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Ron Longsdorf (b. 1983 Greensburg, PA) is an artist and independent curator. Although Longsdorf has training in sculpture and building, he considers himself a curator of objects and materials, His body of work combines various elements of sculpture, installation, video, audio, and performance. Ron holds an MFA in Sculpture from the University of Delaware and a BFA in Sculpture from Pennsylvania State University. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, including, Delaware; Pennsylvania; New Jersey; Ohio, Brooklyn, NY; Arlington, VA; Baltimore, MD, Lexington, KY; Minneapolis, MN; Berlin, Germany, and Limassol, Cyprus. Ron has attended residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Art Farm in Nebraska, and Elsewhere Artist Collaborative in Greensboro, NC. In 2009, he received an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Delaware Division of the Arts.

Ron is a builder at heart. He works with building materials, furniture, domestic objects, and everyday materials to investigate the emotion of personal relationships tied to the materials and objects. Longsdorf’s work offers a different perspective on the everyday of trying to understand who and how we are. As an artist it is his goal to generate this conversation to learn more about himself and the world around him. While in Spartanburg, Ron is hoping to broaden his conversation of interaction and material with the community by exploring the histories of who we are on a human level. Having nearly a year to explore in a new place will offer a new perspective to his already unique individual approach to making, learning, and teaching about art and life.

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