 Carambolage. Projectspace of the academy of Fine Arts , Vienna Austria
1999 Station Gallery Taipeh, Taiwan
2000 Bordercontact. Installation at Railway Station Schaan-Vaduz, Liechtenstein;
2000 Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
2002 Inner Views, Literaturhaus, Vienna, Ausria; Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria; Gallery of Contemporary Art Fellner von Feldegg Krefeld, Germany; galerie.fellner-von-feldegg.de/index.php English Dictionary, Museum of Contemporary Art MAC, Marseille, France
2003 Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden, Germany; Jubilee exposition : 30 years Palais
Liechtenstein, Feldkirch,Austria; Shanghai. View on Public Art, China Sculpture Space .
2005 Return to indoor – Sculpture Institute, Beijing, China. www.csin.org.cn/News.Detail.asp Salon des Arts, Kensington, London,UK.
2005 Project Transfer , Gallery Prisma , Bolzano, Italy. Gallery Fellner von Feldegg, Krefeld, Germany
2006 An International City of Sculpture, Zhengzhou, China. Beijing, China International maquette show, proposals for the Beijing Olympic park in 2008;
2007 John Davis Gallery,Hudson, NY; Gallery Fellner von Feldegg, Krefeld,Germany
2008 Silver Bay, Lake George, NY, Dialogues in Balance
2011 C Fine Art , New York, Uncommon Grounds , Bridgehampton, Log Island NY www.c-fineart.com/artist/caroline-ramersdorfer-sculpture.html
PERSONAL EXPOSITION (Selection)
1989 Skulptur und Struktur, Gallery Dr. Rhomberg Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria
1991 Skulptur, Gallery Ruth Allemann Zurich, Switzerland
1992 Bridge of imagination - Shimada Museum Kumamoto and Yufuin Art Museum,Japan
1994 Skulptur. Gallery Ruth Allemann Zurich, Switzerland; Hibiki. Gallery Mune Yufuin,Japan
1995 Art in town - installation church of St.John’s Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria
1996 Artforum Kramsach, Tyrol. Gallery Holzer Villach, Carinthia, Austria
1997 Constructed space and crossborder projects Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria
1999 Layers-Light-Sight. Gallery Le Monde Fukuoka; Gallery Mune Yufuin,Japan
2000 The way of Platon. Installation church of St. John’s Feldkirch, Austria
2001 Inner Views. Gallery Le Monde Fukuoka, Japan
2004 Sculptures at Zima – Construction Holding, Dornbirn, Austria;
2007 Lake Placid Center for the Arts , Lake Placid , New York, with John van Alstine www.carolineramersdorfer.at/media/WEB_VanAlstine-RamersdorferCAT.pdf
2008 Perrella Gallery, Johnstown New York, Fulton Montgomery Community College www.carolineramersdorfer.at/media/RAMERSDORFER_Perrella08_WebCAT.pdf2010 John Davis Gallery, Hudson,NY www.carolineramersdorfer.at/media/03E-Edition03TimesUnion.pdf 2011 Costas Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD www.cgrimaldisgallery.com/2012/05/30/caroline-ramersdorfer/
PUBLIC ART COLLECTION
1992 Shimada Art Museum, Kumamoto, Japan
1992 Yufuin Art Museum, Japan
1994 Vorarlberg County Museum, Bregenz, Austria
1998 Eda Garden Museum, Yokohama, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Federal Chancellery Museum Artothek City of Vienna, Austria
2002 Culture Departement Museum City of Vienna, Austria
2003 RAIBA Bank Art Collection, Bregenz, Austria
2004 Vorarlberg County Museum, Bregenz, Austria
2006 City of Zhengzhou, China
2007 City of Vienna, Art Ministry , Austria
2008 Beijing City , Olympic Green, 2011 Beijing City Tsinghua University Campus
2011 Robert T. Webb Sculpture Garden Dalton, Georgia U.S.A www.hanpostproductions.com/clients/sculptures/innerviewdeeper-h264.mov
INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM (Selection)
1986 Carrara, Italy
1990 Hohenems, Austria
1991 Sculpture Park, Kumamoto-Ken, Japan
1992 Muraoka - cho, Hyogo-Ken, Japan
1995 Krastal-Klagenfurt, Austria
1999 Hualien, Taiwan
2000 Telc, Czech Republic
2002 Kettering Ohio,www.ci.kettering.oh.us/newweb/departments/cultural_arts/cularts_cs_cr.php U.S.A
2005 Dubai , United Arab Emirates
2006 Kaoshung / Taiwan
2007 Hualien, Taiwan
2008 Cairo, Egypt
2009 Urumqi, China 2010 Ordos, China 2010 Abu Dhabi, UAE 2011 Belize city, Belize
COMMISSIONS FOR REALIZATIONS IN PUBLIC URBAN SPACE
1989 Sourcepyramid Dornbirn, Austria
1990 Lightsensors Dornbirn, Austria
1996 Energy III Austria
1998 Beamspace Eda-Garden Museum, Yokohama, Tokyo-Japan
2000 5 Ringstone project Fukuoka, Japan
