Royden Rabinowitch

Rabinowitch was born in Toronto, Ontario, and is the twin brother of sculptor David Rabinowitch. He studied at the University of Western Ontario, London, and the Ontario College of Art, Toronto.[3] He began his career in London, Ontario, during the 1960s (as did David Rabinowitch) and moved to New York in 1972.[2] His first European retrospective was at the Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, in 1985.[4] He has shown in Europe including solo shows in Bern (1990), Vienna (1991)[5] and Den Haag (1992),[6] among others. In 2017, he had a show at Musée d'art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva with a book catalogue.[7][8]

In the 1980s Rabinowitch started to construct works that were seen, by chance, to relate to particular public places. Among these constructions, listed chronologically, are: Judgment on the Keplerian Revolution (1983) (Furkapasshöhe, Swiss Alps),[9] Éloges de Fontenelle (1984) (Toronto Convention Centre),[10] and Bell for Kepler (Sesquicentennial Plaza, Waterloo, Ontario).[11][12] Works by Royden Rabinowitch are in museum collections worldwide such as the Centre Pompidou, Paris;[13] Tate Modern, London;[14] Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (53 works);[15] the Irish Museum of Modern Art;[2] and the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.[2] In late 2014, the largest private collection of Rabinowitch's work, which is situated in the Hooft Collection in Ghent, Belgium, was opened to the public.[16][12]

In 2012, Rabinowitch was honored in Canada with a Governor General's Award for excellence in visual and media arts. He was recognized for his nearly-50-year career as a sculptor.[17] He was elected Visiting Associate (1983-1984), Visiting Fellow (1984-1985) and Life Member (1986) of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, UK.[12] In 2003, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.[1] He lives in Ghent; Cambridge; and Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.