Ugo Rondinone (born 1964, Brunnen, Switzerland) is an internationally renowned contemporary Swiss artist who lives and works in New York. He is known for his diverse and prolific practice, spanning multiple mediums including sculpture, painting, photography, video, sound installations, and performance art.

Rondinone's artistic education is substantial. He studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna from 1986 to 1990, where he was mentored by Bruno Gironcoli (1936–2010) in sculpture and Ernst Caramelle (1952–) in visual arts. Prior to his studies, he assisted the Austrian artist Hermann Nitsch, an experience that solidified his commitment to becoming an artist.

His work often explores themes of time, nature, solitude, human emotion, and the relationship between reality and abstraction, synthesizing influences from minimalism, romanticism, and pop culture. He transforms everyday objects and environments into thought-provoking experiences. Rondinone's most famous public art piece is Seven Magic Mountains (2016), a large-scale installation in the Nevada desert featuring seven totems of stacked, dayglow-painted boulders. He also created a series of works that transform pop lyrics or everyday exclamations into rainbow neon light installations, such as Cry Me a River and Hell, Yes, merging textual poetry with dazzling visuals.

Rondinone's achievements include representing Switzerland at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. His art is featured in significant collections worldwide, including at MoMA in New York, SFMOMA, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Dallas Museum of Art, ICA Boston, Belvedere 21 in Vienna, The Bass Museum of Art in Miami, Carré d’Art in Nîmes, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, the Fosun Foundation in Shanghai, and Museum SAN in Wonju.