2002 Energy V Vernon, B.C. Canada
2008 Beijing City, Olympic Green,China
VIDEO Concept & Camera
1997 Vienna-Japan (28min) Documentation
1997-98 Gli Amici di Livia (30min) Artproject with Bosnian refugee children in Italy,
Foundation Livia Benini, Florence, Italy
1998 Carambolage (14min) Artexchange Austria-Dominica
2000 Hualien, Fukuoka, Telc (10min) Documentation
WORKSHOPS
2004 Inatura : Museum of natural History Dornbirn,Austria
2004 Visiting Artist at the Academy of Fine Arts Cheng Du, China
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1985 Carmignano, Firenze, Chiostro di S.Michele, Scultura Artisti stranieri operanti in Italia curated by Mariano Apa: catalogue Arti grafiche Albano, Italy1986 San Qurico d’Orcia, Horti Leonini, Forme nel Verde. Dodici scultori fra natura e geometria, curated by Enrico Crespolti; catalogue Mazzotta Foro Buonaparte 52 - 120121 Milano, ISBN 88-202-0689-7 Italy1986 Carrara, Scolpire all’aperto, VIII Simposio internazinale di Scultura, curated by Pier Cario Santini; catalogue Officine Grafiche Rugani di Lucca nel 1988, Italy1988 Un luogo di Scultura, Tendenze e suggestioni curatet by Anna Laghi, catalogue, Florence, Italy;1990 Caroline Ramersdorfer Sculpture. Text by Prof. Franz Bertel, Susanna Bruni, Mariano Apa, Anna Laghi, Patrizia Veroli, Poems by Norbert Mayer; Josef Hanser grafics, catalogue Schuricht Bludenz, Austria1991 International sculpture symposium, Kikuchi Kogen, Japan. 27 min Videodocumentation 1992 Ramersdorfer Bridge of Imagination photos by Yuko Shimada; catalogue Seiko Sha Co. Kumamoto, Japan1993 Transparenz-Artists in Austria. Palais Liechtenstein Feldkirch curated by Irene Ruetz, Interview by Dr. Ingrid Adamer; catalogue Hämmerle Druck Hohenems1994 One day. Hibiki 7min. Tv Documentation OBS, Oita, Japan;1995 Internationales Bildhauersymposium Krastal - Klagenfurt curated by Verein Begegnung inKaernten, Kulturabteilung Magistrat Klagenfurt; catalogue Kreiner Druck Villach, Spittal a.d.Drau.1997 Artists at the Casino.
Caroline Ramersdorfer. Constructed Space and Crossborder Projects by Albert Ruetz; Rouge & Noir, Bimonthly magazine of the Casino Austria;1997 Caroline Ramersdorfer 2min 30sec ORF, Austrian TV Documentation1999 International Stone Sculpture Symposium and International Famous Works Exhibition, Hualien County Culture Center; catalogue ISBN 957-02-4788-6;2000 Eda Garden Museum. The place for time&heart curated by Yoji Inoue Atelier Heikei Keikaku, 5-38 4 Chuo, Nakano-Ku, Tokyo 103; catalogue Fukuin Co.Ltd. Tokyo, Japan;2000 Caroline Ramersdorfer Installation in St.John’s church, Feldkirch curated by Eva Jakob with text by Mag. Albert Ruetz; catalogue Kulturreferat der Stadt Feldkirch, Palais Liechtenstein, Austria; 2000 International sculpture symposium, Telc. Czech Republic. 30 min Videodocumentation; 2001 Caroline Ramersdorfer Inner Views by Nakayama Mayumi, monthly art magazine, Fukuoka, Japan;2002 Inner View. Expositioncatalogue, Vienna; Rheinische Post (Kulturszene Krefeld) ‘Inner Views das Geheimnis der Zeichen’by Hans Dieter Peschken 6.Mai 2002 Morning Star Vernon, B.C. Canada ‘ Sculptor follows own Philosphy’ by Kristin Froneman, Sunday July 28th,Sept. 4th ‘Marble Sculpture lands at Theater ‘ by Kristin Froneman; a.n FOR ARTISTS magazine, published in Great Britain, november 2002 issue page 40, ways and means byLorna Green; Sculpture magazine 2002, published in Beijing/China page 39;China Sculpture Institute December 2003 issue page 22-24.;2003 Kulturlandschaft Vorarlberg, Wiesbaden, Germany; 2004 ‘Carolines Rock ‘ Documentary film by Jim Elderton 51 min,Vernon &istrict performing Art Center,B.C. Canada; 2004 Great Art, published in Beijing, workshop at the Academy of Fine Arts led by Caroline Ramersdorfer, visiting Artist ;Return to indoor. 2005 Expositioncatalogue Beijing China. 2005 Strategiy, business magazine Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Emaar Int. Art Symposium highlights global Artist community;Ame Info news, Dubai’s success is inspiring for artisits at the Emaar international Art symposium;Vorarlberger Nachrichten newspaperAustria,Culture: Caroline Ramersdorfer receives 1st prize at the award ceremony sundy februry 6th2005 from his Excellency Muhamad Al Mur-Cultural Chairman- at the International Art symposium in Dubai, for creating her piece ‘Inner View’.
